Elena Oelke

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Elena Oelke

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August 4, 2020

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Elena Oelke (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 6th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Michigan's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

Michigan's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Michigan's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Incumbent Fred Upton defeated Jon Hoadley, Jeff DePoy, John Lawrence, and Jerry Solis in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fred Upton (R)	55.8	211,496
		Jon Hoadley (D)	40.1	152,085
		Jeff DePoy (L)	2.7	10,399
		John Lawrence (G)	1.2	4,440
		Jerry Solis (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	560

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 378,980
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Tidwell (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Jon Hoadley defeated Jen Richardson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jon Hoadley	52.2	33,976
		Jen Richardson	47.8	31,061

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,037
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aida Gray (D)
• Angelica Pastor-Diaz (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Incumbent Fred Upton defeated Elena Oelke in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fred Upton	62.7	53,495
		Elena Oelke	37.3	31,884

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,379
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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 6

John Lawrence advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		John Lawrence (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 6

Jeff DePoy advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 6 on July 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Jeff DePoy (L)

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Campaign themes

2020

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Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)