Michigan House of Representatives election, 2014

Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2014

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)

110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

3,002,147

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Kevin Cotter	Tim Greimel
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader since	January 12, 2011	January 9, 2013
Leader's seat	63rd District	29th District
Seats before	59	51
Seats after	63	47
Seat change	4	4
Popular vote	1,457,867	1,526,453
Percentage	48.56	50.85

Speaker before election

James "Jase" Bolger
Republican

Elected Speaker

Kevin Cotter
Republican

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The 2014 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5, 2014. Members elected at the 2014 election will serve in the 98th Michigan Legislature which convenes on January 7, 2015.

Term-limited members

Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are only able to serve two four-years terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-years terms. The following members are term-limited from seeking re-election to the House in 2014.

Democrats (12)

5th District: Fred Durhal, Jr. (Detroit)
6th District: Rashida Tlaib (Detroit)
8th District: David Nathan (Detroit)
12th District: Douglas Geiss (Taylor)
13th District: Andrew Kandrevas (Southgate)
21st District: Dian Slavens (Canton)
22nd District: Harold Haugh (Roseville)
27th District: Ellen Cogen Lipton (Huntington Woods)
34th District: Woodrow Stanley (Flint)
37th District: Vicki Barnett (Farmington Hills)
62nd District: Kate Segal (Battle Creek)
84th District: Terry Brown (Pigeon)

Republicans (14)

19th District: John J. Walsh (Livonia)
36th District: Pete Lund (Shelby Township)
38th District: Hugh Crawford (Novi)
42nd District: Bill Rogers (Brighton)
43rd District: Gail Haines (Waterford)
44th District: Eileen Kowall (White Lake)
45th District: Tom McMillin (Rochester Hills)
47th District: Cindy Denby (Handy Township)
58th District: Kenneth Kurtz (Coldwater)
59th District: Matt Lori (Constantine)
63rd District: James "Jase" Bolger (Marshall)
80th District: Robert Genetski (Saugatuck)
82nd District: Kevin Daley (Lum)
90th District: Joseph Haveman (Holland)
98th District: Jim Stamas (Midland)
104th District: Wayne Schmidt (Traverse City)

Results

The election resulted in Republicans gaining 4 seats with Democrats losing 4 seats.^[1]

On November 6, Kevin Cotter, Republican from the 99th District, was elected Speaker of the House, Tom Leonard, Republican from the 93rd District, was elected Speaker pro tempore, and Tim Greimel, Democrat from the 29th District, was re-elected Minority Leader.^[2]

Districts 1–28

1st District
(Wayne (Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Township, far northeast Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Banks	15,992	67.27
	Republican	John Hauler	7,782	32.73
Total votes			23,774	100.0
	Democratic hold

2nd District
(Wayne (southeast Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Farms))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley-Talabi	17,385	69.40
	Republican	Daniel Lamar	7,664	30.60
Total votes			25,049	100.0
	Democratic hold

3rd District
(Wayne (north central Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	19,313	97.08
	Republican	Dolores Brodersen	581	2.92
Total votes			19,894	100.0
	Democratic gain from Independent

4th District
(Wayne (central Detroit, Hamtramck))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rose Mary Robinson	15,609	94.57
	Republican	Edith Floyd	896	5.43
Total votes			16,505	100.0
	Democratic hold

5th District
(Wayne (southwest Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred Durhal III	11,795	94.82
	Republican	Dorothy Patterson	645	5.18
Total votes			12,440	100.0
	Democratic hold

6th District
(Wayne (southwest Detroit, downtown Detroit, near eastside of Detroit, Ecorse, River Rouge))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang	17,930	93.98
	Republican	Tairia Bridges	1,149	6.02
Total votes			19,079	100.0
	Democratic hold

7th District
(Wayne (north-central Detroit, Highland Park))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	LaTanya Garrett	22,207	97.81
	Republican	David Bradley	497	2.19
Total votes			22,704	100.0
	Democratic hold

8th District
(Wayne (northwest Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherry Gay-Dagnogo	23,016	96.76
	Republican	Christopher Ewald	770	3.24
Total votes			23,786	100.0
	Democratic hold

9th District
(Wayne (west Detroit, Dearborn (part)))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harvey Santana	17,623	95.52
	Republican	James Stephens	827	4.48
Total votes			18,450	100.0
	Democratic hold

10th District
(Wayne (far northwest Detroit, Redford Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leslie Love	21,606	82.26
	Republican	Matthew Hauser	4,658	17.74
Total votes			26,264	100.0
	Democratic hold

