CQ Risk Rating: Democrat Favored 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Bart Stupak (D) | 169,649 | 58% |
| Chuck Yob (R) | 117,300 | 40% |
| Wendy Conway (NL) | 1,839 | 1% |
| John W. Loosemore (LIBERT) | 1,757 | 1% |
| write-in | 24 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: AUGUST 8, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Bart Stupak | 40,601 | 89% |
| Sven Johnson | 5,051 | 11% |
| | Republican |
| Chuck Yob | 40,491 | 100% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
MICHIGAN 1
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Upper Peninsula; northern Lower Michigan
Rolling, forested hills and hundreds of inches of snow make the 1st one
of the few places suited to skiing in the Midwest. Beaches and resorts
around Traverse City and Petoskey also lure summer vacationers from
Milwaukee and Chicago, feeding the area's tourist industry. But most of the
1st saw its economic foundations erode in the 1990s.
The Upper Peninsula (UP), surrounded by three of the Great Lakes and
connected to the rest of the state by the Mackinac Bridge, is still
recovering from two military base closures. Mining, which once drew
immigrants to remote parts of the state, hasn't been a growth industry since
the turn of the century. NAFTA has effectively killed most remaining copper,
paper and iron production. Many "Yoopers" hope redevelopment grants will
help sprout some local industry, but tourism and recreation are the only
growth industries. Steady depopulation in northern Michigan and the Upper
Peninsula has gradually expanded this district's territory to encompass
about 40 percent of the state's total land mass.
As a whole, the 1st backs Democratic candidates, but even the most
liberal voters tend to be socially conservative. A strong tradition of union
organization among miners and mill workers has left the western and central
UP strongly Democratic, a preference shared by the eastern counties in the
northern part of the state. At the top of the "mitten," the state's
northwestern counties, with their growing population of retired executives,
tend to go for Republicans.
Major Industry
Mining, logging, tourism, auto parts
Population
581,006 (1990)
Cities
Marquette, 17,016; Traverse City, 15,082; Sault Ste. Marie, 15,300 (1996)
People
69% rural; 16% age 65+ (ranks first of 16 in state; top third nationally);
60% married couples, 27% married couples with children; 15% college educated
(ranks eighth of 16 in state; bottom third nationally); 49% white collar
(ranks 13 of 16 in state; bottom third nationally), 30% blue collar (ranks
ninth of 16 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Race
96% white, 1% black, 0% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$22,788 (ranks 15 of 16 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Isle Royale National Park; National Ski Hall of Fame; Interlochen Center for
the Arts.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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