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The 1978 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert P. Griffin ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate, Detroit City Council President Carl Levin.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1978 Republican U.S. Senate primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert P. Griffin (incumbent) 322,530 78.30%
Republican L. Brooks Patterson 89,383 21.70%
Write-in 22 0.01%
Total votes 411,935 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1978 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl Levin 226,584 38.90%
Democratic Phil Power 115,117 19.77%
Democratic Richard Vander Veen 89,257 15.33%
Democratic Anthony Derezinski 53,696 9.22%
Democratic John Otterbacher 50,860 8.73%
Democratic Paul Rosenbaum 46,892 8.05%
Write-in 23 0.00%
Total votes 582,429 100.00%

Results

General election results[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Carl Levin 1,484,193 52.14% Increase5.85
Republican Robert P. Griffin (incumbent) 1,362,165 47.85% Decrease4.43
Write-in 272 0.01% N/A
Total votes 2,846,630 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

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