The Green Papers: Michigan 2007 Off Year Election |
Michigan
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Debbie Stabenow First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1996, 1998] Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Carl Levin First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Democratic | Governor Jennifer M. Granholm First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Nominated by convention separately from the gubernatorial primary; elected on same ticket with Governor. | |||||
Democratic | Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry, Jr. First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Lieutenant Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Seat - At term limit |
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Candidates for Lieutenant Governor are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72). | |||||
110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democratic (6 Undetermined); 9 Republican (9 Undetermined) | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman Bart Stupak Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Peter Hoekstra Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers First elected in Special Election, 7 December 1993, re: death of Congressman Paul Henry, 31 July 1993 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman David Lee "Dave" Camp Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Dale E. Kildee Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Timothy L. "Tim" Walberg First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Michael J. "Mike" Rogers First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Joseph K. "Joe" Knollenberg Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Candice S. Miller First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Thaddeus G. McCotter First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Sander M. "Sandy" Levin Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman John D. Dingell First elected in 1955 in a special election to fill the seat of his deceased father, John Dingell. Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Republican | Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Seat - At term limit |
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Candidates for Secretary of State are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72). | |||||
Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Republican | Attorney General Mike Cox First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Attorney General is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Seat - At term limit |
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Candidates for Attorney General are nominated by political parties at their fall state convention (Michigan Election Law, Act 116 of 1954, Section 168.72). |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |