1984 United States Senate election in Michigan

The 1984 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate and former astronaut Jack Lousma. Coinciding with Republican Ronald Reagan's landslide in Michigan and the rest of the country, this was the only Senate election of Levin's career in which his percentage of the vote and margin of victory decreased from the previous one.

1984 United States Senate election in Michigan

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Nominee Carl Levin Jack Lousma Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,915,831 1,745,302 Percentage 51.77% 47.16%

County results Municipality results Levin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Lousma:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%

U.S. senator before election Carl Levin Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Carl Levin Democratic

General election

Candidates

• Max Dean (Independent)
• Lynn Johnston (Libertarian)
• Carl Levin, incumbent Senator (Democratic)
• Jack Lousma, astronaut (Republican)
• Fred Mazelis (Workers' League)
• Helen Meyers (Socialist)
• William Roundtree (Workers' World)
• Arthur Richard Tisch (Tisch Citizens)
• Samuel L. Webb (Communist)

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Levin (incumbent)	1,915,831	51.77%
	Republican	Jack Lousma	1,745,302	47.16%
	Tisch Citizens	Arthur Richard Tisch	22,882	0.62%
	Libertarian	Lynn Johnston	7,786	0.21%
	Socialist	Helen Meyers	2,686	0.07%
	Workers World	William Roundtree	2,279	0.06%
	Independent	Max Dean	2,135	0.06%
	Communist	Samuel L. Webb	1,196	0.03%
	Workers League	Fred Mazelis	818	0.02%
Total votes			3,700,915	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1984 United States Senate elections