Английская Википедия:2008 United States Senate election in Michigan

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:ElectionsMI The 2008 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2008 Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won reelection to a sixth and final term.

General election

Candidates

• Scott Boman (Libertarian)
• Doug Dern (Natural Law)
• Carl Levin, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
• Jack Hoogendyk, State Representative from Kalamazoo (Republican)
• Harley Mikkelson (Green)
• Michael Nikitin (U.S. Taxpayers)

Campaign

Levin's 2002 opponent Andrew Raczkowski considered running again, but military commitments forced him to drop out. State representative Jack Hoogendyk declared his candidacy to challenge Levin. Troy engineer Bart Baron was also running. Baron apparently failed to qualify for the August 5, 2008 party primary ballot in the Michigan Secretary of State's office. So only Hoogendyk was listed on the Republican side in the Michigan primary election. Levin was unopposed on the Democratic side. The filing deadline for candidates to run was May 13.

Minor party candidates who ran included Harley Mikkelson of the Green Party, Scotty Boman of the Libertarian Party, Michael Nikitin of the U.S. Taxpayers Party and Doug Dern of the Natural Law Party. Levin, who maintained a huge fundraising advantage over his opponents, easily won re-election.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 23, 2008
CQ Politics	Шаблон:USRaceRating	October 31, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report	Шаблон:USRaceRating	November 2, 2008
Real Clear Politics	Шаблон:USRaceRating	November 4, 2008

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Carl Levin (D)	Jack Hoogendyk (R)
Rasmussen Reports	October 8, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 61%	36%
Public Policy Polling	September 29 – October 1, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 50%	32%
Strategic Vision	September 22–24, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 57%	29%
Detroit News	September 14–17, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 56%	28%
Rasmussen Reports Шаблон:Webarchive	September 18, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 57%	38%
Strategic Vision	September 5–7, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 58%	28%
Public Policy Polling	September 6–7, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 51%	36%
EPIC-MRA/Detroit News	August 18–21, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 59%	27%
Public Policy Polling(PPP)	July 23–27, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 54%	35%
Rasmussen Reports	July 10, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 59%	36%
Public Policy Polling	June 21–22, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 54%	32%
Rasmussen Reports	June 11, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 55%	35%
Rasmussen Reports	May 7, 2008	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 54%	37%

Debates

On October 19 WGVU Public television hosted a Senatorial debate to which only Democratic Senator Carl Levin and Republican State Representative Jack Hoogendyk were invited. They debated topics such as the economy, immigration, and foreign policy.

Levin blamed job loss in Michigan on President Bush, while Hoogendyk blamed Levin. Levin supported a Federal bailout of the auto industry, while Hoogendyk opposed the idea.

The event, which was moderated by WZZM TV 13's News anchor Peter Ross, was met with protest by supporters of excluded candidates. One of the protesters was Libertarian candidate Scotty Boman, who asserted that he met the stations qualifications. WGVU required the candidates to show at least 5% support in a statewide scientific poll, but Boman said no statewide poll had been done that included him. An exclusive WXYZ poll included all of the candidates, but only contacted respondents in the 7th and 9th Congressional district. Boman also claimed that public broadcasters should have invited the other candidates since it is supported with tax dollars.

Senator Carl Levin and State Representative Jack Hoogendyk met again, the following day (October 20), for a forum hosted by the Detroit Economic Club.

Results

Levin was declared the winner right when the polls closed in Michigan. Levin won all but six of Michigan's 83 counties. Levin unsurprisingly won major metropolitan areas, such as Wayne County home of Detroit or Ingham County home of Lansing. He also became the first Democratic Senator since Donald Riegle in 1982 to carry Kent County home of Grand Rapids. When combining the suburban and rural counties, it was too much for Hoogendyk to overcome. Levin's 3,038,386 votes is the most received by any political candidate in the state's history. Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box candidate Шаблон:Election box candidate with party link Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout Шаблон:Election box hold with party link Шаблон:Election box end

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Kent (largest city: Grand Rapids)
• Cass (Largest city: Dowagiac)
• Berrien (largest city: Niles)
• St. Joseph (largest city: Sturgis)

See also

• 2008 United States Senate elections

External links

• Elections from the Michigan Secretary of State
• U.S. Congress candidates for Michigan at Project Vote Smart
• Michigan, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics
• Michigan U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
• Michigan U.S. Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker
• Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets
• Hoogendyk (R) vs Levin (D-i) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
• Official campaign websites (Archived)
  • Carl Levin
  • Jack Hoogendyk
  • Harley Mikkelson