11th District
(Wayne (Garden City, Inkster, Dearborn Heights (part), Livonia (part), Westland (part))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Plawecki	15,160	70.49
	Republican	Jim Rhoades	6,346	29.51
Total votes			21,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

12th District
(Wayne (Romulus, Taylor, Van Buren Township (part))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erika Geiss	15,334	69.61
	Republican	Kelly Thompson	6,696	30.39
Total votes			22,030	100.0
	Democratic hold

13th District
(Wayne (Allen Park, Southgate, Dearborn Heights (part))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Liberati	15,282	61.02
	Republican	Harry Sawicki	9,762	38.98
Total votes			25,044	100.0
	Democratic hold

14th District
(Wayne (Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Riverview, Wyandotte))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Clemente	14,661	70.20
	Republican	Nathan Inks	6,223	29.80
Total votes			20,884	100.0
	Democratic hold

15th District
(Wayne (Dearborn—excluding northeast portions))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Darany	15,009	67.53
	Republican	Johnnie Salemassi	7,216	32.47
Total votes			22,225	100.0
	Democratic hold

16th District
(Wayne (Wayne, Westland (all but northeast corner))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Kosowski	15,346	68.19
	Republican	Steve Boron	7,160	31.81
Total votes			22,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

17th District
(Monroe (Monroe, Ash Township, Berlin Township, Exeter Township, Frenchtown Township, London Township), Wayne (Flat Rock, Rockwood, Sumpter Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill LaVoy	14,623	59.62
	Republican	Charles Londo	9,903	40.38
Total votes			24,526	100.0
	Democratic hold

18th District
(Macomb (Eastpointe, St. Clair Shores))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Roberts	18,853	62.06
	Republican	Roland Fraschetti	11,524	37.94
Total votes			30,377	100.0
	Democratic hold

19th District
(Wayne (Livonia, excluding southeast tip))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Cox	21,614	61.77
	Democratic	Stacey Dogonski	13,377	38.23
Total votes			34,991	100.0
	Republican hold

20th District
(Wayne (Northville -- portion within county, Northville Township, Plymouth, Plymouth Township, east Canton Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kurt Heise	18,127	60.09
	Democratic	Nate Smith-Tyge	12,037	39.91
Total votes			30,164	100.0
	Republican hold

21st District
(Wayne (Belleville, Van Buren Township -- excluding northeast portion, Canton Township -- excluding eastern portion))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristy Pagan	15,796	54.95
	Republican	Carol Fausone	12,951	45.05
Total votes			28,747	100.0
	Democratic hold

22nd District
(Macomb (Roseville, Warren -- eastern portion))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Chirkun	13,461	63.96
	Republican	Jeff Bonnell	6,704	31.85
	Taxpayers	Les Townsend	882	4.19
Total votes			21,047	100.0
	Democratic hold

23rd District
(Wayne (Brownstown Township, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Township, Trenton, Woodhaven))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Somerville	16,060	52.12
	Democratic	David Haener	14,754	47.88
Total votes			30,814	100.0
	Republican hold

24th District
(Macomb (Harrison Township, northern Clinton Township, southwest Macomb Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Forlini	16,358	58.54
	Democratic	Philip Kurczewski	10,893	38.99
	Taxpayers	Daryl Smith	690	2.47
Total votes			27,941	100.0
	Republican hold

25th District
(Macomb (east Sterling Heights, northeast Warren))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez	14,970	53.48
	Republican	Nick Hawatmeh	13,024	46.52
Total votes			27,994	100.0
	Democratic hold

26th District
(Oakland (Madison Heights, Royal Oak))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Townsend	17,751	60.94
	Republican	Greg Dildilian	11,377	39.06
Total votes			29,128	100.0
	Democratic hold

27th District
(Oakland (Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Wittenberg	23,756	75.59
	Republican	Michael Ryan	7,672	24.41
Total votes			31,428	100.0
	Democratic hold

28th District
(Macomb (west and central Warren, Center Line))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derek E. Miller	13,362	64.29
	Republican	Beth Foster	7,423	35.71
Total votes			20,785	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 29–55

29th District
(Oakland (Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Keego Harbor, Sylvan Lake, Orchard Lake))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Greimel	15,042	73.66
	Republican	David Lonier	5,380	26.34
Total votes			20,422	100.0
	Democratic hold

30th District
(Macomb (west Sterling Heights, Utica, southeast Shelby Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Farrington	12,654	54.76
	Democratic	Bo Karpinsky	10,455	45.24
Total votes			23,109	100.0
	Republican hold

31st District
(Macomb (south Clinton Township, Fraser, Mount Clemens))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marilyn Lane	15,769	61.07
	Republican	Phil Rode	10,054	38.93
Total votes			25,823	100.0
	Democratic hold

32nd District
(Macomb (Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore), St. Clair (Casco Township, Columbus Township, Ira Township, Kenockee Township, Kimball Township, Riley Township, Wales Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea LaFontaine	16,218	62.07
	Democratic	Pamela Kraft	9,911	37.93
Total votes			26,129	100.0
	Republican hold

33rd District
(Macomb (Armada Township, Lenox Township, Macomb Township -- all but southwest portion, Ray Township, Richmond -- portion within county, Memphis -- portion within county))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Goike	18,148	65.88
	Democratic	Joe Ruffin	9,398	34.12
Total votes			27,546	100.0
	Republican hold

34th District
(Genesee (Flint -- excluding southeast and central portions))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheldon Neeley	17,129	91.11
	Republican	Bruce Rogers	1,671	8.89
Total votes			18,800	100.0
	Democratic hold

35th District
(Oakland (Lathrup Village, Southfield, Southfield Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy Moss	31,659	83.02
	Republican	Robert Brim	6,473	16.98
Total votes			38,132	100.0
	Democratic hold

36th District
(Macomb (Bruce Township, Shelby Township -- excluding southeast portion, Washington Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Lucido	20,845	69.93
	Democratic	Robert Murphy	8,965	30.07
Total votes			29,810	100.0
	Republican hold

37th District
(Oakland (Farmington, Farmington Hills))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Greig	19,148	57.15
	Republican	Richard Lerner	14,359	42.85
Total votes			33,507	100.0
	Democratic hold

38th District
(Oakland (Lyon Township, Northville-portion within county, Novi, Novi Township, South Lyon, Walled Lake))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Crawford	19,232	62.57
	Democratic	Jasper Catanzaro	11,507	37.43
Total votes			30,739	100.0
	Republican hold

39th District
(Oakland (Commerce Township, western West Bloomfield Township, Wixom))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Klint Kesto	16,741	52.25
	Democratic	Sandy Colvin	15,299	47.75
Total votes			32,040	100.0
	Republican hold

40th District
(Oakland (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, eastern West Bloomfield Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCready	23,678	57.63
	Democratic	Mary Belden	17,408	42.37
Total votes			41,086	100.0
	Republican hold

41st District
(Oakland (Clawson, Troy))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Howrylak	18,356	55.77
	Democratic	Mary Kerwin	14,555	44.23
Total votes			32,911	100.0
	Republican hold

42nd District
(Livingston (Brighton, Brighton Township, Genoa Township, Green Oak Township, Hamburg Township, Putnam Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Theis	23,477	65.18
	Democratic	Timothy Johnson	12,544	34.82
Total votes			36,021	100.0
	Republican hold

43rd District
(Oakland (Clarkston, Lake Angelus, Independence Township, Waterford Township -- excluding southwest portion))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Tedder	18,661	58.24
	Democratic	Dennis Ritter	13,380	41.76
Total votes			32,041	100.0
	Republican hold

44th District
(Oakland (Highland Township, Milford Township, Springfield Township, southwest Waterford Township, White Lake Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Runestad	21,840	67.83
	Democratic	Mark Venie	10,359	32.17
Total votes			32,199	100.0
	Republican hold

45th District
(Oakland (southwest Oakland Township, Rochester Hills, Rochester))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Webber	18,370	56.16
	Democratic	Joanna VanRaaphorst	14,338	43.84
Total votes			32,708	100.0
	Republican hold

46th District
(Oakland (Addison Township, Brandon Township, Oakland Township -- all but southwest portion, Orion Township, Oxford Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradford Jacobsen	21,513	69.15
	Democratic	David Lillis	9,597	30.85
Total votes			31,110	100.0
	Republican hold

47th District
(Livingston (Cohoctah Township, Conway Township, Deerfield Township, Handy Township, Hartland Township, Howell, Howell Township, Iosco Township, Marion Township, Tyrone Township, Unadilla Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Vaupel	20,995	69.11
	Democratic	Jordan Genso	8,086	26.62
	Libertarian	Rodger Young	1,300	4.28
Total votes			30,381	100.0
	Republican hold

48th District
(Genesee (Clio, Davison, Davison Township, Forest Township, Genesee Township, Montrose, Montrose Township, Richfield Township, Thetford Township, Vienna Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pam Faris	17,628	62.33
	Republican	Stephanie Stikovich	10,652	37.67
Total votes			28,280	100.0
	Democratic hold

49th District
(Genesee (southwest Flint, Flint Township, Flushing, Mount Morris, Mount Morris Township, Swartz Creek))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phil Phelps	18,211	73.63
	Republican	Lu Penton	6,522	26.37
Total votes			24,733	100.0
	Democratic hold

50th District
(Genesee (Burton, Grand Blanc, Grand Blanc Township, Mundy Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Smiley	17,018	58.74
	Republican	Craig Withers	11,952	41.26
Total votes			28,970	100.0
	Democratic hold

51st District
(Genesee (Argentine Township, Atlas Township, Clayton Township, Fenton, Fenton Township, Flushing Township, Gaines Township, Linden), Oakland (Groveland Township, Holly Township, Rose Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Graves	19,433	57.93
	Democratic	Ken Thomas	14,115	42.07
Total votes			33,548	100.0
	Republican hold

52nd District
(Washtenaw (Bridgewater Township, Chelsea, Dexter Township, Freedom Township, Lima Township, Lodi Township, Lyndon Township, Manchester Township, Northfield Township, Salem Township, Saline, Saline Township, Scio Township, Sharon Township, Sylvan Township
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Driskell	20,844	56.17
	Republican	John Hochstetler	16,263	43.83
Total votes			37,107	100.0
	Democratic hold

53rd District
(Washtenaw (south Ann Arbor))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Irwin	20,997	82.34
	Republican	John Spisak	4,504	17.66
Total votes			25,501	100.0
	Democratic hold

54th District
(Washtenaw (Superior Township, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Rutledge	18,608	75.33
	Republican	Ed Moore	6,093	24.67
Total votes			24,701	100.0
	Democratic hold

55th District
(Washtenaw (north Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Township, Augusta Township, Milan -- portion within county, Pittsfield Township, York Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Zemke	19,085	67.88
	Republican	Leonard Burk	9,030	32.12
Total votes			28,115	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 56–83

56th District
(Monroe (Bedford Township, Berlin Township, Dundee Township, Erie Township, Ida Township, LaSalle Township, London Township, Luna Pier, Milan -- portion within county, Milan Township, Monroe Township, Petersberg, Raisinville Township, Summerfield Township
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Sheppard	13,600	50.33
	Democratic	Tom Redmond	12,726	47.09
	Taxpayers	Al Bain	697	2.58
Total votes			27,023	100.0
	Republican hold

57th District
(Lenawee (excluding Cambridge Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nancy Jenkins	15,421	58.52
	Democratic	Sharon Wimple	10,932	41.48
Total votes			26,353	100.0
	Republican hold

58th District
(Branch, Hillsdale)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Leutheuser	17,010	71.49
	Democratic	Amaryllis Thomas	6,783	28.51
Total votes			23,793	100.0
	Republican hold

59th District
(Cass (excluding Howard Township, Milton Township, Niles, Ontwa Township, Silver Creek Township), St. Joseph)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Miller	14,141	62.25
	Democratic	Mike Moroz	8,574	37.75
Total votes			22,715	100.0
	Republican hold

60th District
(Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Township -- most))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Hoadley	15,514	70.12
	Republican	Michael Perrin	6,611	29.88
Total votes			22,125	100.0
	Democratic hold

61st District
(Kalamazoo (Alamo Township, north Kalamazoo Township, Oshtemo Township, Parchment, Portage, Prairie Ronde Township, Texas Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandt Iden	16,015	48.38
	Democratic	John Fischer	14,145	42.73
	Libertarian	Michael Stampfler	2,941	8.88
Total votes			33,101	100.0
	Republican hold

62nd District
(Calhoun (Albion, Albion Township, Battle Creek, Bedford Township, Clarence Township, Convis Township, Lee Township, Pennfield Township, Sheridan Township, Springfield))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bizon	11,875	51.18
	Democratic	Andy Helmboldt	11,328	48.82
Total votes			23,203	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

63rd District
(Calhoun (Athens Township, Burlington Township, Clarendon Township, Eckford Township, Emmet Township, Fredonia Township, Homer Township, Leroy Township, Marengo Township, Marshall, Marshall Township, Newton Township, Tekonsha Township), Kalamazoo (Brady T
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Maturen	16,718	56.21
	Democratic	Bill Farmer	13,023	43.79
Total votes			29,741	100.0
	Republican hold

64th District
(Jackson (Concord Township, Hanover Township, Jackson, Napoleon Township, Parma Township, Pulaski Township, Sandstone Township, Spring Arbor Township, Summit Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Earl Poleski	13,617	61.11
	Democratic	Brenda Pilgrim	8,666	38.89
Total votes			22,283	100.0
	Republican hold

