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class="toctext">2011-2012</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Key_votes"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Key votes</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#113th_Congress"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">113th Congress</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#National_security"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">National security</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#American_response_in_Syria"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">American response in Syria</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#John_Brennan_CIA_nomination"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">John Brennan CIA nomination</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Farm_bill"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Farm bill</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#2014_Budget"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">2014 Budget</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Government_shutdown"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Government shutdown</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href="#No_Budget,_No_Pay_Act_of_2013"><span class="tocnumber">4.3.4</span> <span class="toctext">No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Immigration"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Immigration</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href="#Mexico-U.S._border"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mexico-U.S. border</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Social_issues"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Social issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href="#Violence_Against_Women_(2013)"><span class="tocnumber">4.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Violence Against Women (2013)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Previous_congressional_sessions"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Previous congressional sessions</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-22"><a href="#Fiscal_Cliff"><span class="tocnumber">4.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Fiscal Cliff</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Elections"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Elections</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#2014"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#2008"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">2008</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#Campaign_finance_summary"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Campaign finance summary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-27"><a href="#Personal_Gain_Index"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Personal Gain Index</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#PGI:_Change_in_net_worth"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">PGI: Change in net worth</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#PGI:_Donation_Concentration_Metric"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">PGI: Donation Concentration Metric</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#Analysis"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Analysis</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Ideology_and_leadership"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ideology and leadership</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Like-minded_colleagues"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Like-minded colleagues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Lifetime_voting_record"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Lifetime voting record</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Congressional_staff_salaries"><span class="tocnumber">8.4</span> <span class="toctext">Congressional staff salaries</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#National_Journal_vote_ratings"><span class="tocnumber">8.5</span> <span class="toctext">National Journal vote ratings</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"><a href="#2013"><span class="tocnumber">8.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-37"><a href="#2012"><span class="tocnumber">8.5.2</span> <span class="toctext">2012</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href="#2011"><span class="tocnumber">8.5.3</span> <span class="toctext">2011</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Voting_with_party"><span class="tocnumber">8.6</span> <span class="toctext">Voting with party</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-40"><a href="#2014_2"><span class="tocnumber">8.6.1</span> <span class="toctext">2014</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-41"><a href="#2013_2"><span class="tocnumber">8.6.2</span> <span class="toctext">2013</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-42"><a href="#Personal"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Personal</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-43"><a href="#Recent_news"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Recent news</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-44"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-45"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-46"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p><b>Carl Milton Levin</b> (b. June 28, 1934, in Detroit, <a href="/Michigan" title="Michigan">MI</a> - d. July 29, 2021, in Detroit, <a href="/Michigan" title="Michigan">MI</a>) was previously a <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> from the state of <a href="/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>. Levin was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Levin is the brother of Rep. <a href="/Sandy_Levin" title="Sandy Levin">Sandy Levin</a> from <a href="/Michigan%27s_9th_Congressional_District" title="Michigan's 9th Congressional District">Michigan's 9th Congressional District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>Prior to his election to the Senate, Levin served on the Detroit City Council from 1969 to 1977. From 1974 to 1977 he served as its President. </p><p>On March 7, 2013, Levin announced that he will retire rather than seek re-election in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-retire_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retire-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>Levin died on July 29, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2> <p>Levin was born in 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, where he also attended high school. He earned his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1956 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1959. Levin has also worked as an attorney.