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 (i)	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 (i)	125,730	49.8	-2.3
	Republican	Andrew 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	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	+.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		Swing

References

1. http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/98gen/07014000.html
2. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/02GEN/04000000.html
3. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/08GEN/06009000.html
4. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/10GEN/06009000.html
5. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12PRI/06014000.html
6. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06014000.html
7. http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/14GEN/05000000.html