2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

The 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 7, 2006, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. All fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, and all of them were re-elected except Joe Schwarz, who lost his primary.

Michigan was one of seven states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2006, the other states being Indiana, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Overview United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2006PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/– Democratic 1,923,485 52.75% 6 6 - Republican 1,624,865 44.56% 9 9 - Libertarian 45,435 1.25% 0 0 - Green 25,047 0.69% 0 0 - U.S. Taxpayers 23,102 0.63% 0 0 - Write-in 2,630 0.07% 0 0 - Independent 1,862 0.05% 0 0 - Total 3,646,426 100.00% 15 15 —

Match-up summary District Incumbent 2006 Result Democratic Republican Libertarian Green Constitution Other 1Bart Stupak Re-electedBart Stupak Don Hooper Ken Proctor David Newland Josh Warren 2Pete Hoekstra Re-elected Kimon KotosPete Hoekstra Steven Van Til Ronald Graeser 3Vern Ehlers Re-elected James Rinck Vern Ehlers Jeff Steinport Roger Gurk 4David Lee Camp Re-elected Mike HuckleberryDavid Lee Camp Allitta Hren John Emerick 5Dale Kildee Re-electedDale Kildee Eric Klammer Steve Samoranski Ken Mathenia 6Fred Upton Re-elected Kim ClarkFred Upton Ken Howe 7Joe Schwarz Lost primary Sharon RenierTim Walberg Robert Hutchinson David Horn 8Mike Rogers Re-elected Jim MarcinkowskiMike Rogers Dick Gach Aaron Stuttman 9Joe Knollenberg Re-elected Nancy SkinnerJoe Knollenberg Adam Goodman Matthew Abel 10Candice Miller Re-elected Robert DenisonCandice Miller Mark Byrne Candace Caveny F Gualdoni 11Thad McCotter Re-elected Tony TrupianoThad McCotter John Tatar Charles Tackett 12Sander M. Levin Re-electedSander M. Levin Randell Shafer Andy Lecureaux Art Myatt Les Townsend Jerome White (I) 13Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Re-elected unopposedCarolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick 14John Conyers Re-electedJohn Conyers Chad Miles 15John Dingell Re-electedJohn Dingell Greg Stempfle Aimee Smith Robert Czak

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Bart Stupak won re-election to an eighth term.

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 6, 2006 Rothenberg November 6, 2006 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 6, 2006 Real Clear Politics November 7, 2006 CQ Politics November 7, 2006

District 2

Incumbent Republican Pete Hoekstra won re-election to an eighth term.

District 3

Incumbent Republican Vern Ehlers won re-election to an eighth term.

District 4

Incumbent Republican David Lee Camp won re-election to a ninth term.

District 5

Incumbent Democratic Dale Kildee won re-election to a thirteenth term.

District 6

Incumbent Republican Fred Upton won re-election to an eleventh term.

District 7

Republican Tim Walberg defeated the incumbent in the primary, and won the general election.

District 8

Incumbent Republican Mike Rogers won re-election to a fourth term.

District 9

Incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg won re-election to an eighth term.

District 10

Incumbent Republican Candice Miller won re-election to a third term.

District 11

Incumbent Republican Thad McCotter won re-election to a third term.

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Sander Levin won re-election to a thirteenth term.

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick won re-election, unopposed, to a sixth term.

District 14

Incumbent Democrat John Conyers won re-election.

District 15

Incumbent Democrat John Dingell won re-election to a twenty-seventh term.

References

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

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