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2> <p>Below is an abbreviated outline of Levin's professional and political career:<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Assistant Attorney General and General Counsel for the Michigan Civil Rights Commission 1964-1967</li> <li>Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan and Chief Appellate Defender for the City of Detroit 1968-1969</li> <li>Member, Detroit City Council 1969-1973</li> <li>President, Detroit City Council 1974-1977</li> <li>U.S. Senate, 1979-Present</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013-2014">2013-2014</span></h4> <p>Levin served on the following Senate committees:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Armed Services Committee</a> <i>Chairman</i> <ul><li>Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</li> <li>Subcommittee on SeaPower</li> <li>Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support</li> <li>Subcommittee on Personnel</li> <li>Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities</li> <li>Subcommittee on Airland</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee</a> <ul><li>Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia</li> <li>Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight</li> <li>Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee</a></li></ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2011-2012">2011-2012</span></h4> <p>Levin served on the following Senate committees:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Armed Services Committee</a> <i>Chairman</i></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Intelligence_(Select)" title="United States Senate Committee on Intelligence (Select)">Select Committee on Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Key_votes">Key votes</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="113th_Congress">113th Congress</span></h3> <p>The second session of the <a href="/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th Congress</a> enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the <a href="/112th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Congress">112th Congress</a> had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> The Senate confirmed 13,949 out of 18,323 executive nominations received (76.1 percent). For more information pertaining to Levin's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="National_security">National security</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="American_response_in_Syria">American response in Syria</span></h4> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_involvement_in_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="United States involvement in Syria">United States involvement in Syria</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Levin said on August 30, 2013, that any potential military intervention in Syria should come after the completion of U.N. inspections and that the effort would be blunted without the support of a "large number of nations."<sup id="cite_ref-syria_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syria-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>“I again expressed my view that the United States should not undertake a kinetic strike before the U.N. inspectors complete their work, and that the impact of such a strike would be weakened if it does not have the participation and support of a large number of nations, including Arab nations," Levin said in a statement. "I also urged the Administration to send a powerful message to the Assad regime by immediately getting lethal aid to vetted elements of the Syrian opposition. Doing so can change the balance militarily and also contribute to a political solution in Syria.”<sup id="cite_ref-syria_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syria-10">[10]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="John_Brennan_CIA_nomination">John Brennan CIA nomination</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Levin voted for the confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, 2013, with a vote of 63 - 34. Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Farm_bill">Farm bill</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> On February 4, 2014, the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> controlled <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HR2642:">H.R. 2642</a>, also known as the <a href="/United_States_Farm_Bill_2013" title="United States Farm Bill 2013">Farm Bill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> It passed the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> with a vote of 68-32. The nearly 1,000-page bill reformed and continued various programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that will kick in if or when prices drop; however, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.<sup id="cite_ref-farm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farm-13">[13]</a></sup> Levin joined with 46 other <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">senators</a> in favor of the bill. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_Budget">2014 Budget</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> On January 16, 2014, the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a>-controlled <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> approved <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00013#position">H.R. 3547</a>, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-polsenate_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polsenate-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> The <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> voted 72-26 for the 1,582 page bill, with 17 <a href="/Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans">Republicans</a> and 55 <a href="/Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Democrats">Democrats</a> voting in favor of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency and left the <a href="/Healthcare.gov_website_rollout" title="Healthcare.gov website rollout">Affordable Care Act</a> without any drastic cuts. Levin voted with the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> Party in favor of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-polsenate_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polsenate-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vote_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vote-15">[15]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Government_shutdown">Government shutdown</span></h4> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_budget_debate,_2013" title="United States budget debate, 2013">United States budget debate, 2013</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> During the shutdown in October 2013, the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate Democrats</a> was to require income verification for <a href="/Obamacare" class="mw-redirect" title="Obamacare">Obamacare</a> subsidies.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill from <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> members. Levin voted with the Democratic Party for the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span id="No_Budget.2C_No_Pay_Act_of_2013"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="No_Budget,_No_Pay_Act_of_2013">No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Levin voted for H.R.325 -- No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, 2013, with a vote of 64 - 34. The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Immigration">Immigration</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Mexico-U.S._border">Mexico-U.S. border</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Nay3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/55px-Nay3.png" width="55" height="30" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/83px-Nay3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/e/ea/Nay3.png/110px-Nay3.png 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="106" /></a><span style="display:inline-block; filter:alpha(opacity=0); -moz-opacity:0.0; -khtml-opacity: 0.0; opacity: 0.0;"></span> Levin voted against Senate Amendment 1197 -- Requires the Completion of the Fence Along the United States-Mexico Border. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 39 - 54. The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of 350 miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted. It would also require 700 miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Social_issues">Social issues</span></h3> <h4><span id="Violence_Against_Women_.282013.29"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Violence_Against_Women_(2013)">Violence Against Women (2013)</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Levin voted for S.47 -- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, 2013, with a vote of 78 - 22. The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons. All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Previous_congressional_sessions">Previous congressional sessions</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Fiscal_Cliff">Fiscal Cliff</span></h4> <p><a href="/Portal:Legislative_Branch" title="Portal:Legislative Branch"><img alt="Yea3.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/50px-Yea3.png" width="50" height="28" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/75px-Yea3.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/c/cd/Yea3.png/100px-Yea3.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="107" /></a> Levin voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2014">United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2014</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>On March 7, 2013, Levin announced his plans to retire rather than seek re-election in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-retire_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retire-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2008">2008</span></h3> <p>On November 4, 2008, Carl Levin won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated Jack Hoogendyk, Jr. (R), Scotty Boman (L), Harley G. Mikkelson (G), Michael N. Nikitin (U.S. Taxpayers Party) and Doug Dern (Natural Law) in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2008</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">62.7%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">3,038,386</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Jack Hoogendyk, Jr. </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">33.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,641,070</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Scotty Boman </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">76,347</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#0b0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Green </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Harley G. Mikkelson </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">43,440</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">U.S. Taxpayers Party </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Michael N. Nikitin </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">30,827</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Natural Law </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Doug Dern </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">18,550</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>4,848,620</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><table width="90%" class="collapsible collapsed" style="border:none;"><tbody><tr><th width="90%" style="text-align:left;"><div style="background:#FFFDD0;">To view the full congressional electoral history for Carl Levin, click [show] to expand the section.</div></th><th width="90%"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <p><big><b>2002</b></big><br /> On November 5, 2002, Carl Levin won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated Andrew Raczkowski (R), Eric Borregard (G), John Mangopoulos (Reform) and Doug Dern (Natural Law) in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 2002</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">60.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,896,614</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Andrew Raczkowski </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">37.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,185,545</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#0b0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Green </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Eric Borregard </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">23,931</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Reform </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> John Mangopoulos </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">12,831</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Natural Law </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Doug Dern </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">10,366</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,129,287</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>1996</b></big><br /> On November 5, 1996, Carl Levin won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated Ronna Romney (R), Kenneth Proctor (L), William Roundtree (Workers World), Joseph Mattingly (Natural Law) and Martin McLaughlin (Socialist Equality) in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 1996</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">58.4%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,195,738</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Ronna Romney </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">39.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,500,106</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Kenneth Proctor </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">36,911</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Workers World </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> William Roundtree </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">12,235</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Natural Law </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Joseph Mattingly </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">11,306</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Socialist Equality </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Martin McLaughlin </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">5,975</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">N/A </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Write-in </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">304</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,762,575</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>1990</b></big><br /> On November 6, 1990, Carl Levin won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated Bill Schuette and Susan Farquhar in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 1990</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">57.5%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,471,753</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Bill Schuette </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">41.