{{Short description|American politician (born 1931)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sander Levin | image = Sander Levin, Official Portrait.JPG | office = Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee | term_start = March 4, 2010 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | predecessor = Pete Stark (acting) | successor = Dave Camp | state1 = Michigan | term_start1 = January 3, 1983 | term_end1 = January 3, 2019 | predecessor1 = William M. Brodhead | successor1 = Andy Levin | constituency1 = {{ushr|MI|17|C}} (1983–1993)<br>{{ushr|MI|12|C}} (1993–2013)<br>{{ushr|MI|9|C}} (2013–2019) | state_senate2 = Michigan | district2 = 15th | term_start2 = January 13, 1965 | term_end2 = January 13, 1971 | predecessor2 = John Fitzgerald | successor2 = Daniel Cooper | birth_name = Sander Martin Levin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|9|6}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = {{ubl |{{marriage|Vicki Schlafer|1958|2008|end=died}} |{{marriage|Pamela Cole|2012}}}} | relatives = Carl Levin (brother) | children = 4, including Andy | education = University of Chicago (BA)<br>Columbia University (MA)<br>Harvard University (LLB) | signature = Sander Levin Signature.svg | module = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Sander Levin on the Bosnian War.ogg |title=Levin's voice |type=speech |description=Levin on U.S. government leadership in the Bosnian War.<br>Recorded May 6, 1993}} }} '''Sander Martin Levin''' (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019, representing {{ushr|Michigan|9}} (numbered as the {{ushr|Michigan|17|17th district}} from 1983 to 1993 and as the {{ushr|Michigan|12|12th district}} from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan, is a former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee;<ref name="house-democrats-sander-levin-231964">{{cite news | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/house-democrats-sander-levin-231964 | title=Becerra vies for Ways and Means post as Levin steps aside | author=Caygle, Heather| author2=Becker, Bernie | newspaper=Politico | date=November 11, 2010 | access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> he was chair of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He was the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin, and is the father of former Congressman Andy Levin, his successor.

In December 2017, Levin announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Peterson |first=Kristina |date=December 2, 2017 |title=Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan to Retire |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-sander-levin-of-michigan-to-retire-1512230164 |work=The Wall Street Journal }}</ref> His son Andy was elected on November 6, 2018, and took office in the 116th Congress, which commenced on January 3, 2019.

==Early life and education== Levin was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Jewish parents Bess Rachel (née Levinson) and Saul R. Levin.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sVQfAQAAMAAJ&q=Bess+Rachel+Levinson+levin|title = Who's who in Government|date = November 1977| publisher=Marquis Who's Who. |isbn = 9780837912035}}</ref> He graduated from Central High School in Detroit, received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1952, a Master's degree in international relations from Columbia University in 1954, and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1957. Afterwards, he developed a private practice in Detroit.

==State politics== Levin was named chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |title=Levin to Head Oakland Dems |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60240211/levin-to-head-oakland-dems/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=January 19, 1962 |page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was elected as State Senator for the 15th district in 1964, defeating Republican George W. Kuhn.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scliweigert vs. Schneider in State's 37th District |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60240448/obituary-for-scliweigert-vs-schneider/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=The Evening News |agency=Associated Press |date=September 3, 1964 |location=Saulte Ste. Marie |page=5}}</ref> Levin served in the position until 1970.<ref name="congressbio" /> Following the 1967 resignation of Michigan Democratic Party chairman Zolton Ferency, Levin was elected state party chairman on December 17. He resigned his position as minority floor leader the following January.<ref>{{cite news |title=Levin Resigns Senate Dem Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60242294/levin-resigns-senate-dem-post/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=The Times Herald |agency=Associated Press |date=January 11, 1968|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He served as Senate minority leader from January 1969 to January 1970, when he resigned to run for governor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quits Senate minority post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60243768/quits-senate-minority-post/ |access-date=September 29, 2020 |work=Battle Creek Enquirer |agency=Associated Press |date=January 12, 1970|via=Newspaper.com}}</ref>

