The 1998 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 3, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had sixteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.
Only 3 of the 16 congressional districts saw contested primary elections on August 4.
In the general elections, all incumbents were re-elected.
Overview United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 1998PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/– Democratic 1,469,111 49.21% 10 10 - Republican 1,438,283 48.17% 6 6 - Libertarian 51,589 1.72% 0 0 - Natural Law 20,705 0.69% 0 0 - Reform 4,654 0.15% 0 0 - Independent 808 0.02% 0 0 - Write-ins 83 0.00% 0 0 - Total 2,985,233 100.00% 16 16 -
District 1 Michelle McManus was a term-limited state representative who sought the Republican congressional nomination. Her nomination petition signatures required for her to appear on the August primary ballot were challenged by Democrats, as well as a Republican primary competitor Bob Carr. Some of her nominating petitions had the wrong primary election date on them. She was further accused of using under-aged teenagers to circulate some of the petitions. State Democratic Chair Mark Brewer accused McManus of election fraud. The state board of canvassers ruled on June 2, disqualifying some of McManus's signatures, but ultimately allowing enough of them for her to qualify to appear on the primary ballot.
In the general, incumbent Democrat Bart Stupak was re-elected.
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District 2 On May 15, the sole Democrat who qualified to compete in the primary election, Daniel L. Frein, withdrew from the race. on June 24, retired attorney Bob Shrauger announced his candidacy. Shrauger ran a write-in campaign in the Democratic primary election. The Grand Rapids Press described Shrauger's campaign as "last minute". Shrauger won enough write-in votes in the primary to qualify to appear on the general ballot, winning more than twice the vote requirement.
The general election was won by incumbent Republican Pete Hoekstra.
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District 3 The general election was won by incumbent Republican Vern Ehlers.
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District 4 Thomas Rundquist was the sole Democrat attempting to run for Congress in the 4th district. Prior to the primary election, the state board of canvassers rejected enough of his nominating petitions to prevent his name from appearing on the primary ballot. After this, he ran a write-in campaign in the Democratic primary. He did not receive enough votes in the Democratic primary to appear on the November general ballot. He then ran a write-in campaign in the general election.
The general election was won by Republican incumbent Dave Camp.
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District 5 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat James Barcia.
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District 6 The general election was won by incumbent Republican Fred Upton.
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District 7 The general election was won by incumbent Republican Nick Smith.
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District 8 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
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District 9 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat Dale Kildee.
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District 10 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat David Bonior. According the Associated Press, the seat was thought by Republicans to be potentially vulnerable, and the party allocated a notable amount of funds to the campaign against Bonior. While the district voted to re-elect Republican Governor John Engler, it also re-elected the Democrat Levin.
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District 11 The general election was won by incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg.
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District 12 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat Sander Levin. According the Associated Press, the seat was thought by Republicans to be potentially vulnerable, and the party allocated a notable amount of funds to the campaign against Levin. While the district voted to re-elect Republican Governor John Engler, it also re-elected the Democrat Levin.
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District 13 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat Lynn Rivers. According the Associated Press, the seat was thought by Republicans to be potentially vulnerable, and the party allocated a notable amount of funds to the campaign against Rivers.
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District 14 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat John Conyers.
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District 15 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
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District 16 The general election was won by incumbent Democrat John Dingell.
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