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,055,695</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Workers World </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Susan Farquhar </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.3%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">32,796</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">N/A </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Write-in </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">250</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>2,560,494</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>1984</b></big><br /> On November 6, 1984, Carl Levin won re-election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated Jack Lousma (R), Arthur Richard Tisch (Independent Citizens), Lynn Johnston (L), Helen Meyers (Socialist Workers), William Roundtree (Workers World), Max Dean (I), Samuel Webb (Communist) and Fred Mazelis (Workers League) in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 1984</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">51.8%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,915,831</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Jack Lousma </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">47.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,745,302</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent Citizens </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Arthur Richard Tisch </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.6%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">22,882</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Lynn Johnston </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.2%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">7,786</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Socialist Workers </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Helen Meyers </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,686</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Workers World </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> William Roundtree </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,279</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Max Dean </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">2,135</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Communist </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Samuel Webb </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,196</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Workers League </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Fred Mazelis </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">818</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">N/A </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Other </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">23</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>3,700,938</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> <p><big><b>1978</b></big><br /> On November 7, 1978, Carl Levin won election to the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He defeated incumbent Robert Griffin in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="500px" class="collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>U.S. Senate, Michigan General Election, 1978</b></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a><b>Carl Levin</b> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">52.1%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,484,193</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Robert Griffin <small><i><b>incumbent</b></i></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">47.9%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,362,165</td> </tr><tr> <td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fff;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">N/A </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"> Scattering </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">272</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>2,846,630</b></td> </tr></tbody></table><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_finance_summary">Campaign finance summary</span></h2> <style>.cf_bp_logo {width: 35px !important;}</style><hr /><p><img class="cf_bp_logo" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/bp-logo-sm.svg" alt="Ballotpedia Logo" title="The Encyclopedia of American Politics" /><i>Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Satellite_spending" title="Satellite spending">Satellite spending groups</a> may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/candcmte_info.shtml">FEC website</a>. Click <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_campaign_finance_laws_and_regulations" title="Federal campaign finance laws and regulations">here</a> for more on federal campaign finance law and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/State_campaign_finance_information" title="State campaign finance information">here</a> for more on state campaign finance law.</i></p><hr /><div class="widget-table-container widget-pagination" style="max-width: 950px; padding-top:10px"><table data-enable-pagination="true" data-page-size="5" id="cf_summary_7657" class="table table-responsive table-hover bp-table"><caption style="text-align:center">Carl Levin campaign contribution history </caption><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Office</th><th>Status</th><th>Contributions</th><th>Expenditures</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td data-cell="Year">2008</td><td data-cell="Office">U.S. Senate (Michigan)</td><td data-cell="Status">Won </td><td data-cell="Contributions">$8,632,073</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr><tr><td data-cell="Year">2002</td><td data-cell="Office">U.S. Senate (Michigan)</td><td data-cell="Status">Won </td><td data-cell="Contributions">$5,276,484</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr style="background-color: transparent;"><td colspan="3" class="data-cell-empty">Grand total</td><td data-cell="Contributions">$13,908,557</td><td data-cell="Expenditures"> N/A** </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0;background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-bottom : hidden!important;padding: 0"><span>Sources: <i><a target="_blank" href="https://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets</a>,  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/">Federal Elections Commission</a> <small>***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).</small></i></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0; background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-style : hidden!important;padding: 0"><i>** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle</i></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0; background-color: transparent;"><td class="data-cell-empty" colspan="5" style="font-size:80%; border-style : hidden!important;padding: 0"><i>Note: Totals above reflect only available data.