He made unsuccessful campaigns for Governor of Michigan in 1970 and 1974, both times losing to Republican William Milliken. He was a Fellow of the Harvard Kennedy School in 1975. From 1977 through 1981 he was assistant administrator of the Agency for International Development.<ref name="congressbio">{{cite web |title=LEVIN, Sander Martin (1931-) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=L000263 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=United States Congress |access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections=== In 1982, incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman William Brodhead decided not to run for re-election, instead making an unsuccessful run for governor. Levin won the Democratic primary in Michigan's 17th congressional district with 49% of the vote,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=225300 |title=MI District 17 - D Primary Race - Aug 03, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> which at that time included northwestern Detroit as well as parts of Macomb and Oakland counties. Levin subsequently won this 1982 general election with 67% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37150 |title=MI District 17 Race - Nov 02, 1982 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> He typically won re-election with at least 56% of the vote since then, exceptions being 1992 and 1994 elections. After the 1990 United States census, his district was renumbered as the 12th district and lost its share of Detroit. In 1992, he narrowly defeated businessman and Vietnam War veteran John Pappageorge 53%-46%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28019 |title=MI District 12 Race - Nov 03, 1992 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> In a 1994 rematch, Levin again defeated this same opponent, during the midst of the Republican Revolution, 52%-47%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28905 |title=MI District 12 Race - Nov 08, 1994 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> Then again in 1996, Levin defeated Pappageorge by a larger margin in a third rematch 57%-41%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29544 |title=MI District 12 Race - Nov 05, 1996 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> In 1998, Levin won re-election against Republican nominee Leslie A. Touma, 56%-42%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30690 |title=MI District 12 Race - Nov 03, 1998 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> In 2000, Detroit Metro area businessman Bart Baron gained the endorsement of the United Auto Workers Union, but Levin still managed to win re-election with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=510 |title=MI District 12 Race - Nov 07, 2000 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> The 2000s redistricting added heavily Democratic Southfield and Mount Clemens to the district, and he won re-election in every election with at least 61% of the vote since.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1272 |title=Candidate - Sander Levin |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref>

;2012 {{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 9}} After redistricting, Levin's district was merged with the 9th District of fellow Democrat Gary Peters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/sander_levin_pans_republican_r.html |title=Sander Levin pans Republican redistricting map |publisher=MLive.com |agency=Associated Press |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=December 21, 2011}}</ref> The district retained Peters' district number—the 9th—but geographically was more Levin's district. Peters opted to run in the newly redrawn 14th District.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCarty|first=Alicia| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2011-11-02/2012-elections-preview-midwest/51128656/1 | work=USA Today | title=A look ahead to the key races in the Midwest in 2012 | date=November 8, 2011}}</ref> This effectively handed the Democratic nomination to Levin. While he lost Southfield to the 14th, it picked up the rest of Royal Oak, as well as Oak Park, Clawson and Berkley, among other locations. It was no less Democratic than its predecessor, and Levin breezed to a 16th term with 61.4 percent of the vote.

===Committee assignments=== * Committee on Ways and Means (former Ranking Member) ** Subcommittee on Trade (Ranking Member) ** Subcommittee on Income Security

Levin took over as chairman of the Ways and Means committee on March 4, 2010, when Charles B. Rangel of New York stepped aside in due to a number of ethics violations.<ref name="wp2010030402172">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030402172.html | title=Levin is acting chairman of Ways and Means panel | author=Ohlemacher, Stephen| author2=Margasak, Larry | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=March 4, 2010 | access-date=March 4, 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Levin served as chairman until January 2011 and ranking member until the end of 2016.<ref name="house-democrats-sander-levin-231964"/>

Levin was a member of the House Baltic Caucus<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619215630/https://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Congressional Arts Caucus.<ref>{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140644/https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Political positions==

===Foreign policy=== As a member of Congress, Levin was a supporter of Israel. He supported the nuclear deal with Iran, and said that Israel, the region, and the world would be more secure under the Iran nuclear deal.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Tamar Pileggi |date=July 28, 2015 |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/prominent-jewish-democratic-lawmaker-backs-iran-deal/ |title=Prominent Jewish Democratic lawmaker backs Iran deal |agency=Associated Press |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=2018-08-13}}</ref>

==Personal life== His wife of 50 years, Vicki Schlafer, died on September 4, 2008. They had four children: Andy, Jennifer, Madeleine, and Matthew and ten grandchildren.

