2006 United States senate election in Montclair

The 1982 United States Senate election in Sequoia was held on November 2, 1982, and resulted in the defeat of incumbent U.S. Senator Dan Inouye by United States Representative Eleanor Aquitaine in an upset, especially due to Sequoia's traditional left leaning bias and Aquitaine's position as founder of the Loony Party.

Aquitaine had found her popularity to be extremely high, as she would later say "residents of Sequoia don't have a real reason to hate me, because the Loony policy is a bit of no common sense, right?", and decided to take a shot at the Senate race, while Dan Inouye, who had recently been elected President pro Tempore, ran for re-election.

The campaign was hard-fought, with Aquitaine and Inouye holding several campaign events across the state.

Initially, the votes were counted and totalled up to a victory for Senator Inouye, with him on top with 50.6% of the vote. However, upon recounting, a plethora of votes in Aquitaine-favouring areas such as Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Southern California, resulting in Aquitaine winning by a margin of 3.4 percentage points, and being elected the first Loony Senator. She won more voters in most ex-states, Inouye only taking Washington, Oregon, and Hawai'i. She would later be joined as Sequoia's Senator by Loony Jordan Fox.

Background
A typical swing state, Michigan is considered to be a purple to slightly blue state at the federal level, especially since in the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden carried Michigan by about 3 percentage points. However, Democrats have seen much more success in recent years in the state. Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats and a slight majority of the U.S. Representatives in its congressional delegation, as well as majorities in the Michigan Legislature and all statewide offices in the state.

This race is considered to be competitive given the state's nearly even partisan lean and the fact that there is no incumbent; however, most analysts consider the race leaning towards the Democrats.

Declared

 * Nasser Beydoun, businessman, former executive director of the Arab American Chamber of Commerce, and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006
 * Zack Burns, attorney and scientist
 * Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Representative for MI's 7th congressional district (2019–present)

Announcement pending

 * Hill Harper, actor and author
 * Pamela Pugh, president of the Michigan State Board of Education (2015–present)

Filed paperwork

 * Leslie Love, former state representative for the 10th district (2014–2020)

Publicly expressed interest

 * Brenda Lawrence, former U.S. Representative for MI's 14th congressional district (2015–2023)

Potential

 * Barbara McQuade, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan (2010–2017)
 * Hillary Scholten, U.S. Representative for MI's 3rd congressional district (2023–present)
 * Rashida Tlaib, U.S. Representative for MI's 12th congressional district (2019–present)

Declined

 * Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State (2019–present)
 * Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation (2021–present), former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020), and candidate for President of the United States in 2020
 * Debbie Dingell, U.S. Representative for MI's 6th congressional district (2015–present)
 * Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit (2014–present)
 * Abdul El-Sayed, CNN contributor, former executive director of the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2018
 * Garlin Gilchrist, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (2019–present)
 * Dan Kildee, U.S. Representative for MI's 8th congressional district (2013–present)
 * Andy Levin, former U.S. Representative for MI's 9th congressional district (2019–2023)
 * Karen McDonald, Oakland County Prosecutor (2021–present)
 * Mallory McMorrow, state senator for the 8th district (2019–present)
 * Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General (2019–present)
 * Debbie Stabenow, incumbent U.S. Senator (2001–present)
 * Haley Stevens, U.S. Representative for MI's 11th congressional district (2019–present)
 * Shri Thanedar, U.S. Representative for MI's 13th congressional district (2023–present)
 * Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan (2019–present)

Declared

 * Michael Hoover, pest control business owner
 * Nikki Snyder, member of the Michigan State Board of Education (2017–present)

Publicly expressed interest

 * James Craig, former Chief of the Detroit Police Department (2013–2021) and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2022
 * Bill Huizenga, U.S. Representative for MI's 4th congressional district (2011–present)
 * Ruth Johnson, state senator for the 14th district (2019–present) and former Michigan Secretary of State (2011–2019)
 * Kevin Rinke, businessman and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2022
 * Lisa McClain, U.S. Representative for MI's 9th congressional district (2021–present)
 * Peter Meijer, former U.S. Representative for MI's 3rd congressional district (2021–2023)

Potential

 * Mike Cox, former Michigan Attorney General (2003–2011) and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2010
 * Mike Detmer, auto dealership sales manager, former president of Young Republicans, and candidate for MI's 8th congressional district in 2020
 * Betsy DeVos, former U.S. Secretary of Education (2017–2021) and former chair of the Michigan Republican Party (1996–2000, 2003–2005)
 * Ryan Kelley, former Allendale Planning Commissioner, participant in the January 6 Capitol attack, and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2022
 * Aric Nesbitt, Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate (2023–present) from the 26th district (2019–present)
 * Mike Rogers, former U.S. Representative for MI's 8th congressional district (2001–2015)
 * Matthew Schneider, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan (2018–2021)
 * Bill Schuette, former Michigan Attorney General (2011–2019), nominee for U.S. Senate in 1990, and nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2018
 * Mike Shirkey, former Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate (2019–2023) from the 16th district (2015–2023)
 * John Tuttle, vice chair of the New York Stock Exchange
 * Fred Upton, former U.S. Representative for MI's 6th congressional district (1987–2023)

Declined

 * Tom Barrett, former state senator for the 24th district (2019–2023) and nominee for MI's 7th congressional district in 2022 (running for U.S. House)
 * Brian Calley, former Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (2011–2019) and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2018
 * Tudor Dixon, conservative media personality and nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2022
 * John James, U.S. Representative for MI's 10th congressional district (2023–present) and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020 (running for re-election)
 * Perry Johnson, businessman and candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2022 (running for president)
 * Candice Miller, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner (2017–present), former U.S. Representative for MI's 10th congressional district (2003–2016), and former Michigan Secretary of State (1995–2003)

Potential

 * Justin Amash (Libertarian Party), former U.S. Representative for MI's 3rd congressional district (2011–2021) (may also run as a Republican or an independent)