The 2000 congressional elections in Michigan was held on November 7, 2000, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had sixteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

The state primary elections were held on August 8.

The general election in Michigan's 8th congressional district was the closest House race in 2000.

Overview United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2000PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/– Democratic 2,177,618 53.51% 10 9 -1 Republican 1,786,980 43.91% 6 7 +1 Libertarian 48,100 1.18% 0 0 - U.S. Taxpayers 18,272 0.45% 0 0 - Natural Law 16,344 0.40% 0 0 - Green 15,602 0.38% 0 0 - Reform 6,709 0.16% 0 0 - Write-ins 35 0.00% 0 0 - Total 4,069,660 100.00% 16 16 -

District 1 Incumbent Democrat Bart Stupak was re-elected.

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District 2 Incumbent Republican Peter Hoekstra was re-elected.

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District 3 Incumbent Republican Vernon Ehlers was re-elected.

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District 4 Incumbent Republican Dave Camp was re-elected.

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District 5 Incumbent Democrat James Barcia was re-elected.

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District 6 Incumbent Republican Fred Upton was re-elected.

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District 7 Incumbent Republican Nick Smith was re-elected.

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District 8 Incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow did not run for re-election, instead running for the U.S. Senate. The race between Republican nominee Mike Rogers and Democratic nominee Dianne Byrum was the closest congressional race in the 2000 election.

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District 9 Incumbent Democrat Dale Kildee was re-elected.

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District 10 Incumbent Democrat David Bonior was re-elected.

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District 11 Incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg was re-elected.

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District 12 Incumbent Democrat Sander Levin was re-elected.

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District 13 Incumbent Democrat Lynn Rivers was re-elected.

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District 14 Incumbent Democrat John Conyers was re-elected.

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District 15 Incumbent Democrat Carolyn C. Kilpatrick was re-elected.

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District 16 Incumbent Democrat John Dingell was re-elected.

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