In a private ceremony in July 2012, Levin married Pamela Cole, age 61, a Pennsylvania State University psychology professor who studies emotional development. They met through his late wife Vicki. Cole and Levin worked to create a fund in her name for young professionals researching early childhood development.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaner|first=David|title=Rep. Levin marries Penn State professor|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/122057-rep-levin-marries-penn-state-professor/ |newspaper=The Hill|date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>

Levin comes from a family that has long been prominent in Michigan politics. His younger brother Carl Levin was the state's senior Senator until his retirement in January 2015. His uncle, Theodore, was a federal judge. His first cousin Charles was a Michigan Supreme Court justice, after serving as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge. Another first cousin, Joseph Levin, was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. His son Andy Levin was an unsuccessful candidate for the Michigan Senate in 2006,<!-- the archiveURL is to a deadlink at freep, it's worthless! <ref>[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS06/611080433/1008/NEWS06 ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132904/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061108%2FNEWS06%2F611080433%2F1008%2FNEWS06 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>--> but in 2018 was elected to succeed him in the United States House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Vincent |url=http://www.michiganradio.org/post/andy-levin-declares-victory-9th-congressional-democratic-race|title=Andy Levin declares victory in 9th Congressional Democratic race |access-date=2018-09-19}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {{s-start}} |+ {{ushr|Michigan|17|}}: Results 1982–1990<ref name="clerk">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730201058/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archive-date=July 30, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="fedelect"/> ! Year ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |1982 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |116,901 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |67% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Gerald Rosen |{{party shading/Republican}} |55,620 |{{party shading/Republican}} |32% | |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Virginia Cropsey |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2,955 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2% | |- |1984 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |133,064 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |100% | | |''No candidate'' | | | | | | | | |- |1986 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |105,031 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |76% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Calvin Williams |{{party shading/Republican}} |30,879 |{{party shading/Republican}} |22% | |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Charles Martell |{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Independent |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1,477 |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1% | |- |1988 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |135,493 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |70% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Dennis Flessland |{{party shading/Republican}} |55,197 |{{party shading/Republican}} |29% | |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Charles Hahn |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2,333 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |- |1990 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |92,205 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |70% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Blaine Lankford |{{party shading/Republican}} |40,100 |{{party shading/Republican}} |30% | | | | | | {{s-end}}

