| County | Kerry Bentivolio (R) |
Syed Taj (D) |
John Tatar (Libertarian) |
Steven Duke (Green) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland County (pt.) | 117,740 | 52.5% | 95,330 | 42.5% | 5,974 | 2.7% | 3,053 | 1.4% | 2,186 | 1.0% | 22,410 | 224,283 | 1 | 0.0% | -1 | 224,283 | |||
| Wayne County (pt.) | 64,048 | 47.8% | 63,549 | 47.5% | 3,663 | 2.7% | 1,516 | 1.1% | 1,080 | 0.8% | 499 | 133,856 | 14 | 0.0% | -14 | 133,856 | |||
| TOTAL | 181,788 | 50.8% | 158,879 | 44.4% | 9,637 | 2.7% | 4,569 | 1.3% | 3,266 | 0.9% | 22,909 | 358,139 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 181,788 (50.8%) Total D vote: 158,879 (44.4%) Total Other vote: 17,472 (4.9%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $586,251 | $698,355 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $589,761 | $705,593 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $3,509 | $7,238 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $115 | $5 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $144,083 | $59,497 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $204,112 | $542,516 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $16,750 | $1,604 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $221,277 | $101,947 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $3,238 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $370,831 | $310,159 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $30,034 | $5,424 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $340,797 | $304,735 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $927,048 | $1,003,090 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
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**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
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Other candidates included: Dan Johnson (Natural Law), 3,251 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Kerry Bentivolio | |
| Total Disbursements: | $586,251 |
| Total Receipts: | $589,761 |
| Cash on Hand: | $3,509 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $115 |
| Candidate Loans: | $144,083 |
| Individual Contributions: | $204,112 |
| Party Contributions: | $16,750 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $221,277 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $3,238 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $370,831 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $30,034 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $340,797 |
| Net Spending: | $927,048 |
| Syed Taj | |
| Total Disbursements: | $698,355 |
| Total Receipts: | $705,593 |
| Cash on Hand: | $7,238 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $5 |
| Candidate Loans: | $59,497 |
| Individual Contributions: | $542,516 |
| Party Contributions: | $1,604 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $101,947 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $310,159 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $5,424 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $304,735 |
| Net Spending: | $1,003,090 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/MI/11/2012
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Kerry Bentivolio | 42,470 | 66.5% | $586,251 |
| 2 | Nancy Cassis (write-in) | 21,436 | 33.5% | $406,017 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 63,906 | |||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Syed Taj | 21,953 | 58.9% | $698,355 |
| 2 | William Roberts | 15,338 | 41.1% | $16,453 |
| TOTAL VOTES | 37,291 | |||