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This profile of Michigan's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Debbie Stabenow, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2012

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent	Debbie Stabenow
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	No primary challenge for incumbent.
Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index	Non-competitive seat
Cook Political Report Race Classification	Lean Democratic

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	July 13, 2011
Chad Dewey	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 25, 2011	Running for state rep.
Clark Durant	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Gary Glenn	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Randy Hekman	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011	Grand Rapids judge.
Peter Hoekstra	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011	Former U.S. Rep.
Peter Konetchy	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Saul Anuzis	Republican	Out of race	Source	June 12, 2011	Republican National Committee member.
Terri Lynn Land	Republican	Out of race	Source	May 5, 2011	Former Sec. of State.
Tim Leuliette	Republican	Potential candidate	Source	March 25, 2011	Manufacturing company CEO.
Rob Steele	Republican	Out of race	Source	August 2, 2011	Tea Party physician
Mike Bishop	Republican	Out of race	Source	June 19, 2011	State senator.
Scotty Boman	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 25, 2012
Chuck Marino	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 25, 2012
Rick Wilson	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 25, 2012

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
TBD	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Debbie Stabenow

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Michael Bouchard	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Debbie Stabenow, Michael Bouchard
General election winner:	Debbie Stabenow

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Michigan congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "MI-Sen" (link)

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