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United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 23, 2024
Primary: August 6, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Michigan
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
DDHQ and The Hill: Lean Democratic
Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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A Democratic Party primary took place on August 6, 2024, in Michigan to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Elissa Slotkin advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 23, 2024
August 6, 2024
November 5, 2024


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Debbie Stabenow (Democrat), who was first elected in 2000.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Michigan utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. All candidates appear on the same ballot and a voter may only vote for candidates of one party at any primary.[2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Michigan's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan

Elissa Slotkin defeated Hill Harper in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elissa Slotkin
Elissa Slotkin
 
76.3
 
712,791
Image of Hill Harper
Hill Harper
 
23.7
 
221,053

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 933,844
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Candidate profiles

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Elissa Slotkin

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: United States House of Representatives, District 8 (Assumed office: 2019)

Biography:  Slotkin received a bachelor's from Cornell University and a master's from Columbia University. Her career experience includes working as a Middle East analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). She was also the senior advisor on Middle East transition with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy.


Key Messages

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On legal access to firearms, Slotkin "has supported no-brainer gun safety measures to keep our communities safe, including safe storage of firearms, universal background checks, red flag laws, and the assault weapons ban."

Regarding healthcare, Slotkin "believes all Americans should have access to healthcare they can afford, regardless of pre-existing conditions." She said in Congress, she "fought to pass laws that capped the cost of insulin for seniors, and allowed Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices."

Slotkin said she "made defending and expanding voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and women’s rights a priority in her time in public office."

On the political system, Slotkin said she "has led the charge to ban corporate PACs and pushed leaders in both parties to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks."

Show sources

Sources: Elissa Slotkin 2024 campaign website, "Priorities," accessed August 14, 2024; LinkedIn, "Elissa Slotkin on LinkedIn," accessed August 14, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Michigan in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Michigan

Election information in Michigan: Aug. 6, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by July 22, 2024
  • Online: July 22, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 2, 2024
  • Online: Aug. 2, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 6, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 6, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

July 27, 2024 to Aug. 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Hill Harper Democratic Party $3,149,519 $3,149,519 $0 As of October 16, 2024
Elissa Slotkin Democratic Party $51,937,060 $51,654,345 $282,715 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Quarterly campaign finance analysis

Fourth quarter, 2023

Elissa Slotkin (D) raised the most money in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, taking in $11.68 million since the start of the campaign cycle. 

Slotkin raised $2.83 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. Hill Harper (D) raised the next most in the primary, with $1.32 million since the start of the campaign and $303,185 in quarter four. In the fourth quarter alone, Nasser Beydoun (D) raised more than Harper but less than Slotkin with $457,424.

The primary was scheduled for August 6. Six candidates, including those who have dropped out, raised a combined $13.74 million through Dec. 31, 2023. Looking at all 125 congressional battlegrounds we tracked, this was more than the average of $3.41 million.

Four candidates raised a combined $101.25 million running for U.S. Senate in Michigan in 2020, while 10 raised $35.99 million in 2018.

Below is how much each Democratic candidate raised and spent during the 2023-2024 election cycle:

Looking at the top two fundraisers in quarter four — Slotkin and Beydoun:

