2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
← 1998 November 7, 2000 2002 →
All 16 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Republican 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

The 2000 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 7, 2000, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had sixteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

The state primary elections were held on August 8.^[1]

The general election in Michigan's 8th congressional district was the closest House race in 2000.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2000^[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Democratic	2,177,618	53.51%	10	9	-1
	Republican	1,786,980	43.91%	6	7	+1
	Libertarian	48,100	1.18%	0	0	-
	U.S. Taxpayers	18,272	0.45%	0	0	-
	Natural Law	16,344	0.40%	0	0	-
	Green	15,602	0.38%	0	0	-
	Reform	6,709	0.16%	0	0	-
	Write-ins	35	0.00%	0	0	-
Total		4,069,660	100.00%	16	16	-

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Bart Stupak was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Stupak (incumbent)	40,601	88.93%
	Democratic	Sven Johnson	5,051	11.06%
Total votes			45,652	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Yob	40,191	100.0%
Total votes			40,191	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 1st congressional district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Stupak (incumbent)	169,649	58.38%
	Republican	Chuck Yob	117,300	40.36%
	Natural Law	Wendy Conway	1,839	0.63%
	Libertarian	John W. Loosemore	1,757	0.60%
	Write-In	Sven Johnson	24	0.00%
Total votes			290,569	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican Peter Hoekstra was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra (incumbent)	57,170	100.0%
Total votes			57,170	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Shrauger	12,786	100.0%
Total votes			12,786	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 2nd congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra (incumbent)	186,762	64.41%
	Democratic	Bob Shrauger	96,370	33.23%
	Natural Law	Susan J. Goldberg	2,705	0.93%
	Libertarian	Bruce A. Smith	2,639	0.91%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald E. Graeser	1,449	0.49%
Total votes			289,925	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Vernon Ehlers was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vernon Ehlers (incumbent)	59,202	100.0%
Total votes			59,202	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy W. Steele	10,743	73.48%
	Democratic	Gregory Frushour	3,877	26.51%
Total votes			14,620	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 3rd congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vernon Ehlers (incumbent)	179,539	64.98%
	Democratic	Timothy W. Steele	91,309	33.05%
	Libertarian	Erwin J. Haas	2,403	0.86%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Tom Grego	1,093	0.39%
	Reform	Kenneth L. Lowndes	1,053	0.38%
	Natural Law	Jerry Berta	866	0.31%
Total votes			276,263	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Dave Camp was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Camp (incumbent)	51,264	100.0%
Total votes			51,264	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence D. Hollenbeck	15,785	100.0%
Total votes			15,785	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 4th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Camp (incumbent)	182,128	68.00%
	Democratic	Lawrence D. Hollenbeck	78,019	29.13%
	Green	Alan Gamble	3,790	1.41%
	Libertarian	Richard Whitelock	2,112	0.78%
	U.S. Taxpayers	John Emerick	978	0.36%
	Natural Law	Stuart J. Goldberg	792	0.29%
Total votes			267,819	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat James Barcia was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Barcia (incumbent)	43,120	100.0%
Total votes			43,120	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald G. Actis	26,562	100.0%
Total votes			26,562	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 5th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Barcia (incumbent)	184,048	74.29%
	Republican	Ronald G. Actis	59,274	23.92%
	Libertarian	Clint Foster	3,070	1.23%
	Natural Law	Brian D. Ellison	1,345	0.54%
Total votes			247,737	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Fred Upton was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Upton (incumbent)	45,192	100.0%
Total votes			45,192	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Bupp	6,386	100.0%
Total votes			6,386	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 6th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Upton (incumbent)	159,373	67.92%
	Democratic	James Bupp	68,532	29.20%
	Libertarian	William Bradley	3,573	1.52%
	Reform	Richard M. Overton	1,872	0.79%
	U.S. Taxpayers	C. Dennis James	1,290	0.54%
Total votes			234,640	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Nick Smith was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Smith (incumbent)	37,729	100.0%
Total votes			37,729	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennie Crittendon	8,406	100.0%
Total votes			8,406	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 7th congressional district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Smith (incumbent)	147,369	61.14%
	Democratic	Jennie Crittendon	86,080	35.71%
	Reform	Perry Spencer	2,359	0.97%
	Libertarian	Robert Broda Jr.	2,158	0.89%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Steve Cousino	1,878	0.77%
	Natural Law	Gail Anne Petrosoff	1,159	0.48%
	Write-In	Richard Wunsch	7	0.00%
Total votes			241,010	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow did not run for re-election, instead running for the U.S. Senate.^[6] The race been Republican nominee Mike Rogers and Democratic nominee Dianne Byrum was the closest congressional race in the 2000 election.^[7]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers	30,441	100.0%
Total votes			30,441	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dianne Byrum	24,195	100.0%
Total votes			24,195	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 8th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers	145,179	48.79%
	Democratic	Dianne Byrum	145,019	48.74%
	Green	Bonnie Bucqueroux	3,484	1.17%
	Libertarian	James Parry Eyster	2,443	0.82%
	Natural Law	Patricia Rayfield Allen	713	0.23%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Francisco R. Gualdoni	695	0.23%
Total votes			297,533	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Dale Kildee was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Kildee (incumbent)	27,034	100.0%
Total votes			27,034	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Grant Garrett	11,541	43.05%
	Republican	John Geisler	10,965	40.90%
	Republican	Carlo Iovannitti	4,297	16.03%
Total votes			26,803	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 9th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Kildee (incumbent)	158,184	61.09%
	Republican	Grant Garrett	92,926	35.88%
	Libertarian	Laurie M. Martin	5,337	2.06%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Terry R. Haines	1,657	0.63%
	Natural Law	Alaya Bouché	824	0.31%
Total votes			258,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat David Bonior was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Bonior (incumbent)	31,835	89.22%
	Democratic	Mario Fundaro	2,137	5.98%
	Democratic	Anthony America	1,708	4.78%
Total votes			35,680	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Turner	24,259	100.0%
Total votes			24,259	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 10th congressional district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Bonior (incumbent)	181,818	64.41%
	Republican	Tom Turner	93,713	33.19%
	Libertarian	R. Friend	4,412	1.56%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Joseph M. Pilchak	2,322	0.82%
	Write-In	Anthony America	4	0.00%
Total votes			282,269	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Knollenberg (incumbent)	39,798	100.0%
Total votes			39,798	100.0

