Election Results 2008

Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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Michigan

100% reportingPresident

President
Candidate Party Votes Pct.    Change from ’04 Electoral votes
Winner: Barack Obama Winner: Barack ObamaBarack Obama Dem. 2,867,680 57.4% +6.2% 17
John McCain Rep. 2,044,405 40.9    -6.9    0
Ralph Nader NLP 33,356 0.7    N.A.    0
Bob Barr Lib 23,962 0.5    N.A.    0
Chuck Baldwin UST 14,973 0.3    N.A.    0
Cynthia McKinney Grn 9,123 0.2    N.A.    0

100% reportingSenate

Senate
Candidate Party Votes Pct.   
Winner: Carl Levin Winner: Carl LevinCarl Levin Dem. 3,033,550 62.6% Incumbent
Jack Hoogendyk Rep. 1,639,165 33.8   
Scotty Boman Lib 76,397 1.6   
Harley Mikkelson Grn 44,439 0.9   
Michael Nikitin UST 31,099 0.6   
Doug Dern NLP 18,899 0.4   

House of Representatives

House of Representatives
District Democrat Republican Other Reporting
Seat: 1 65.1% Stupak 32.8% Casperson 2.2% Other 100%
Seat: 2 34.8% Johnson 62.4% Hoekstra 2.8% Other 100%
Seat: 3 35.4% Sanchez 61.1% Ehlers 3.5% Other 100%
Seat: 4 35.7% Concannon 61.9% Camp 2.4% Other 100%
Seat: 5 70.4% Kildee 27.0% Sawicki 2.7% Other 100%
Seat: 6 38.6% Cooney 58.8% Upton 2.6% Other 100%
Seat: 7 48.8% Schauer 46.5% Walberg 4.7% Other 100%
Seat: 8 40.4% Alexander 56.4% Rogers 3.2% Other 100%
Seat: 9 52.1% Peters 42.6% Knollenberg 5.3% Other 100%
Seat: 10 31.2% Denison 66.2% Miller 2.5% Other 100%
Seat: 11 45.4% Larkin 51.3% McCotter 3.3% Other 100%
Seat: 12 72.1% Levin 23.9% Copple 4.1% Other 100%
Seat: 13 74.2% Kilpatrick 19.0% Gubics 6.8% Other 100%
Seat: 14 92.4% Conyers No Republican candidate running for seat 14 7.6% Other 100%
Seat: 15 70.7% Dingell 25.0% Lynch 4.3% Other 100%

Major Ballot Measures

Major Ballot Measures
Measure Yes No Reporting
1 Allow Medical Marijuana 62.6% 37.4% 100%
2 Stem Cell Research 52.6% 47.4% 100%
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State Highlights

As the economic crisis reshaped the presidential race in early October, Senator John McCain abandoned his campaign in Michigan, a state where he had spent $8 million on advertisements and had made repeated appearances.

That decision might have affected Republican candidates farther down the ticket, as Democrats won close House contests against Republican incumbents, giving Democrats an 8-to-7 edge in the state's delegation. Representative Joe Knollenberg, an eight-term Republican, lost to Gary Peters, a Democrat and former state lottery commissioner, in the Detroit suburbs. Jack Kevorkian, the so-called suicide doctor, won more than 9,000 votes.

In the district that includes Battle Creek, Representative Tim Walberg, a first-term Republican, lost to Mark Schauer, the State Senate Democratic leader.

Voters passed a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana, and another to loosen restrictions on stem cell research.

Carl Levin, a Democratic incumbent, easily defeated a field of Senate candidates that included Jack Hoogendyk, a Republican state representative. KAREEM FAHIM

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