Certified returns for every federal race in Michigan in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 16 of 16 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
2,872,579
57.4%
Republican
2,048,639
41.0%
Natural Law
33,085
0.7%
Libertarian
23,716
0.5%
U.S. Taxpayers Party (Constitution Party candidate)
14,685
0.3%
Green
8,892
0.2%
Total
5,001,596
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Carl Levin
Democrat
3,038,386
62.7%
Jack Hoogendyk, Jr.
Republican
1,641,070
33.8%
Scotty Boman
Libertarian
76,347
1.6%
Harley G. Mikkelson
Green
43,440
0.9%
Michael N. Nikitin
U.S. Taxpayers Party
30,827
0.6%
Doug Dern
Natural Law
18,550
0.4%
Total
4,848,620
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bart Stupak
Democrat
213,216
65.0%
Tom Casperson
Republican
107,340
32.7%
Jean Treacy
Green
2,669
0.8%
Daniel W. Grow
Libertarian
2,533
0.8%
Joshua J. Warren
U.S. Taxpayers Party
2,070
0.6%
Don Hooper
Write-in
8
0.0%
Total
327,836
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Peter Hoekstra
Republican
214,100
62.4%
Fred Johnson
Democrat
119,506
34.8%
Dan Johnson
Libertarian
5,496
1.6%
Ronald E. Graeser
U.S. Taxpayers Party
4,200
1.2%
William Bailey
Write-in
7
0.0%
Total
343,309
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vernon J. Ehlers
Republican
203,799
61.1%
Henry Sanchez
Democrat
117,961
35.4%
Erwin J. Haas
Libertarian
11,758
3.5%
Total
333,518
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dave Camp
Republican
204,259
61.9%
Andrew D. Concannon
Democrat
117,665
35.7%
John Emerick
U.S. Taxpayers Party
4,055
1.2%
Allitta Hren
Libertarian
3,785
1.1%
Total
329,764
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dale E. Kildee
Democrat
221,841
70.4%
Matt Sawicki
Republican
85,017
27.0%
Leonard Schwartz
Libertarian
4,293
1.4%
Ken Mathenia
Green
4,144
1.3%
Total
315,295
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Fred Upton
Republican
188,157
58.9%
Don Cooney
Democrat
123,257
38.6%
Greg Merle
Libertarian
4,720
1.5%
Edward Pinkney
Green
3,512
1.1%
Total
319,646
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Schauer
Democrat
157,213
48.8%
Tim Walberg
Republican
149,781
46.5%
Lynn Meadows
Green
9,528
3.0%
Ken Proctor
Libertarian
5,675
1.8%
Sharon Renier
Write-in
89
0.0%
Total
322,286
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mike Rogers
Republican
204,408
56.5%
Robert D. Alexander
Democrat
145,491
40.2%
Will Tyler White
Libertarian
4,373
1.2%
Aaron Stuttman
Green
3,836
1.1%
George M. Zimmer
U.S. Taxpayers Party
3,499
1.0%
Total
361,607
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gary Peters
Democrat
183,311
52.1%
Joe Knollenberg
Republican
150,035
42.6%
Jack Kevorkian
No Party Affiliation
8,987
2.6%
Adam Goodman
Libertarian
4,893
1.4%
Douglas Campbell
Green
4,737
1.3%
Total
351,963
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Candice S. Miller
Republican
230,471
66.3%
Robert Denison
Democrat
108,354
31.2%
Neil Kiernan Stephenson
Libertarian
4,632
1.3%
Candace R. Caveny
Green
4,146
1.2%
Total
347,603
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Republican
177,461
51.4%
Joseph W. Larkin
Democrat
156,625
45.4%
John J. Tatar
Libertarian
6,001
1.7%
Erik Shelley
Green
5,072
1.5%
Bhagwan Dashairya
Write-in
23
0.0%
Total
345,182
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sander M. Levin
Democrat
225,094
72.1%
Bert Copple
Republican
74,565
23.9%
John Vico
Libertarian
4,767
1.5%
Les Townsend
U.S. Taxpayers Party
4,076
1.3%
William J. Opalicky
Green
3,842
1.2%
Total
312,344
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Democrat
167,481
74.1%
Edward J. Gubics
Republican
43,098
19.1%
George L. Corsetti
Green
9,579
4.2%
Gregory Creswell
Libertarian
5,764
2.6%
Total
225,922
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Conyers, Jr.
Democrat
227,841
92.4%
Richard J. Secula
Libertarian
10,732
4.4%
Clyde K. Shabazz
Green
8,015
3.3%
Total
246,588
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John D. Dingell
Democrat
231,784
70.7%
John J. Lynch
Republican
81,802
25.0%
Aimee Smith
Green
7,082
2.2%
Gregory Scott Stempfle
Libertarian
4,002
1.2%
James H. Wagner
U.S. Taxpayers Party
3,157
1.0%
Total
327,827
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.