</i></td></tr></tfoot></table><nav aria-label="Table navigation" id="navcf_summary_7657"></nav></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_Gain_Index">Personal Gain Index</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)"><img alt="Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/200px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="109" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/300px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/44/Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png/400px-Congressional_Personal_Gain_Index_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="274" /></a></div> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)">Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)</a></i><br /></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <b><a href="/Personal_Gain_Index_(U.S._Congress)" title="Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)">Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)</a></b> is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the <a href="/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> have prospered during their tenure as public servants. <br /> It consists of two different metrics: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Changes_in_Net_Worth_of_U.S._Senators_and_Representatives_(Personal_Gain_Index)" title="Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)">Changes in Net Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/The_Donation_Concentration_Metric_(U.S._Congress_Personal_Gain_Index)" title="The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)">The Donation Concentration Metric</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PGI:_Change_in_net_worth">PGI: Change in net worth</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Changes_in_Net_Worth_of_U.S._Senators_and_Representatives_(Personal_Gain_Index)" title="Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)">Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index)</a> and <a href="/Net_worth_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" title="Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives">Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png" class="image"><img alt="Net Worth Metric graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/170px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/255px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/1/1f/Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png/340px-Net_Worth_Metric_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></div> <p>Based on <a href="/Household_net_worth_(Member_of_Congress)" title="Household net worth (Member of Congress)">congressional financial disclosure forms</a> and calculations made available by <i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, Levin's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $1,027,014 and $2,331,000. That averages to <b>$1,679,007</b>, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic senators in 2012 of $13,566,333. Levin ranked as the 56th most wealthy senator in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> Between 2004 and 2012, Levin's calculated net worth<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> decreased by an average of 2 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> </p> <table class="collapsible" width="600px" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #a3bfb1 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th style="background-color:blue; color:white;" colspan="2">Carl Levin Yearly Net Worth </th></tr><tr><th>Year</th><th>Average Net Worth</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center">2004</td><td style="text-align:center">$1,991,282</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center">2012</td><td style="text-align:center">$1,679,007</td></tr><tr><td style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Growth from 2004 to 2012:</b></td><td style="text-align:center"><b>−16%</b></td></tr><tr><td style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Average annual growth:</b></td><td style="text-align:center"><b>−2%<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup></b></td></tr><tr><td style="color:black;background-color:#98FB98;text-align:center" colspan="2">Comparatively, the <b>American citizen</b> experienced a median yearly <i>decline</i> in net worth of <b>-0.94%</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup><b></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><small><i>The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.</i></small> </p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PGI:_Donation_Concentration_Metric">PGI: Donation Concentration Metric</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/The_Donation_Concentration_Metric_(U.S._Congress_Personal_Gain_Index)" title="The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)">The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Filings required by the <a href="/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a> report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by <i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). In the <a href="/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress">113th Congress</a>, Levin was the chair of the <a href="/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">United States Senate Committee on Armed Services</a>. Levin received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the <i>Lawyers/Law Firms</i> industry. Levin's second highest industry donor was <i>Pro-Israel</i>. </p><p>From 1989-2014, <b>22.58 percent of Levin's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.</b><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup> </p> <div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png" class="image"><img alt="Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/179px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png" decoding="async" width="179" height="189" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/269px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/88/Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png/358px-Donation_Concentration_Metric_graphic.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="635" /></a></div> <table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="600px" class="collapsible" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #a3bfb1 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:blue;text-align:center" colspan="2"><b>Carl Levin Campaign Contributions</b></th></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>Total Raised</b></td> <td width="250" style="text-align:center">$27,102,767</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>Total Spent</b></td> <td width="250" style="text-align:center">$25,899,736</td> </tr> <tr><td width="500" style="text-align:center;background-color:#98FB98" colspan="2">Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee</td> </tr> <tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; background-color:grey;" colspan="2"><b>Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee</b></td></tr> <tr><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Lawyers/Law Firms</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$2,142,738</td> </tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Pro-Israel</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,404,375</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Real Estate</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$1,122,909</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Retired</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$905,564</td></tr><tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><i>Securities & Investment</i></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center">$544,435</td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>% total in top industry</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>7.91%</b></td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>% total in top two industries</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>13.09%</b></td></tr> <tr> <td width="250" style="text-align:center;color:white;background-color:#444"><b>% total in top five industries</b></td><td width="250" style="text-align:center"><b>22.58%</b></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Analysis">Analysis</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ideology_and_leadership">Ideology and leadership</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by <i>GovTrack</i>, Levin was a <a href="/GovTrack%27s_Political_Spectrum_%26_Legislative_Leadership_ranking" title="GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking">rank-and-file Democrat</a> as of July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup> This was the same rating Levin received in June 2013. