| The Green Papers: Michigan 2009 General Election |
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Michigan
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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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 - Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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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). | |||||
| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 8 Democratic (8 Undetermined); 7 Republican (1 Open, 6 Undetermined) | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman Bart Stupak • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Peter "Pete" Hoekstra • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010 |
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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 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman David Lee "Dave" Camp • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Dale E. Kildee • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Mark Hamilton Schauer • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Michael J. "Mike" Rogers • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Gary Peters • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Candice S. Miller • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Thaddeus G. McCotter • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Sander M. "Sandy" Levin • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman John Conyers, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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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 2 November 2010 |
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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 - Term Limited. 25 June 2009: Ended her gubernatorial exploratory committee and endorsed Mike Bouchard for Governor. 15 September 2009: Possible Lieutenant Governor running mate for Mike Bouchard. |
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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 - 27 May 2009: Candidate for Governor in 2010 |
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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. |