2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district special election Michigan Presidential no 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 11 2010 2012 Michigan's 11th congressional district election 2012 2012 11 06 125px David Curson Democratic Party (United States) 159,258 48.4% 125px Kerry Bentivolio Republican Party (United States) 151,736 46.1% Representative Thaddeus McCotter Republican Party (United States) David Curson Democratic Party (United States) MI11 110.svg 325px Michigan's 11th congressional district at the time of the 2012 special election. The 2012 special election in Michigan's 11th congressional district was a special election that took place in Michigan on November 6, 2012, to replace Republican United States Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, who resigned after a failed presidential campaign and a series of scandals. Former autoworker David Curson, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated Republican nominee Kerry Bentivolio, a reindeer farmer, to win the seat for the last few months of McCotter's term. Schedule As a matter of convenience and cost saving, this special election was held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled general election on November 6, 2012. Voters were asked on the November ballot to select two candidates: one to serve the remainder of McCotter's term in the 112th Congress, and the other to serve the full 2-year term in the 113th Congress beginning in January 2013.http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/lt_gov_brian_calley_calls_spec.html Lt. Gov. Brian Calley calls special $650K election to fill Thad McCotter's seat July 10, 2012 August 4, 2012 MLive.com David Eggert Democratic primary Candidates David Curson, labor activist Despite the fact that Canton Township Trustee Syed Taj was the Democratic nominee in the regularly scheduled general election, Taj did not opt to run in the special election and Curson did not opt to run in the general election. Results Democratic primary resultshttp://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12SP1/12SP1all.html Archived copy 2013-05-24 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121228165348/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12SP1/12SP1all.html 2012-12-28 David Curson Democratic Party (United States) 11,450 100.00 11,450 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Kerry Bentivolio, reindeer farmer Nancy Cassis, former State Senator Kenneth Crider, steel worker Carolyn Kavanagh Steve King, former member of the Livonia School Board Results Republican primary results Kerry Bentivolio Republican Party (United States) 10,280 41.69 Nancy Cassis Republican Party (United States) 8,803 35.70 Carolyn Kavanagh Republican Party (United States) 2,653 10.76 Steve King Republican Party (United States) 1,715 6.95 Kenneth Crider Republican Party (United States) 1,208 4.90 24,659 100.00 General election The election to fill the remaining 6 weeks of McCotter's term was largely ignored as the attention was focused on the presidential election and the race for the full two-year term between Bentivolio and Taj. Candidates Kerry Bentivolio, Republican nominee David Curson, Democratic nominee John J. Tartar, Libertarian Party nominee Marc J. Sosnowski, Constitution Party nominee Results Michigan's 11th congressional district special election, 2012http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06011008.html Archived copy 2015-11-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141011040219/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06011008.html 2014-10-11 Democratic Party (United States) David Curson 159,258 48.39 Republican Party (United States) Kerry Bentivolio 151,736 46.10 Libertarian Party (United States) John Tatar 11,606 3.53 U.S. Taxpayers Party Marc Sosnowski 6,529 1.98 329,137 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county CountyDavid CursonDemocraticKerry BentivolioRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Oakland (part)59,16156.43%40,42338.56%5,2555.01%-18,738-17.87%104,839Wayne (part)92,57541.27%118,83552.98%12,8885.75%91,74011.71%224,298Totals159,25848.39%151,73646.10%18,1355.51%7,5222.29%329,137 See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives Michigan's 11th congressional district References 30em United States House of Representatives 11 special Michigan 11 special 2012 11 special Michigan 2012 11 Michigan 11 United States House of Representatives 2012 11