Electoral history of Gary Peters

This is the electoral history of Gary Peters. Peters is a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the United States Senate in November 2014 after serving three terms in the United States House of Representatives. He is a former member of the Michigan Senate, a former Michigan Lottery Commissioner and was the Democratic Nominee for Michigan Attorney General in 2002.

1998 General Election - Michigan's 14th State Senate District[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 53,497 65.5% N/A
Republican Mike Christie Jr. 28,201 34.5% N/A
2002 General Election - Michigan Attorney General[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Cox 1,499,066 48.9% +1.0%
Democratic Gary Peters 1,493,866 48.7% −3.4%
Green Jerry Kaufman 47,894 1.6% N/A
Constitution Gerald Van Sickle 27,186 0.9% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
2008 General Election - Michigan's 9th Congressional District[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters 183,311 52.1% +5.9%
Republican Joe Knollenberg (i) 150,035 42.6% −9.0%
Independent Jack Kevorkian 8,987 2.6% N/A
Libertarian Adam Goodman 4,893 1.4% −0.1%
Green Douglas Campbell 4737 1.3% +0.4%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing
2010 General Election - Michigan's 9th Congressional District[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 125,730 49.8% −2.3%
Republican Rocky Raczkowski 119,325 47.2% +4.6%
Libertarian Adam Goodman 2,601 1.0% +0.4%
Green Douglas Campbell 2,484 1.0% +0.3%
Independent Bob Gray 1,866 0.7% N/A
Independent Matthew Kuofie 644 0.3% N/A
2012 Democratic Primary - Michigan's 14th Congressional District[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 41,233 47.0% N/A
Democratic Hansen Clarke 30,848 35.2% N/A
Democratic Brenda L. Lawrence 11,650 13.3% N/A
Democratic Mary Waters 2,920 3.3% N/A
Democratic Bob Costello 1,027 1.2% N/A
2012 General Election - Michigan's 14th Congressional District[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters 270,450 82.3% +5.5%
Republican John Hauler 51,395 15.6% −3.6%
Libertarian Leonard Schwartz 3,968 1.2% 0%
Green Douglas Campbell 2,979 0.9% N/A
United States Senate election in Michigan, 2014[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters 1,704,936 54.6% −8.1%
Republican Terri Lynn Land 1,290,199 41.3% +7.5%
Libertarian Jim Fulner 62,897 2.0% +0.4%
Green Chris Wahmhoff 26,137 0.9% 0%
U.S. Taxpayers Richard Matkin 37,529 1.2% +.6%
Write-Ins 77 0.0% 0%
Majority 414,737
Turnout 3,121,775
Democratic hold
United States Senate election in Michigan, 2020[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Peters (incumbent) 2,734,568 49.90% −4.71%
Republican John James 2,642,233 48.22% +6.89%
Constitution Valerie Willis 50,597 0.92% −0.28%
Green Marcia Squier 39,217 0.72% −0.12%
Natural Law Doug Dern 13,093 0.24% N/A
Write-in 12 0.00% ±0.00%
Majority 92,355 1.68% −4.7%
Total votes 5,479,720 100.0%
Democratic hold

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