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew Frumin	21,121	100.0%
Total votes			21,121	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 11th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Knollenberg (incumbent)	170,790	55.75%
	Democratic	Matthew Frumin	124,053	40.50%
	Green	Marilyn MacDermaid	4,191	1.36%
	Libertarian	Dick Gach	3,371	1.10%
	Reform	Joseph Andrew Ditzhazy Jr.	1,425	0.46%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Daniel E. Malone	1,244	0.40%
	Natural Law	Bonnie Hixson	1,228	0.40%
Total votes			306,302	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Sander Levin was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sander Levin (incumbent)	25,549	100.0%
Total votes			25,549	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bart Baron	18,154	100.0%
Total votes			18,154	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 12th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sander Levin (incumbent)	157,720	64.33%
	Republican	Bart Baron	78,795	32.13%
	Green	Thomas Ness	4,137	1.68%
	Libertarian	Andrew Le Cureaux	3,630	1.48%
	Natural Law	Fred D. Rosenberg	887	0.36%
Total votes			245,169	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Lynn Rivers was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Rivers (incumbent)	24,469	100.0%
Total votes			24,469	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl F. Berry	13,363	100.0%
Total votes			13,363	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Rivers (incumbent)	160,084	64.67%
	Republican	Carl F. Berry	79,445	32.09%
	Libertarian	Karin R. Corliss	4,578	1.84%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Harold H. Dunn	2,110	0.85%
	Natural Law	David Arndt	1,304	0.52%
Total votes			247,521	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat John Conyers was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	48,014	100.0%
Total votes			48,014	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Ashe	3,538	100.0%
Total votes			3,538	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 14th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	168,982	89.07%
	Republican	William A. Ashe	17,582	9.26%
	Libertarian	Constance J. Catalfio	2,113	1.11%
	Natural Law	Richard R. Miller	1,030	0.54%
Total votes			189,707	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Carolyn C. Kilpatrick was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (incumbent)	40,993	100.0%
Total votes			40,993	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chrysanthea D. Boyd-Fields	2,336	100.0%
Total votes			2,336	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 15th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (incumbent)	140,609	88.57%
	Republican	Chrysanthea D. Boyd-Fields	14,336	9.03%
	Libertarian	Raymond H. Warner	1,690	1.06%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Robert L. Thomas	1,402	0.88%
	Natural Law	Gregory Frank Smith	714	0.44%
Total votes			158,751	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat John Dingell was re-elected.^[3]

Primaries

Democratic primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dingell (incumbent)	35,574	100.0%
Total votes			35,574	100.0

Republican primary election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Morse	11,908	100.0%
Total votes			11,908	100.0

General election

2000 Michigan's 16th congressional district election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dingell (incumbent)	167,142	70.96%
	Republican	William Morse	62,469	26.52%
	Libertarian	Edward Andrew Hlavac	2,814	1.19%
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ken Larkin	2,154	0.91%
	Natural Law	N. Fouad Hamze	938	0.39%
Total votes			235,517	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

↑ Franklin, Amy (August 8, 2000). "Primary differs greatly from '98 races". The Flint Journal. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Trandahl, Jeff. "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2000". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "U.S. House of Representatives Michigan Delegation". Detroit Free Press. November 9, 2000. p. 26. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Primary)" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
1 2 3 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (General)" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
↑ "Gephardt aids Byrum's House bid". The Ann Arbor News. January 14, 2000. p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Michigan Democrat loses tight election". The Atlanta Journal. December 16, 2000. p. 27. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] Franklin, Amy (August 8, 2000). "Primary differs greatly from '98 races". The Flint Journal. p. 4. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[clerk-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Trandahl, Jeff. "STATISTICS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 7, 2000". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

[incumbent-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "U.S. House of Representatives Michigan Delegation". Detroit Free Press. November 9, 2000. p. 26. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[primary-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Primary)" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

[general-5] 1 2 3 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (General)" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

[6] "Gephardt aids Byrum's House bid". The Ann Arbor News. January 14, 2000. p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "Michigan Democrat loses tight election". The Atlanta Journal. December 16, 2000. p. 27. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

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