Michigan State House of Representatives

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The Michigan State House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 Representatives, each of whom is elected from districts having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the U.S. Census. Representatives are elected in even-numbered years to 2-year terms, and take office on the first day of January following the election. Each Representative is limited to serving three terms.

Contents 1 Make-up of Michigan State House of Representatives 2 Leadership 3 Members of the Michigan State House of Representatives 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Make-up of Michigan State House of Representatives

The current party composition of the House of Representatives is:

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	58
	Democratic Party	49
	Vacant seats	3
Total		110
Government Majority		6

As a result of the 2006 elections, Democrats will have a majority of 58 to 52 when the new term starts in January.

[edit] Leadership

• Speaker of the House: Craig DeRoche of Novi (R-38)
• House Majority Floor Leader: Chris Ward of Brighton (R-66)
• House Minority Leader: Dianne Byrum of Onondaga Township (D-67)

[edit] Members of the Michigan State House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	County(ies)	2006 Candidate/challenger
1	Edward Gaffney	Republican	Wayne
2	Lamar Lemmons, Jr.	Democrat	Wayne	Lemmons, Jr./
3	LaMar Lemmons III RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-1ST SD	Democrat	Wayne
4	Mary Waters RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE	Democrat	Wayne
5	Bill McConico RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-2ND SD	Democrat	Wayne
6	Marsha Cheeks	Democrat	Wayne
7	Virgil Smith	Democrat	Wayne
8	George Cushingberry	Democrat	Wayne
9	Tupac Hunter RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-5TH SD	Democrat	Wayne
10	Gabe Leland	Democrat	Wayne
11	Morris Hood III	Democrat	Wayne
12	Steve Tobocman	Democrat	Wayne
13	Barbara Farrah	Democrat	Wayne
14	Ed Clemente	Democrat	Wayne
15	Gino Polidori	Democrat	Wayne
16	Jim Plakas RUNNING FOR DISTRICT COURT-35TH DISTRICT	Democrat	Wayne
17	Andy Dillon	Democrat	Wayne
18	Glenn Anderson RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-6TH SD	Democrat	Wayne
19	John Pastor	Republican	Wayne
20	John Stewart TERM LIMITED	Republican	Wayne
21	Philip LaJoy	Republican	Wayne
22	Hoon-Yung Hopgood	Democrat	Wayne
23	Kathleen Law	Democrat	Wayne
24	Jack Brandenburg	Republican	Macomb
25	Steve Bieda	Democrat	Macomb
26	Marie Donigan	Democrat	Oakland
27	Andy Meisner	Democrat	Oakland
28	Lisa Wojno	Democrat	Macomb
29	VACANT AS OF 2006	--	Oakland
30	Tory Rocca	Republican	Macomb
31	Fred Miller	Democrat	Macomb
32	Daniel Acciavatti	Republican	Macomb, St. Clair
33	Leon Drolet RETIRING	Republican	Macomb
34	Brenda Clack	Democrat	Genesee
35	Paul Condino	Democrat	Oakland
36	Brian Palmer	Republican	Oakland
37	Aldo Vagnozzi	Democrat	Oakland	Vagnozzi/
38	Craig DeRoche	Republican	Oakland	DeRoche/Tim Jarrell
39	David Law	Republican	Oakland	Law/Lisa Brown
40	Shelley Taub RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-13TH SD	Republican	Oakland
41	Robert Gosselin RETIRING	Republican	Oakland
42	Frank Accavitti	Democrat	Macomb
43	Fran Amos	Republican	Oakland
44	John Stakoe	Republican	Oakland
45	John Garfield	Republican	Oakland
46	James Marleau	Republican	Oakland
47	Joe Hune	Republican	Livingston
