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Mike Detmer
Mike Detmer (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 22. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Detmer also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Biography
Detmer was born in Traverse City, Michigan. He graduated from Rochester Adams High. He earned a bachelor's degree from Oakland University in June 1998. Detmer's career experience includes working as the vice president of a mortgage broker company based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He later moved to Kansas and opened a branch of the mortgage company. More recently, he has worked in the automotive industry. While attending Oakland University, Detmer served as the president of the Young Republicans.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 22
Incumbent Lana Theis defeated Jordan Genso, Jon Elgas, and Victoria McCasey in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 22 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lana Theis (R)  | 60.7 | 83,957 |
 | Jordan Genso (D) | 36.7 | 50,738 | |
 | Jon Elgas (L) | 1.8 | 2,478 | |
| Victoria McCasey (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.9 | 1,198 | ||
| Total votes: 138,371 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 22
Jordan Genso advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 22 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jordan Genso | 100.0 | 19,299 |
| Total votes: 19,299 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 22
Incumbent Lana Theis defeated Mike Detmer in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 22 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lana Theis | 57.6 | 24,384 |
 | Mike Detmer | 42.4 | 17,939 | |
| Total votes: 42,323 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan State Senate District 22
Jon Elgas advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan State Senate District 22 on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Elgas (L) |
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 22
Victoria McCasey advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 22 on July 23, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Victoria McCasey (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | |
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Incumbent Elissa Slotkin defeated Paul Junge and Joe Hartman in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elissa Slotkin (D) | 50.9 | 217,922 |
 | Paul Junge (R) | 47.3 | 202,525 | |
 | Joe Hartman (L) | 1.8 | 7,897 | |
| Total votes: 428,344 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Incumbent Elissa Slotkin advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elissa Slotkin | 100.0 | 90,570 |
| Total votes: 90,570 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Paul Junge defeated Mike Detmer, Kristina Lyke, and Alan Hoover in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Junge | 35.1 | 30,525 |
| Mike Detmer | 28.6 | 24,863 | |
 | Kristina Lyke | 25.4 | 22,093 | |
 | Alan Hoover | 10.9 | 9,461 | |
| Total votes: 86,942 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nikki Snyder (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8
Joe Hartman advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on July 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Hartman (L) |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mike Detmer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Mike Detmer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
