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  MI - District 01
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Parents > United States > Michigan > MI - District 01
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2010 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
Turnout 35.02% Total Population
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedRBH November 19, 2010 05:24pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description Filing deadline speculative.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBart Stupak Votes213,216 (65.04%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin105,876 (+32.30%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/2012
NameDan Benishek Votes167,060 (48.14%)
Term01/03/2013 - 01/03/2015 Margin1,881 (+0.54%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 03, 2010 MI District 01 - D Primary
Gary J. McDowell
D 27,996
Aug 03, 2010 MI District 01 - R Primary
Dan Benishek
R 70,996
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
11/17/2008 11/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Gary J. McDowell 3 1 2 --
Dan Benishek 19 6 2 1
Leaning Call: Dan Benishek (78.85%)
Weighted Call: Dan Benishek (99.92%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

08/04/2010 10/18/2010

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Dan Benishek St. Rep. Gary J. McDowell Glenn A. Wilson Patrick "Pat" Lambert Keith Shelton Ellis B. Boal  
PartyRepublican Democratic No Party Affiliation U.S. Taxpayers Libertarian Green  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 120,523 (51.94%) 94,824 (40.87%) 7,847 (3.38%) 4,200 (1.81%) 2,571 (1.11%) 2,072 (0.89%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -25,699 (-11.08%) -112,676 (-48.56%) -116,323 (-50.13%) -117,952 (-50.83%) -118,451 (-51.05%)  
Predict Avg.53.00% 46.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.50% 0.50%  
Cash On Hand 10/13 $208,416.25 10/13 $75,101.11 $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2009 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010 00/00/2010  
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MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg42.07%-- 36.27%-- 5.08%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
EPIC/MRA 
10/17/10-10/18/10		 42.00% -- 40.00% -- 8.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (D) 
10/02/10-10/07/10		 42.00% -- 39.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D) 
09/21/10-09/22/10		 41.00% -- 38.00% -- 12.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Hill Research Consultants (R) 
09/19/10-09/21/10		 40.00% -- 24.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
TargetPoint Consulting (R) 
09/07/10-09/08/10		 54.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
08/04/10-08/04/10		 44.75% -- 28.72% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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EVENTS
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VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS
Start Date Candidate Category Ad Tone Lng Title Run Time Contributor
10/20/2010 Glenn A. Wilson TVAd Contrast eng The Blame Game  00:00:35 Jason 
10/15/2010 Dan Benishek TVAd Issue eng Committed  00:00:33 Jason 
09/08/2010 Gary J. McDowell TVAd Attack eng Dan Benishek: "Privatizing Social Security and Medicare is the only way to do it."  00:00:30 Jason 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 27, 2010 07:00am Scandal Benishek hid income to lower child support  Article RP 
Aug 17, 2010 08:20am Statement Independent pledges to spend $2 million in [MI] 1st Congressional  Article RP 

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