48	John Gleason RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-27TH SD	Democrat	Genesee
49	Lee Gonzales	Democrat	Genesee
50	Paula Zelenko TERM LIMITED	Democrat	Genesee
51	David Robertson	Republican	Genesee
52	Pam Byrnes	Democrat	Washtenaw
53	Chris Kolb TERM LIMITED	Democrat	Washtenaw	Matt Erard (Socialist)
54	Alma Smith	Democrat	Washtenaw
55	Kathy Angerer	Democrat	Monroe, Washtenaw
56	VACANT AS OF JUNE 2006	--	Monroe
57	Dudley Spade	Democrat	Lenawee
58	Bruce Caswell	Republican	Branch, Hillsdale
59	Rick Shaffer	Republican	Cass, St. Joseph
60	Alexander Lipsey RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-20TH SD	Democrat	Kalamazoo	Robert Jones
61	Jacob Hoogendyk	Republican	Kalamazoo	Hoogendyk/Julie Rogers
62	Mike Nofs	Republican	Calhoun
63	Lorence Wenke	Republican	Calhoun, Kalamazoo
64	Rick Baxter	Republican	Jackson
65	Leslie Mortimer	Republican	Eaton, Jackson, Lenawee
66	Chris Ward	Republican	Livingston, Oakland
67	Dianne Byrum RETIRING	Democrat	Ingham	Barb Byrum/
68	Michael Murphy TERM LIMITED	Democrat	Ingham
69	Mark Meadows	Democrat	Ingham
70	Judy Emmons	Republican	Ionia, Montcalm
71	Rick Jones	Republican	Eaton
72	Glenn Steil Jr.	Republican	Kent
73	Tom Pearce	Republican	Kent
74	William VanRegenmorter RETIRING	Republican	Kent, Ottawa
75	Jerry Kooiman RETIRING	Republican	Kent
76	Michael Sak	Democrat	Kent
77	Kevin Green	Republican	Kent
78	Neal Nitz	Republican	Berrien, Cass
79	John Proos	Republican	Berrien
80	Tonya Schuitmaker	Republican	Allegan, Van Buren
81	Philip Pavlov	Republican	St. Clair
82	John Stahl	Republican	Lapeer
83	John Espinoza	Democrat	Sanilac, St. Clair
84	Tom Meyer RETIRING	Republican	Huron, Tuscola
85	Richard Ball	Republican	Clinton, Shiawassee
86	Dave Hildenbrand	Republican	Kent
87	Gary Newell TERM LIMITED	Republican	Barry, Ionia
88	Fulton Sheen	Republican	Allegan
89	Barb Vander Veen	Republican	Ottawa
90	Bill Huizenga	Republican	Ottawa
91	David Farhat	Republican	Muskegon, Ottawa
92	Doug Bennett	Democrat	Muskegon
93	Scott Hummel RETIRING	Republican	Clinton, Gratiot
94	Roger Kahn RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-32ND SD	Republican	Saginaw
95	Carl M. Williams RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-32ND SD	Democrat	Saginaw
96	Jeff Mayes	Democrat	Bay
97	Tim Moore	Republican	Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin
98	John Moolenaar	Republican	Midland, Saginaw
99	Bill Caul	Republican	Isabella, Midland
100	Geoff Hansen	Republican	Lake, Newaygo, Oceana
101	David Palsrok	Republican	Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason
102	Darwin Booher	Republican	Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford
103	Joel Sheltrown	Democrat	Iosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon
104	Howard Walker	Republican	Grand Traverse, Kalkaska
105	Kevin Elsenheimer	Republican	Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego
106	Matthew Gillard	Democrat	Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle
107	Gary McDowell	Democrat	Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac
108	Tom Casperson	Republican	Delta, Dickinson, Menominee
109	Stephen Adamini	Democrat	Alger, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft	Steve Lindberg
110	Rich Brown TERM LIMITED	Democrat	Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon	Mike Lahti

[edit] See also

• Michigan Senate
• Michigan Legislature

[edit] External links

• Michigan House Democratic Caucus
• Michigan House of Representatives

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