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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. Question: By what margin was this former member of the United States House of Representatives beaten when he ran in the 2012 Michigan election for House of Representatives? Answer: 21%
Stabenow defeated Hoekstra by a landslide 21 margin and by almost one million votes.