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Like-minded_colleagues">Like-minded colleagues</span></h3> <p>The website <i>OpenCongress</i> tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> </p> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="multicol" style="background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p>Levin most often votes with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Maria Cantwell</a></li> <li><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Susan_Collins_(Maine)" title="Susan Collins (Maine)">Susan Collins</a></li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <p>Levin least often votes with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Joe_Manchin" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a></li> <li><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Mike_Lee_(U.S._Senate,_Utah)" title="Mike Lee (U.S. Senate, Utah)">Mike Lee</a></li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lifetime_voting_record">Lifetime voting record</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Lifetime_voting_records_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives">Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>According to the website <i>GovTrack,</i> Levin missed 163 of 12,652 roll call votes from February 1979 to July 2014. This amounts to 1.3 percent, which is better than the median of 2.0 percent among current congressional senators as of July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Congressional_staff_salaries">Congressional staff salaries</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Staff_salaries_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives" title="Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives">Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The website <i>Legistorm</i> compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Levin paid his congressional staff a total of $3,212,530 in 2011. He ranked 7th on the list of the highest paid Democratic senatorial staff salaries and ranked 9th overall of the highest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, <a href="/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> ranked 6th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="National_Journal_vote_ratings">National Journal vote ratings</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/National_Journal_vote_ratings" title="National Journal vote ratings">National Journal vote ratings</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Each year <i>National Journal</i> publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013">2013</span></h4> <p>Levin ranked 28th in the liberal rankings in July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2012">2012</span></h4> <p>Levin ranked 49th in the liberal rankings in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2011">2011</span></h4> <p>Levin ranked 49th in the liberal rankings in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Voting_with_party">Voting with party</span></h3> <p>The website <i>OpenCongress</i> tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2014_2">2014</span></h4> <p>Levin voted with the Democratic Party <b>96.9 percent</b> of the time, which ranked 13th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of July 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="2013_2">2013</span></h4> <p>Levin voted with the Democratic Party <b>95.7 percent</b> of the time, which ranked 17th among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal">Personal</span></h2> <p><i>Note: Please <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="mailto:editor@ballotpedia.org">contact us</a> if the personal information below requires an update.</i><br /> Levin has been married to his wife Barbara (nee Halpern) since 1961. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup> </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_news">Recent news</span></h2> <p>This section links to a Google news search for the term <b>Carl + Levin + Michigan + Senate</b> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="rss-feed"> <p><b><span style="font-size:135%"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Carl+Levin+Michigan+Senate&um=1&ie=UTF-8">Carl Levin News Feed</a></span></b> </p> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_not_running_for_re-election_in_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. Congress incumbents not running for re-election in 2014">List of U.S. Congress incumbents not running for re-election in 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/U.S._Senate_delegation_from_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate delegation from Michigan">U.S. Senate delegation from Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Michigan" title="United States congressional delegations from Michigan">United States congressional delegations from Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Michigan,_2014" title="United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2014">United States Senate elections in Michigan, 2014</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <p>  </p> <div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;" class="mobile-columns"> <ul><li>Social media: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.facebook.com/carllevin">Facebook</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" 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<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?member=MISR&site=congressmerge">CongressMerge</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/53307">Project Vote Smart</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.rollcall.com/members/256.html"><i>Roll Call</i></a></li></ul></li> <li>Fact-checking: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/personalities/carl-levin">PolitiFact</a></li></ul></li> <li>Financial (federal level): <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?&tabIndex=1&candidateCommitteeId=S8MI00158">FEC contributions</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001691">OpenSecrets.org</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.legistorm.com/member/63/Sen_Carl_Milton_Levin.html">LegiStorm.com</a></li></ul></li> <li>Interest group ratings: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/53307">Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul></li> <li>Issue positions: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Carl_Levin.htm">On The Issues</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/53307">Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul></li> <li>Legislation: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://beta.congress.gov/member/carl-levin/1384">Congress.gov</a></li></ul></li> <li>Public statements: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/public-statements/53307">Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul></li> <li>Voting record: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/53307">Project Vote Smart</a></li> <li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000261"><i>Washington Post</i></a></li></ul></li> <li>Works by or about: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2006-82074">WorldCat</a></li></ul></li> <li>Media appearances: <ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/person/2592"><i>C-SPAN</i></a></li> 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Carl Levin "(D-Mich.) won’t seek re-election in 2014," March 8, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/michigan-sen-carl-levin-to-retire-88598.html"><i>POLITICO</i>, "Michigan Sen. Carl Levin to retire," March 7, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2021/07/29/1022576824/former-sen-carl-levin-dies-at-87"><i>NPR'</i>, "Former Sen. 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id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00021"><i>Senate.gov</i>, "H.R. 2642 (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013)," accessed February 12, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-farm-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-farm_13-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/us/politics/senate-passes-long-stalled-farm-bill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0"><i>NY Times</i>, "Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and Losers," accessed February 12, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-polsenate-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-polsenate_14-0">14.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-polsenate_14-1">14.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/ted-cruz-obamacare-affordable-care-act-senate-vote-102285.html"><i>Politico,</i> "Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-vote-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-0">15.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-1">15.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-vote_15-2">15.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00013#position"><i>U.S. Senate,</i> "January 16 Vote," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/house-passes-1-1-trillion-omnibus-prewrite/"><i>Roll Call,</i> "House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-effort-to-end-fiscal-crisis-collapses-leaving-senate-to-forge-last-minute-solution/2013/10/16/1e8bb150-364d-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story_1.html"><i>The Washington Post</i>, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00219#top"><i>Senate.gov,</i> "H.R. 2775 As Amended," accessed October 31, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/42338?s=party"><i>Project Vote Smart</i>, "HR 325 - To Ensure the Complete and Timely Payment of the Obligations of the United States Government Until May 19, 2013 - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/45516#.UkRPsD_TCgQ"><i>Project Vote Smart</i>, "S Amdt 1197 - Requires the Completion of the Fence Along the United States-Mexico Border - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://votesmart.org/bill/votes/42501#.UkRXCD_TCgQ"><i>Project Vote Smart</i>, "S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00251"><i>U.S. Senate</i>, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1984," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1978election.pdf"><i>U.S. Congress House Clerk</i>, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978," accessed March 28, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00001691&year=2012"><i>OpenSecrets</i>, "Levin, (D-MI), 2012," accessed February 18, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This figure represents the average annual percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or their first year in office (as noted in the chart below) to 2012, divided by the number of years calculated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://docs.google.com/a/ballotpedia.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmrQhCgFokf8dFczQjBwUnF2bFNMUDVsUmktejdCd3c&usp=drive_web#gid=11">Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet</a> for more information on this calculation.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&type=I&cid=N00001691&newMem=N"><i>OpenSecrets.org</i>, "Sen. Carl Levin," accessed September 25, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/carl_levin/300066"><i>GovTrack</i>, "Carl Levin," accessed July 30, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130807001025/http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300066_Carl_Levin"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Carl Levin," accessed August 8, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/carl_levin/300066"><i>GovTrack</i>, "Carl Levin," accessed July 30, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.legistorm.com/member/63/Sen_Carl_Levin.html"><i>LegiStorm</i>, "Carl Levin," accessed April 15, 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2013-vote-ratings"><i>National Journal</i>, "2013 Congressional Vote Ratings," accessed July 30, 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings/table-house-liberal-scores-by-issue-area-20130221"><i>National Journal</i>, "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," February 26, 2013</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223"><i>National Journal</i>, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140722131600/http://www.opencongress.org/people/votes_with_party/senate/democrat"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140722131600/http://www.opencongress.org/people/votes_with_party/senate/democrat"><i>OpenCongress</i>, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://levin.senate.gov/about/"><i>Official Site</i>, "About," accessed October 29, 2011</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background: #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1">Preceded by<br /><b>Robert P. Griffin</b> </td> <td width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b><a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> - Michigan</b><br />1979-2015 </td> <td width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<br /><b><a href="/Gary_Peters" title="Gary Peters">Gary Peters</a> (D)</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><style> .leg-hnt-container { width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; clear: both; padding: 2px; font-size: 90%; text-align: center; } .leg-hnt-flex-row { display: flex; break-inside: avoid-column; justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; } .leg-hnt-flex-column { display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding: 2px 0; } .leg-hnt-title { font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; background-color: #ccf; padding: 2px 0; } .leg-hnt-leadership { padding-bottom: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .leg-hnt-leadership-title { display: block; font-weight: 500; } .leg-hnt-leadership > div { flex: 0 0 175px; } .leg-hnt-district-number { font-weight: 500; 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