Michigan U.S. Senate election history

Every Michigan U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Michigan Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Elissa Slotkin	Democratic	Mike Rogers	0.3	5,577,187
2020	Class II	Gary C. Peters	Democratic	John James	1.7	5,479,720
2018	Class I	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	John James	6.5	4,237,271
2014	Class II	Gary C. Peters	Democratic	Terri Lynn Land	13.3	3,121,771
2012	Class I	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Pete Hoekstra	20.8	4,652,918
2008	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Jacob W. Hoogendyk Jr.	28.8	4,848,620
2006	Class I	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Mike Bouchard	15.7	3,780,142
2002	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Andrew Rocky Raczkowski	22.7	3,129,287
2000 flip	Class I	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Spencer Abraham	1.6	4,167,685
1996	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Ronna Romney	18.5	3,762,575
1994 flip	Class I	Spencer Abraham	Republican	Bob Carr	9.1	3,043,385
1990	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Bill Schuette	16.3	2,560,494
1988	Class I	Donald Wayne Riegle	Democratic	James Whitney Dunn	21.9	3,505,985
1984	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Jack Lousma	4.6	3,700,938
1982	Class I	Donald Wayne Riegle	Democratic	Philip E. Ruppe	16.9	2,994,334
1978 flip	Class II	Carl Levin	Democratic	Robert P. Griffin	4.3	2,846,630
1976	Class I	Donald Wayne Riegle	Democratic	Marvin L. Esch	5.6	3,490,412

Elissa Slotkin won in 2024 by 0.3 points.

Gary C. Peters (Democrat, term ends 2027) and Elissa Slotkin (Democrat, term ends 2031).

In 2024, when Elissa Slotkin won.

In 1994, when Spencer Abraham won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.