United States Senate election in Michigan, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	Carl Levin	Robert P. Griffin
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,484,193	1,362,165
Percentage	52.1%	47.9%

U.S. Senator before election

Robert P. Griffin
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Carl Levin
Democratic

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The 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert P. Griffin ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Carl Levin.

Candidates

Democratic

Carl Levin, President of the Detroit City Council

Republican

Robert P. Griffin, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1966

Results

General election results^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Democratic	Carl Levin	1,484,193	52.1	0
Republican	Robert P. Griffin (Incumbent)	1,362,165	47.8	-4.29
Independent	Others	272	0.01	-52.13

References

↑ Parker, Randy; crickets chirp (July 7, 2003). "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.

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