  • 7,940 donors donated to Slotkin's campaign in quarter four.
  • Of those 7,940, the largest share, 2,274 (29%), donated between $100 and $499.
  • 451 donors donated to Beydoun's campaign in quarter four. 
  • Of those 451, the largest share, 197 (44%), donated between $100 and $499.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Michigan in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Michigan, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Michigan U.S. Senate Democrat or Republican 15,000-30,000 Fixed number N/A N/A 4/23/2024 Source
Michigan U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 12,000-60,000 Fixed number N/A N/A 7/18/2024 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in Michigan and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Michigan, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
Michigan's 1st Jack Bergman Ends.png Republican R+13
Michigan's 2nd John Moolenaar Ends.png Republican R+16
Michigan's 3rd Hillary Scholten Electiondot.png Democratic D+1
Michigan's 4th Bill Huizenga Ends.png Republican R+5
Michigan's 5th Tim Walberg Ends.png Republican R+15
Michigan's 6th Debbie Dingell Electiondot.png Democratic D+11
Michigan's 7th Elissa Slotkin Electiondot.png Democratic R+2
Michigan's 8th Dan Kildee Electiondot.png Democratic R+1
Michigan's 9th Lisa McClain Ends.png Republican R+18
Michigan's 10th John James Ends.png Republican R+3
Michigan's 11th Haley Stevens Electiondot.png Democratic D+7
Michigan's 12th Rashida Tlaib Electiondot.png Democratic D+23
Michigan's 13th Shri Thanedar Electiondot.png Democratic D+23


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Michigan[4]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Michigan's 1st 39.3% 59.1%
Michigan's 2nd 35.0% 63.2%
Michigan's 3rd 53.3% 44.8%
Michigan's 4th 47.1% 51.1%
Michigan's 5th 37.1% 61.2%
Michigan's 6th 62.7% 36.0%
Michigan's 7th 49.4% 48.9%
Michigan's 8th 50.3% 48.2%
Michigan's 9th 34.6% 64.0%
Michigan's 10th 48.8% 49.8%
Michigan's 11th 59.3% 39.4%
Michigan's 12th 73.7% 25.2%
Michigan's 13th 74.2% 24.6%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 46.0% of Michiganians lived in one of the state's eight Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 29.1% lived in one of 61 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Michigan was Battleground Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Michigan following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Michigan presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 13 Democratic wins
  • 17 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P[5] R R R R D D R D R R R D D D R R R R R D D D D D D R D

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Michigan

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Michigan.

U.S. Senate election results in Michigan
Race Winner Runner up
2020 49.9%Democratic Party 48.2%Republican Party
2018 52.3%Democratic Party 45.8%Republican Party
2014 54.6%Democratic Party 41.3%Republican Party
2012 58.6%Democratic Party 38.0%Republican Party
2008 62.7%Democratic Party 33.8%Republican Party
Average 55.6 41.4

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Michigan

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Michigan.

Gubernatorial election results in Michigan
Race Winner Runner up
2022 54.5%Democratic Party 43.9%Republican Party
2018 53.3%Democratic Party 43.7%Republican Party
2014 50.9%Republican Party 46.9%Democratic Party
2010 58.1%Republican Party 39.9%Democratic Party
2006 56.4%Democratic Party 42.3%Republican Party
Average 54.0 44.0
See also: Party control of Michigan state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Michigan's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Michigan
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 6 8
Republican 0 7 7
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 13 15

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Michigan's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Michigan, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Gretchen Whitmer
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Garlin Gilchrist II
Secretary of State Democratic Party Jocelyn Benson
Attorney General Democratic Party Dana Nessel

State legislature

Michigan State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 20
     Republican Party 18
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 38

Michigan House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 54
     Republican Party 54
     Other 0
     Vacancies 2
Total 110

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Michigan Party Control: 1992-2024
Two years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D
House D S S R R D D R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D

The table below details demographic data in Michigan and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Michigan
Michigan United States
Population 10,077,331 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 56,609 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 75.7% 65.9%
Black/African American 13.6% 12.5%
Asian 3.3% 5.8%
Native American 0.5% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 1.6% 6%
Multiple 5.4% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 5.5% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.8% 89.1%
College graduation rate 31.1% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $68,505 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 8.8% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ Michigan Legislature, "MCL - Section 168.531," accessed October 21, 2025
  3. ↑ Michigan Legislature, "MCL - Section 168.576," accessed October 21, 2025
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
  5. ↑ Progressive Party


Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Gary Peters (D)
Elissa Slotkin (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
Democratic Party (8)
Republican Party (7)


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