2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan - Wikipedia

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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

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All 15 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 9 6 Seats won 9 6 Seat change Popular vote 1,624,865 1,923,485 Percentage 44.56% 52.75% Swing 4.85% 4.33%
Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90%

The 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 4, 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.

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2006[1]
Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats 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	-
	Independent	4,492	0.12%	0	0	-
Total	3,646,426	100.00%	15	15	—

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

2006 Michigan's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Bart Stupak Don Hooper Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 180,448 72,753 Percentage 69.4% 28.0%

County results Stupak      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Bart Stupak Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Bart Stupak Democratic

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

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

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

2006 Michigan's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee David Lee Camp Mike Huckleberry Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,767 100,679 Percentage 60.0% 38.0%

County results Camp      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election David Lee Camp Republican Elected U.S. Representative David Lee Camp Republican

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

2006 Michigan's 5th congressional district election

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Nominee Dale Kildee Eric Klammer Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 176,144 60,957 Percentage 73.0%% 25.0%

County results Kildee      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

U.S. Representative before election Dale Kildee Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Dale Kildee Democratic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Incumbent Democrat John Conyers won re-election.

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