United States Senate election in Michigan, 2006
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The 2006 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow ran for re-election. The filing deadline for major parties was May 16, 2006; the primary was on August 8, 2006.She defeated Republican Michael Bouchard for a second term.
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[edit] Candidates
[edit] Constitution
- Dennis FitzSimons - retiree; FitzSimons' Campaign Website
[edit] Democratic
- Debbie Stabenow - incumbent U.S. Senator Stabenow's Senate Website, Stabenow's Campaign Website
[edit] Green
- David Sole - President of UAW Local 2334; Sole's Campaign Website
[edit] Libertarian
- Leonard Schwartz - attorney and economist; Schwartz's Campaign Website
[edit] Republican
[edit] Campaign
The economy was issue #1. The unemployment rate was 7% in July, compared with a 5% rate nationwide. Pessimism about the state's economic future has left Michigan ranked 49th nationally between 2000 and 2005 in retaining young adults. Detroit lost a million residents since its heyday.
Bouchard claimed that the incumbent has accomplished nothing, dubbing her "Do-Nothing Debbie."[1] President George W. Bush, who was popular in the state, came to Michigan and raised $1 million for Bouchard, while keeping his distance.[2] The incumbent, who lead in polls, avoided all debates.[3]
[edit] Polling
Source | Date | Stabenow (D) | Bouchard (R) |
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Strategic Vision (R) | November 6, 2006 | 50% | 44% |
Mason-Dixon/MSNBC | November 5, 2006 | 53% | 37% |
Free Press-Local 4 | November 5, 2006 | 53% | 34% |
Strategic Vision (R) | November 2, 2006 | 49% | 42% |
WSJ/Zogby | October 31, 2006 | 49% | 43% |
Research 2000 | October 25, 2006 | 51% | 44% |
Rasmussen | October 25, 2006 | 55% | 39% |
Lake Research (D) | October 24, 2006 | 53% | 35% |
Strategic Vision (R) | October 24, 2006 | 48% | 42% |
WSJ/Zogby | October 19, 2006 | 48% | 44% |
Free Press-Local 4 | October 15, 2006 | 48% | 35% |
Rasmussen | October 9, 2006 | 56% | 39% |
SurveyUSA | October 9, 2006 | 53% | 42% |
EPIC-MRA | October 5, 2006 | 48% | 35% |
WSJ/Zogby | September 28, 2006 | 49% | 42% |
Strategic Vision (R) | September 20, 2006 | 51% | 44% |
EPIC-MRA | September 14, 2006 | 54% | 34% |
WSJ/Zogby | September 11, 2006 | 50% | 44% |
Rasmussen | August 31, 2006 | 51% | 43% |
Free Press-Local 4 | August 28-30, 2006 | 50% | 37% |
Strategic Vision (R) | August 29, 2006 | 49% | 42% |
WSJ/Zogby | August 28, 2006 | 49% | 45% |
EPIC/MRA | August 16, 2006 | 54% | 42% |
Rasmussen | August 16, 2006 | 49% | 44% |
Strategic Vision (R) | July 27, 2006 | 52% | 36% |
WSJ/Zogby | July 24, 2006 | 48% | 42% |
Free Press-Local 4 | July 16, 2006 | 49% | 29% |
WSJ/Zogby | June 21, 2006 | 49% | 41% |
Strategic Vision (R) | June 21, 2006 | 50% | 37% |
Strategic Vision (R) | May 24, 2006 | 48% | 36% |
Mitchell Research | May 1-9, 2006 | 50% | 37% |
Rasmussen | May 5, 2006 | 54% | 34% |
Strategic Vision (R) | April 21, 2006 | 48% | 38% |
Rasmussen | April 6, 2006 | 51% | 37% |
WSJ/Zogby | March 31, 2006 | 52% | 38% |
Strategic Vision (R) | March 15, 2006 | 48% | 37% |
Rasmussen | February 15, 2006 | 54% | 33% |
Strategic Vision (R) | February 3, 2006 | 49% | 36% |
Rasmussen | January 20, 2006 | 56% | 31% |
Strategic Vision (R) | December 22, 2005 | 47% | 35% |
Rasmussen | December 3, 2005 | 49% | 33% |
EPIC/MRA | November 28, 2005 | 56% | 36% |
Strategic Vision (R) | November 21, 2005 | 45% | 31% |
[edit] Results
The following results are official.[4]
2006 United States Senate election, Michigan | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Debbie Stabenow (incumbent) | 2,151,278 | 56.9 | +7.4 | |
Republican | Michael Bouchard | 1,559,597 | 41.3 | -6.6 | |
Libertarian | Leonard Schwartz | 27,012 | 0.7 | 0 | |
Green | David Sole | 23,890 | 0.6 | -0.3 | |
Constitution | W. Dennis FitzSimons | 18,341 | 0.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 591,681 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,780,142 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing | 7% |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101180_2.html
- ^ http://www.stignacenews.com/news/2006-09-21/Columns/009.html
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1147438E587D16B8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ^ http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/06GEN/05000000.html
[edit] External links
Preceded by 2002 Carl Levin |
Michigan U.S. Senate elections 2006 |
Succeeded by 2008 |