Question: What is the year of the event that occured first, the 2012 United States Senate Election in Michigan was held, or Pete Hoekstra was born?
Context: The 2012 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Despite initially being in the race early on and poised to easily win, popular Republican U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe suddenly decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term.  Former Independent Governor Angus King won the open seat.  Following Senator Joe Lieberman (Ind.-CT)'s retirement from the Senate in 2013, King became the second Independent incumbent Senator, after Vermont's Bernie Sanders. The 2012 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester successfully ran for re-election to a second term. Pieter "Pete" Hoekstra ( ; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011.  Hoekstra is a member of the Republican Party. The 2012 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.  Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar ran for re-election to a seventh term, but was defeated in the primary by Tea Party-backed Richard Mourdock.  Congressman Joe Donnelly, a moderate Democrat from Indiana's 2nd Congressional District, received his party's nomination after running unopposed in the primary contest, and then defeated both Mourdock and Libertarian Andrew Horning in the general election. The 2012 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, the Senate Minority Whip, decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term.  Republican U.S. Representative Jeff Flake won the open seat. The 2012 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives as well as various state and local elections.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand won re-election to her first full term.  Gillibrand was opposed in the general election by Wendy Long (who ran on the Republican and Conservative Party tickets) and by three minor party candidates.  Gillibrand was re-elected with 72% of the vote, by a margin of 46%, the highest margin for any statewide candidate in New York.  Gillibrand performed 9 points better than President Barack Obama did in the presidential race in New York.  She carried 60 out of 62 counties statewide.  There was one debate, held in October 2012 where Gillibrand and Long debated various issues such as the economy, abortion rights, the debt and deficit, foreign policy, jobs, and tax and regulatory policy.  Gillibrand's vote total was the highest since President Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory in New York in 1964. The 2012 United States Senate election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a fourth term.  Democratic Congresswoman Mazie Hirono defeated former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle in a rematch of the 2002 Hawaii gubernatorial election. The 2012 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, alongside 33 other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives, and the 2012 United States presidential election.  The primary election was held June 12, 2012.  Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller, who was recently appointed to this seat left vacant by resigning U.S. Senator John Ensign, was narrowly elected to his first full term over Congresswoman Shelley Berkley. The 2012 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was re-elected to a third term after being unopposed in the Democratic primary.  The Republican nominee was former Congressman Pete Hoekstra.  Stabenow defeated Hoekstra by a landslide 21% margin and by almost one million votes. The 2012 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.  Incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill was unopposed in the Democratic primary and U.S. Representative Todd Akin won the Republican nomination with a plurality in a close three-way race.  McCaskill was re-elected to a second term.
Answer: 1953