Certified returns for every federal race in Michigan in 2012, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 15 of 15 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
2,564,569
54.2%
Republican
2,115,256
44.7%
Green
21,897
0.5%
U.S. Taxpayers (Constitution Party Candidate)
16,119
0.3%
Write-in
7,973
0.2%
Natural Law (Justice Party Candidate)
5,147
0.1%
Total
4,730,961
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2012 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Debbie Stabenow
Democrat
2,735,826
58.8%
Pete Hoekstra
Republican
1,767,386
38.0%
Scotty Boman
Libertarian
84,480
1.8%
Harley Mikkelson
Green
27,890
0.6%
Richard A. Matkin
U.S. Taxpayers
26,038
0.6%
John D. Litle
Natural Law
11,229
0.2%
Amitabh Ghosh
Write-in
48
0.0%
Daniel Holloway
Write-in
10
0.0%
Raymond O’Donnell
Write-in
7
0.0%
Katherine Houston
Write-in
4
0.0%
Total
4,652,918
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dan Benishek
Republican
167,060
48.1%
Gary McDowell
Democrat
165,179
47.6%
Emily Salvette
Libertarian
10,630
3.1%
Ellis Boal
Green
4,168
1.2%
Total
347,037
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Huizenga
Republican
194,653
61.2%
Willie German, Jr.
Democrat
108,973
34.2%
Mary Buzuma
Libertarian
8,750
2.7%
Ronald E. Graeser
U.S. Taxpayers
3,176
1.0%
William J. Opalicky
Green
2,715
0.9%
Total
318,267
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Justin Amash
Republican
171,675
52.6%
Steve Pestka
Democrat
144,108
44.2%
Bill Gelineau
Libertarian
10,498
3.2%
Steven Butler
Write-in
2
0.0%
Total
326,283
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Dave Camp
Republican
197,386
63.1%
Debra Freidell Wirth
Democrat
104,996
33.6%
John Gelineau
Libertarian
4,285
1.4%
George M. Zimmer
U.S. Taxpayers
3,506
1.1%
Pat Timmons
Green
2,776
0.9%
Total
312,949
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Daniel T. Kildee
Democrat
214,531
65.0%
Jim Slezak
Republican
103,931
31.5%
David Davenport
No Party Affiliation
6,694
2.0%
Gregory Creswell
Libertarian
4,990
1.5%
Total
330,146
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Fred Upton
Republican
174,955
54.6%
Mike O’Brien
Democrat
136,563
42.6%
Christie Gelineau
Libertarian
6,366
2.0%
Jason Gatties
U.S. Taxpayers
2,591
0.8%
Total
320,475
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Walberg
Republican
169,668
53.3%
Kurt Richard Haskell
Democrat
136,849
43.0%
Ken Proctor
Libertarian
8,088
2.5%
Richard E. Wunsch
Green
3,464
1.1%
Total
318,069
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mike Rogers
Republican
202,217
58.6%
Lance Enderle
Democrat
128,657
37.3%
Daniel Goebel
Libertarian
8,083
2.3%
Preston Brooks
No Party Affiliation
6,097
1.8%
Total
345,054
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sander M. Levin
Democrat
208,846
61.9%
Don Volaric
Republican
114,760
34.0%
Jim Fulner
Libertarian
6,100
1.8%
Julia Williams
Green
4,708
1.4%
Les Townsend
U.S. Taxpayers
2,902
0.9%
Total
337,316
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Candice S. Miller
Republican
226,075
68.8%
Chuck Stadler
Democrat
97,734
29.7%
Bhagwan Dashairya
Libertarian
4,803
1.5%
Total
328,612
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kerry Bentivolio
Republican
181,788
50.8%
Syed Taj
Democrat
158,879
44.4%
John J. Tatar
Libertarian
9,637
2.7%
Steven Paul Duke
Green
4,569
1.3%
Daniel Johnson
Natural Law
3,251
0.9%
James Van Gilder
Write-in
14
0.0%
Ralph Sherman
Write-in
1
0.0%
Total
358,139
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John D. Dingell
Democrat
216,884
67.9%
Cynthia Kallgren
Republican
92,472
29.0%
Richard J. Secula
Libertarian
9,867
3.1%
Total
319,223
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John Conyers, Jr.
Democrat
235,336
82.8%
Harry T. Sawicki
Republican
38,769
13.6%
Chris Sharer
Libertarian
6,076
2.1%
Martin Gray
U.S. Taxpayers
4,089
1.4%
Total
284,270
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gary C. Peters
Democrat
270,450
82.3%
John Hauler
Republican
51,395
15.6%
Leonard Schwartz
Libertarian
3,968
1.2%
Douglas Campbell
Green
2,979
0.9%
Total
328,792
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2012 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 008405203a2f7fd9258852de449309b430fb0c7dc441ba08b2480845d8413616
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.