{{s-start}} |+ {{ushr|Michigan|12|}}: Results 1992–2010<ref name="clerk"/><ref name="fedelect">{{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/electionresults.shtml|title=Election Results|publisher=Federal Election Commission|pages=1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008}}</ref> ! Year ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % |- |1992 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |137,514 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |53% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |John Pappageorge |{{party shading/Republican}} |119,357 |{{party shading/Republican}} |46% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Charles Hahn |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2,751 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|R. W. Montgomery |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,724 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | | |- |1994 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |103,508 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |52% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |John Pappageorge |{{party shading/Republican}} |92,762 |{{party shading/Republican}} |47% | |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Jerome White |{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |No party affiliation |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1,386 |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Eric Anderson |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,340 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | | |- |1996 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |133,436 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |57% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |John Pappageorge |{{party shading/Republican}} |94,235 |{{party shading/Republican}} |41% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Albert Titran |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |3,101 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Gail Petrosoff |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,690 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | | |- |1998 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |105,824 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |56% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Leslie Touma |{{party shading/Republican}} |79,619 |{{party shading/Republican}} |42% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Albert Titran |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2,813 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Fred Rosenberg |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1,172 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|1% | | | | | | |- |2000 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |157,720 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |64% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Bart Baron |{{party shading/Republican}} |78,795 |{{party shading/Republican}} |32% | |{{party shading/Green}} |Thomas Ness |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |4,137 |{{party shading/Green}} |2% | |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Andrew LeCureaux |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |3,630 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Fred Rosenberg |! style="background:#00bfff; "|Natural Law |! style="background:#00bfff; "|887 |! style="background:#00bfff; "|0% | |- |2002 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |140,970 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |68% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Harvey Dean |{{party shading/Republican}} |61,502 |{{party shading/Republican}} |30% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Dick Gach |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2,694 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1% | |{{party shading/Constitution}} |Steven Revis |{{Party shading/Constitution}} |U.S. Taxpayers |{{party shading/Constitution}} |1,362 |{{party shading/Constitution}} |1% | | | | | | |- |2004 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |210,827 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |69% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Randell Shafer |{{party shading/Republican}} |88,256 |{{party shading/Republican}} |29% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Dick Gach |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |5,051 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2% | | | | | | | | | | | |- |2006 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |168,494 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |71% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Randell Shafer |{{party shading/Republican}} |62,689 |{{party shading/Republican}} |26% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Andrew LeCureaux |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |3,259 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Jerome White |{{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |No party affiliation |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1,862 |{{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |1% | |{{party shading/Green}} |Art Myatt |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |1,735 |{{party shading/Green}} |1% | |- |2008 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |225,094 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |72% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Bert Copple |{{party shading/Republican}} |74,565 |{{party shading/Republican}} |24% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |John Vico |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |4,767 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2% | |{{party shading/Constitution}} |Les Townsend |{{Party shading/Constitution}} |U.S. Taxpayers |{{party shading/Constitution}} |4,076 |{{party shading/Constitution}} |1% | |{{party shading/Green}} |William Opalicky |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |3,842 |{{party shading/Green}} |1% |- |2010 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |124,671 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |61% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Don Volaric |{{party shading/Republican}} |71,372 |{{party shading/Republican}} |35% | |{{party shading/Green}} |Julia Williams |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |3,038 |{{party shading/Green}} |1% | |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |Leonard Schwartz |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |2,342 |{{party shading/Libertarian}} |1% | |{{party shading/Constitution}} |Les Townsend |{{Party shading/Constitution}} |U.S. Taxpayers |{{party shading/Constitution}} |2,285 |{{party shading/Constitution}} |1% |*<!--Alan Jacquemotte also got 409 votes as a Natural Law candidate.--> {{s-end}}

{{s-start}} |+ {{ushr|Michigan|9|}}: Results 2012–<ref>{{cite web |author=Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State |url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06009000.html |title=Election Results: General Election November 06, 2012 |publisher=Michigan Department of State |access-date=2013-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116020259/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/06009000.html |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html |title=2016 Michigan Election Results |publisher=Michigan Department of State |access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> ! Year ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! |- |2012 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |208,846 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |62% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Don Volaric |{{party shading/Republican}} |114,760 |{{party shading/Republican}} |34% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Jim Fulner |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |6,100 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2% | |{{party shading/Green}} |Julia Williams |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |4,708 |{{party shading/Green}} |1% | |{{party shading/Constitution}} |Les Townsend |{{Party shading/Constitution}} |U.S. Taxpayers |{{party shading/Constitution}} |2,902 |{{party shading/Constitution}} |1% | |- |2014 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |136,342 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |60% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |George Brikho |{{party shading/Republican}} |81,470 |{{party shading/Republican}} |36% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Gregory Creswell |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |4,792 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2% | |{{party shading/Green}} |John McDermott |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |3,153 |{{party shading/Green}} |1% | | | | | | |- |2016 || |{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Sander Levin''' '''(incumbent)''' |{{party shading/Democratic}} |199,661 |{{party shading/Democratic}} |58% | |{{party shading/Republican}} |Christopher Morse |{{party shading/Republican}} |128,937 |{{party shading/Republican}} |37% | |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Matthew Orlando |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |9,563 |{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |3% | |{{party shading/Green}} |John McDermott |{{party shading/Green}} |Green |{{party shading/Green}} |6,614 |{{party shading/Green}} |2% | | | | | | {{s-end}}

==See also== * List of Jewish members of the United States Congress

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{CongLinks | congbio=L000263 | votesmart=26918 | fec=H2MI17023 | congress=sander-levin/L000263 }} * {{C-SPAN|251}}

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