 Raczkowski won the Republican nomination for the United States Senate, but lost to the popular longtime Democratic incumbent Carl Levin by 60.6% to 37.9%.Raczkowski was planning on running in the Republican primary to challenge Levin again, but when he was called up for active duty, he was forced to drop out of the race.Raczkowski challenged Democratic incumbent Gary Peters for , losing in the general election with 47% of the vote to Peters' 49% of the vote.