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1970Final results

1970 election for Michigan Senate District 14

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Carl Pursell (R) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Paul Kadish (D) by 18.1 points.

Carl PursellRepublican · winner
59.1%55,082
Paul KadishDemocrat
40.9%38,192
93,274 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

Races before and after

EvenR+28.61978D+5.71982D+13.31986R+6.61990D+17.11994D+31.01998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET