United States Senate election in Michigan, 2006

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United States Senate election in Michigan, 2006
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  Debbie Stabenow, official portrait.jpg Mike Bouchard 2006.jpg
Nominee Debbie Stabenow Michael Bouchard
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,151,278 1,559,597
Percentage 56.9% 41.3%
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County Results
U.S. senator before election

Debbie Stabenow
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Debbie Stabenow
Democratic
Elections in Michigan
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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 won re-election to a second term.

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Libertarian

  • Leonard Schwartz, attorney and economist

Green

  • David Sole, President of UAW Local 2334

U.S. Taxpayers

  • Dennis FitzSimons, retiree

Campaign

The economy was issue #1. The unemployment rate was 7% in July, compared with a 4.7% 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 came to Michigan and raised $1 million for Bouchard.[2]

Polling

Source Date Stabenow (D) Bouchard (R)
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%

Results

The following results are official.[3]

2006 United States Senate election, Michigan
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 Dennis FitzSimons 18,341 0.5 +0.2
Majority 591,681 15.6
Turnout 3,780,142
Democratic hold Swing 7%

References

  1. ↑ Mich. Voters Focus on Economy - washingtonpost.com
  2. ↑ Michigan Politics | www.stignacenews.com | St. Ignace News
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


Preceded by Michigan U.S. Senate elections
2006		 Succeeded by
2008
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