1982 United States Senate election in Michigan

1982 United States Senate election in Michigan
	November 2, 1982
	County results; Riegle: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Ruppe: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Don Riegle; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Don Riegle; Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican U.S. Representative Philip Ruppe.

Republican primary

Candidates

Deane Baker, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1976
William S. Ballenger Jr., son of Buick Motors founder William Ballenger and candidate for U.S. Representative in 1974
Robert J. Huber, former U.S. Representative from Troy and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1970 and 1976
Philip Ruppe, former U.S. Representative from Houghton

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip Ruppe	253,082	45.99%
	Republican	William S. Ballenger Jr.	122,523	22.27%
	Republican	Robert J. Huber	102,693	18.67%
	Republican	Deane Baker	71,902	13.07%
Total votes			550,200	100.00%

General election

Results

1982 United States Senate election in Michigan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Don Riegle (incumbent)	1,728,793	57.74%	5.28
	Republican	Philip Ruppe	1,223,288	40.85%	6.00
	Libertarian	Bette Erwin	19,131	0.64%	0.39
	American Independent	Daniel Eller	12,660	0.42%	N/A
	Socialist Equality	Helen Halyard	6,085	0.20%	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Steve Beumer	4,335	0.15%	0.05
Total votes			2,994,292	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

[1] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 10, 1982".

[2] "Our Campaigns - MI US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982".

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Candidates

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General election

Results

See also

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