Michigan Senate

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The Michigan Senate is the upper body of the Michigan Legislature. It consists of 38 members who are elected from districts having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents.

Senators are elected at the same time as the governor and serve 4-year terms concurrent with the governor's term of office. Senate and gubernatorial elections are offset by two years from U.S. Presidential elections (e.g., Presidential elections were in 2000 and 2004, gubernatorial and senate elections were in 2002 and 2006). Terms for senators begin on January 1, following the November general election. Senators who have not served more than half of someone else's Senate term are eligible for two full terms (i.e. - eight years).

Contents 1 Make-up of Michigan Senate 2 Leadership Information 2.1 Michigan State Senate Officers 2.2 Senate Majority Leadership 2.3 Senate Minority Leadership 3 Members of the Michigan State Senate 4 Unicameral Michigan 5 See also 6 External link

[edit] Make-up of Michigan Senate

As of the term that began in January of 2007, Republicans hold a majority with 21 seats, and Democrats hold 17 seats, in the Michigan Senate.

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	21
	Democratic Party	17
Total		38
Government Majority		4

[edit] Leadership Information

[edit] Michigan State Senate Officers

• President: John D. Cherry
• President Pro Tempore: Randy Richardville
• Assistant President Pro Tempore: Alan Sanborn
• Associate President Pro Tempore: James A. Barcia

[edit] Senate Majority Leadership

The Republican Caucus, with 21 members, currently holds the majority.

• Majority Leader: Mike Bishop
• Assistant Majority Leader: Michelle McManus
• Majority Floor Leader: Alan Cropsey
• Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Cameron Brown
• Majority Caucus Chairperson: Nancy Cassis
• Assistant Majority Caucus Chairperson: Mark Jansen
• Majority Whip: Jason Allen
• Assistant Majority Whip: Roger Kahn

[edit] Senate Minority Leadership

The Democratic Caucus, with 17 members, is currently in the minority.

• Minority Leader: Mark Schauer
• Assistant Minority Leader: Tupac Hunter
• Minority Floor Leader: Buzz Thomas
• Assistant Minority Floor Leader: Glenn Anderson
• Minority Caucus Chair: Gilda Z. Jacobs
• Assistant Minority Caucus Chair: John Gleason
• Minority Whip: Ray Basham
• Assistant Minority Whip: Dennis Olshove

[edit] Members of the Michigan State Senate

District	Senator	Party	Residence	Eligible for re-election in 2010?
1	Hansen Clarke	Democrat	Detroit	No
2	Martha G. Scott	Democrat	Highland Park	No
3	Irma Clark-Coleman	Democrat	Detroit	No
4	Samuel Buzz Thomas III	Democrat	Detroit	No
5	Tupac Hunter	Democrat	Detroit	Yes
6	Glenn Anderson	Democrat	Westland	Yes
7	Bruce Patterson	Republican	Canton	No
8	Raymond E. Basham	Democrat	Taylor	No
9	Dennis Olshove	Democrat	Warren	No
10	Michael Switalski	Democrat	Roseville	No
11	Alan Sanborn	Republican	Roseville	No
12	Mike Bishop	Republican	Rochester	No
13	John Pappageorge	Republican	Troy	Yes
14	Gilda Z. Jacobs	Democrat	Huntington Woods	No
15	Nancy Cassis	Republican	Novi	No
16	Cameron Brown	Republican	Fawn River Township	No
17	Randy Richardville	Republican	Monroe	Yes
18	Liz Brater	Democrat	Ann Arbor	No
19	Mark Schauer	Democrat	Battle Creek	No
20	Thomas M. George	Republican	Kalamazoo	No
21	Ron Jelinek	Republican	Three Oaks	No
22	Valde Garcia	Republican	Howell	No
23	Gretchen Whitmer	Democrat	East Lansing	Yes
24	Patricia L. Birkholz	Republican	Saugatuck Township	No
25	Judson Gilbert II	Republican	Algonac	No
26	Deborah Cherry	Democrat	Burton	No
27	John Gleason	Democrat	Grand Blanc	Yes
28	Mark Jansen	Republican	Gaines Township	Yes
29	Bill Hardiman	Republican	Kentwood	No
30	Wayne Kuipers	Republican	Holland	No
31	Jim Barcia	Democrat	Bay City	No
32	Roger Kahn	Republican	Saginaw Township	Yes
33	Alan L. Cropsey	Republican	DeWitt	No
34	Gerald VanWoerkom	Republican	Muskegon	No
35	Michelle McManus	Republican	Leland	No
36	Tony Stamas	Republican	Midland	No
37	Jason Allen	Republican	Traverse City	No
38	Mike Prusi	Democrat	Ishpeming	No

[edit] Unicameral Michigan

A grass-roots movement has started up in Michigan to abolish the Senate. The group 'Unicameral Michigan' advocates "firing the Senate" in order to reduce state operation costs, and is hoping to have the question put to a referendum on the 2006 ballot.[1] The sponsors of the initiative effort failed to meet the July 10, 2006 filing deadline in order to have the proposal submitted to Michigan's voters at the November 7, 2006 election.

[edit] See also

• Michigan State House of Representatives
• Michigan Legislature

[edit] External link

• Michigan State Senate

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