The 2006 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 4, 2006 to determine who would represent the state of

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in the

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. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the

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. Representatives are elected for two-year terms. All fifteen incumbents ran for re-election, and all of them got re-elected except

Joe Schwarz John J. H. "Joe" Schwarz (born November 15, 1937), is an American physician and independent politician from Michigan, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004 as a moderate Republican. He represented Michigan's 7th c ...

, who lost his primary.

Overview

Match-up summary

District 1

Incumbent Democrat

Bart Stupak Bartholomew Thomas Stupak (; born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Stupak served as the U.S. representative from from 1993 to 2011. Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He dep ...

won re-election to an eighth term.

District 2

Incumbent Republican

Pete Hoekstra Cornelis Piet "Pete" Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he previously ser ...

won re-election to an eighth term.

District 3

Incumbent Republican

Vern Ehlers Vernon James Ehlers (February 6, 1934 – August 15, 2017) was an American physicist and politician who represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 until his retirement in 2011. A Republican, he also served eight years ...

won re-election to an eighth term.

District 4

Incumbent Republican David Lee Camp won re-election to a ninth term.

District 5

Incumbent Democratic Dale Kildee won re-election to a thirteenth term.

District 6

Incumbent Republican Fred Upton won re-election to an eleventh term.

District 7

Republican Tim Walberg defeated the incumbent in the primary, and won the general election.

District 8

Incumbent Republican Mike Rogers won re-election to a fourth term.

District 9

Incumbent Republican

Joe Knollenberg Joseph Kastl Knollenberg (November 28, 1933 – February 6, 2018) was an American politician from Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing and . In his congressional term, Knoll ...

won re-election to an eighth term.

District 10

Incumbent Republican

Candice Miller Candice Sue Miller (née McDonald; born May 7, 1954) is an American politician serving as the Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County, Michigan since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Miller previously served as the U.S. representative ...

won re-election to a third term.

District 11

Incumbent Republican Thad McCotter won re-election to a third term.

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Sander Levin won re-election to a thirteenth term.

District 13

Incumbent Democrat

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, 1945) is a former American politician who was U.S. Representative for from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to Hansen Cl ...

won re-election, unopposed, to a sixth term.

District 14

Incumbent Democrat

John Conyers John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit. ...

won re-election to an X term.

District 15

Incumbent Democrat John Dingell won re-election to a twenty-seventh term.

References

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