The Political Graveyard: Michigan: U.S. Senators, 1970s

Michigan: U.S. Senators, 1970s

U.S. Senators from Michigan, 1970-79 (may be incomplete!)
Philip A. Hart 1959-76 Robert P. Griffin 1966-79 Donald W. Riegle, Jr. 1976-95 Carl Levin 1979-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

U.S. Senators from Michigan: Events and Candidates of the 1970's (may be incomplete!)

1970 Aug 4: Philip A. Hart (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1970 Aug 4: Lenore Romney (Rep), nominated; Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3: Philip A. Hart (Dem), elected; Lenore Romney (Rep), defeated; Paul Lodico (Socialist Workers), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1972 Aug 8: Frank J. Kelley (Dem), nominated unopposed.
1972 Aug 8: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), nominated unopposed.
1972 Nov 7: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), elected; Frank J. Kelley (Dem), defeated; Patrick V. Dillinger (American Independent), defeated; Barbara Halpert (Human Rights), defeated; Linda Nordquist (Socialist Workers), defeated; James Sim (Socialist Labor), defeated; Thomas D. Dennis (Communist), defeated.
1976 Aug 3: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Richard H. Austin (Dem), defeated in primary; James G. O'Hara (Dem), defeated in primary; James L. Elsman (Dem), defeated in primary.
1976 Aug 3: Marvin L. Esch (Rep), nominated; Thomas E. Brennan (Rep), defeated in primary; Robert J. Huber (Rep), defeated in primary; Deane Baker (Rep), defeated in primary.
1976 Nov 2: Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Dem), elected; Marvin L. Esch (Rep), defeated; Bette Jane Erwin (Libertarian), defeated; Theodore G. Albert (Human Rights), defeated; Paula L. Reimers (Socialist Workers), defeated; Frank Girard (Socialist Labor), defeated; Peter A. Signorelli (U.S. Labor), defeated.
1976 Dec 26: Philip A. Hart, died in office.
1976 Dec 30: Donald W. Riegle, Jr., appointed.
1978 Aug 8: Carl Levin (Dem), nominated; Philip H. Power (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard F. Vander Veen (Dem), defeated in primary; Anthony A. Derezinski (Dem), defeated in primary; John R. Otterbacher (Dem), defeated in primary; Paul A. Rosenbaum (Dem), defeated in primary.
1978 Aug 8: Robert P. Griffin (Rep), nominated; L. Brooks Patterson (Rep), defeated in primary.
1978 Nov 7: Carl Levin (Dem), elected; Robert P. Griffin (Rep), defeated.

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