United States Senate election in Michigan, 1994

United States Senate election in Michigan, 1994

November 8, 1994

Nominee Spencer Abraham Bob Carr Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,578,770 1,300,960 Percentage 51.9% 42.8%

U.S. Senator before election Don Riegle Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham Republican

The 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican Spencer Abraham won the open seat.

Candidates

Democratic

• Bob Carr, U.S. Congressman

Republican

• Spencer Abraham, Chairman of Michigan GOP

Libertarian

• Jon Coon

Workers World

• William Roundtree

Natural Law

• Chris Wege

Results

General election results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Spencer Abraham	1,578,770	51.9
	Democratic	Bob Carr	1,300,960	42.8
	Libertarian	Jon Coon	128,393	4.2
	Workers World	William Roundtree	20,010	0.7
	Natural Law	Chris Wege	14,746	0.5

See also

• Politics of the United States

References

1. Parker, Randy (May 27, 2003). "Our Campaigns: MI U.S. Senate". Our Campaigns.