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      The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan, concurrently with the election of the governor of Michigan, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
      Incumbent Democratic Senator Carl Levin decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a seventh term. Primary contests took place on August 5, 2014, with U.S. Representative Gary Peters and former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land unopposed on the Democratic and Republican primary ballots, respectively. Peters defeated Land in the general election, becoming the only freshman Democratic senator in the 114th Congress.
      This was the first open seat election in Michigan since 1994 and the first on this seat since 1918. This was the first election since 1990 that the winner was of a different party than the concurrent gubernatorial election.


      Democratic primary




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Gary Peters, U.S. Representative


      Failed to qualify


      Terry Whitney, technology executive


      Declined


      Shane Battier, National Basketball Association player
      Jocelyn Benson, Dean of Wayne State University Law School and nominee for Michigan Secretary of State in 2010
      Virgil Bernero, Mayor of Lansing and nominee for Governor in 2010
      Mark Bernstein, attorney and Regent of the University of Michigan
      James Blanchard, former governor of Michigan
      Debbie Dingell, chairman of the Wayne State University board of governors and wife of U.S. Representative John Dingell (running for MI-12)
      Jennifer Granholm, former governor of Michigan
      Dan Kildee, U.S. Representative
      Carl Levin, incumbent U.S. Senator
      Sander Levin, U.S. Representative and Carl Levin's brother
      Gretchen Whitmer, Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate


      = Endorsements

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Republican primary


      After Terri Lynn Land declared her candidacy in June 2013, Republicans attempted to recruit U.S. Representative Dave Camp and Oakland County District Court Judge Kimberly Small to run instead. Camp, after earlier having said that he was not interested in running, reconsidered it, and Land indicated that she would consider dropping out if Camp decided to run. Republicans were initially reluctant to rally around Land, but after Camp and Small declined to run, other Republicans like U.S. Representative Justin Amash and Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra also said no, and a late attempt to convince cardiologist Rob Steele to run failed, Land emerged as the de facto nominee.


      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Terri Lynn Land, former member of the Republican National Committee and former Michigan Secretary of State


      Withdrew


      Matthew Wiedenhoeft, businessman and former minor league hockey player and coach (running for the state house)


      Declined


      Justin Amash, U.S. Representative
      Saul Anuzis, former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party
      Dave Brandon, University of Michigan Athletic Director
      Brian Calley, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
      Dave Camp, U.S. Representative
      Mike Cox, former Michigan Attorney General
      Betsy DeVos, former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party
      Dick DeVos, businessman and nominee for Governor in 2006
      Clark Durant, charter school advocate and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1990 and 2012
      Kurt Dykstra, Mayor of Holland
      John Engler, former governor of Michigan
      Pete Hoekstra, former U.S. Representative and 2012 Senate nominee
      Ruth Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State
      Roger Kahn, state senator
      Pete Lund, Majority Whip of the Michigan House of Representatives
      Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committeewoman and member of the Romney family
      Candice Miller, U.S. Representative
      Jim Murray, president of AT&T Michigan
      Andrea Fischer Newman, Regent of the University of Michigan
      John Rakolta, businessman
      Randy Richardville, Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate
      Mike Rogers, U.S. Representative
      Scott Romney, former member of the Michigan State University board of trustees, candidate for Attorney General of Michigan in 1998 and member of the Romney family
      Bill Schuette, Michigan Attorney General
      Kimberly Small, judge on Michigan's 48th District Court
      Rob Steele, cardiologist


      = Endorsements

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Minor parties




      = Libertarian Party

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      Robert James "Jim" Fulner


      = U.S. Taxpayers Party

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      Richard A. Matkin


      = Green Party

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      Chris Wahmhoff


      Independents




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Jeff Jones, retired financial services industry worker and pastor
      Paul Marineau, attorney and former mayor pro tem of Douglas


      General election




      = Campaign

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      Early on, the open seat was considered to be competitive. However, various missteps by the Land campaign as well as Land's reluctance to appear in public after suffering a meltdown in front of the media in May, weighed down the Land campaign, allowing Peters to open up a consistent lead in the polls beginning in September. The Republican establishment effectively gave up on Land's campaign the following month.


      = Debates

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      Peters agreed to four debates; Land did not respond to invitations. Negotiations between the Land and Peters campaigns broke down over the format of proposed debates between the two candidates.


      = Predictions

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Peters was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Michigan.


      Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican


      Branch (largest city: Coldwater)
      Lenawee (largest city: Adrian)
      Tuscola (largest city: Caro)
      Montcalm (largest city: Greenville)
      Wexford (largest city: Cadillac)
      Cheboygan (largest city: Cheboygan)
      Schoolcraft (largest city: Manistique)
      Ontonagon (largest city: Ontonagon)
      Menominee (largest city: Menominee)
      Mackinac (largest city: St. Ignace)
      Keweenaw (largest city: Ahmeek)
      Houghton (largest city: Houghton)
      Delta (largest city: Escanaba)
      Dickinson (largest city: Iron Mountain)
      Baraga (largest city: Baraga)
      Charlevoix (largest city: Boyne City)
      Emmet (largest city: Petosky)
      Montmorency (largest city: Lewiston)
      Otsego (largest city: Gaylord)
      Antrim (largest city: Elk Rapids)
      Crawford (largest city: Grayling)
      Kalkaska (largest city: Kalkaska)
      Grand Traverse (largest city: Traverse City)
      Oscoda (largest city: Mio)
      Osceola (largest city: Reed City)
      Alcona (largest city: Harrisville)
      Mason (largest city: Ludington)
      Oceana (largest city: Hart)
      Mecosta (largest city: Big Rapids)
      Newaygo (largest city: Fremont)
      Huron (largest city: Bad Axe)
      Sanilac (largest city: Sandusky)
      Midland (largest city: Midland)
      Lapeer (largest city: Lapeer)
      Kent (largest city: Grand Rapids)
      Ionia (largest city: Ionia)
      Cass (largest city: Dowagiac)
      Berrien (largest city: Niles)
      St. Joseph (largest city: Sturgis)


      By congressional district


      Peters won 9 of 14 congressional districts, including four that elected Republicans.


      Post-election


      Land ended up paying a fee of $66,000 to the Federal Election Commission for a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act related to the 2014 campaign.
      Peters would run again in 2020 to retain the Senate seat he won, while Land would go on to win a seat on the Board of Governors for Wayne State University in the same year.


      See also



      2014 Michigan gubernatorial election
      2014 Michigan Attorney General election
      2014 Michigan Secretary of State election
      2014 United States Senate elections
      2014 United States elections
      2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan


      References




      External links


      U.S. Senate elections in Michigan, 2014 at Ballotpedia
      Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
      Official campaign websites (Archived)

      Jim Fulner for U. S. Senate
      Jeff Jones for U.S. Senate
      Terri Lynn Land for U.S. Senate
      Paul Marineau for U.S. Senate
      Gary Peters for U.S. Senate
      Terry Whitney for U. S. Senate

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