1978, united, states, senate, election, michigan, held, november, 1978, incumbent, republican, senator, robert, griffin, election, third, term, defeated, democratic, candidate, detroit, city, council, president, carl, levin, 1972, november, 1978, 1984, nominee. The 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7 1978 Incumbent Republican U S Senator Robert P Griffin ran for re election to a third term but was defeated by the Democratic candidate Detroit City Council President Carl Levin 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan 1972 November 7 1978 1984 Nominee Carl Levin Robert P GriffinParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 484 193 1 362 165Percentage 52 1 47 9 County resultsLevin 50 60 60 70 Griffin 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionRobert P GriffinRepublican Elected U S Senator Carl LevinDemocratic Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 Results 4 See also 5 ReferencesRepublican primary EditCandidates Edit Robert P Griffin incumbent U S Senator since 1967 L Brooks Patterson anti busing activistResults Edit 1978 Republican U S Senate primary 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Robert P Griffin incumbent 322 530 78 30 Republican L Brooks Patterson 89 383 21 70 Write in 22 0 01 Total votes 411 935 100 00 Democratic primary EditCandidates Edit Anthony Derezinski State Senator from Ann Arbor 2 Carl Levin President of the Detroit City Council John Otterbacher State Senator from Grand Rapids 2 Phil Power newspaper publisher Paul Rosenbaum State Representative from Battle Creek 3 Richard Vander Veen former U S Representative from Grand RapidsResults Edit 1978 Democratic U S Senate primary 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Carl Levin 226 584 38 90 Democratic Phil Power 115 117 19 77 Democratic Richard Vander Veen 89 257 15 33 Democratic Anthony Derezinski 53 696 9 22 Democratic John Otterbacher 50 860 8 73 Democratic Paul Rosenbaum 46 892 8 05 Write in 23 0 00 Total votes 582 429 100 00 Results EditGeneral election results 5 6 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Carl Levin 1 484 193 52 14 5 85Republican Robert P Griffin incumbent 1 362 165 47 85 4 43Write in 272 0 01 N ATotal votes 2 846 630 100 00 N ADemocratic gain from RepublicanSee also Edit1978 United States Senate electionsReferences Edit Our Campaigns MI US Senate R Primary Race Aug 08 1978 a b Members of the Senate 1977 1978 PDF Michigan State Legislature Members of the House of Representatives 1977 1978 PDF Michigan State Legislature Our Campaigns MI US Senate D Primary Race Aug 08 1978 Parker Randy crickets chirp July 7 2003 Our Campaigns MI U S Senate Our Campaigns Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1979 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7 1978 PDF U S Government Printing Office Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan amp oldid 1159032020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