65th District
(Eaton (Brookfield Township, Eaton Township, Eaton Rapids, Hamlin Township), Jackson (Blackman Township, Columbia Township, Grass Lake Township, Henrietta Township, Leoni Township, Liberty Township, Norvell Township, Rives Township, Springport Township, T
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Roberts	15,955	56.98
	Democratic	Bonnie Johnson	11,077	39.56
	Libertarian	Ronald Muszynski	971	3.47
Total votes			28,003	100.0
	Republican hold

66th District
(Van Buren, Kalamazoo (Alamo Township, Cooper Township, Parchment))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aric Nesbitt	15,753	57.49
	Democratic	Annie Brown	11,646	42.51
Total votes			27,399	100.0
	Republican hold

67th District
(Ingham (Alaiedon Township, Aurelius Township, Bunker Hill Township, Delhi Township, Ingham Township, central and southeast Lansing, Leroy Township, Leslie, Leslie Township, Mason, Onondaga Township, Stockbridge Township, Vevay Township, Wheatfield Townsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Cochran	16,975	54.31
	Republican	John Hayhoe	14,280	45.69
Total votes			31,255	100.0
	Democratic hold

68th District
(Ingham (Lansing—excluding southeast and central portions and portion in Eaton County, Lansing Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Schor	18,471	76.64
	Republican	Rob Secaur	5,629	23.36
Total votes			24,100	100.0
	Democratic hold

69th District
(Ingham (East Lansing -- portion within county), Locke Township, Meridian Township, Williamstown Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Singh	18,475	67.84
	Republican	Frank Lambert	8,759	32.16
Total votes			27,234	100.0
	Democratic hold

70th District
(Gratiot (Alma, Bethany Township, Emerson Township, Pine River Township, Seville Township, St. Louis), Montcalm)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Outman	13,372	61.75
	Democratic	James Hoisington	8,282	38.25
Total votes			21,654	100.0
	Republican hold

71st District
(Eaton (excluding Brookfield Township, Eaton Rapids, Eaton Township, Hamlin Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Barrett	17,715	50.44
	Democratic	Theresa Abed	17,405	49.56
Total votes			35,120	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

72nd District
(Allegan (Dorr Township, Leighton Township, Wayland, Wayland Township), Kent (Gaines Township, Kentwood))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Yonker	17,884	68.23
	Democratic	Kemal Hamulic	8,329	31.77
Total votes			26,213	100.0
	Republican hold

73rd District
(Kent (Cannon Township, Courtland Township, East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Township, Nelson Township, Oakfield Township, Plainfield Township, Spencer Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Afendoulis	24,255	67.72
	Democratic	Mary Polonowski	11,561	32.28
Total votes			35,816	100.0
	Republican hold

74th District
(Kent (Algoma Township, Alpine Township, Cedar Springs, Grandville, Rockford, Solon Township, Sparta Township, Tyrone Township, Walker))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert VerHeulen	18,787	68.83
	Democratic	Richard Erdman	8,507	31.17
Total votes			27,294	100.0
	Republican hold

75th District
(Kent (southwest and central Grand Rapids))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brandon Dillon	12,393	73.77
	Republican	John Lohrstorfer	4,406	26.23
Total votes			16,799	100.0
	Democratic hold

76th District
(Kent (north and southeast Grand Rapids))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Winnie Brinks	15,803	52.13
	Republican	Donijo DeJonge	13,824	45.60
	Taxpayers	William Mohr	689	2.27
Total votes			30,316	100.0
	Democratic hold

77th District
(Kent (Byron Township, Wyoming))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Hooker	16,117	67.0
	Democratic	Jessica Hanselman	7,940	33.0
Total votes			24,057	100.0
	Republican hold

78th District
(Berrien (Baroda Township, Berrien Township, Bertrand Township, Buchanan, Buchanan Township, Chikaming Township, Galien Township, New Buffalo, New Buffalo Township, Niles, Niles Township, Oronoko Township, Pipestone Township, Sodus Township, Three Oaks To
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Pagel	15,360	67.23
	Democratic	Cartier Shields	7,488	32.77
Total votes			22,848	100.0
	Republican hold

79th District
(Berrien (Bainbridge Township, Benton Charter Township, Benton Harbor, Bridgman, Coloma, Coloma Township, Hager Township, Lake Township, Lincoln Township, Royalton Township, St. Joseph Township, St. Joseph, Watervliet, Watervliet Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Pscholka	14,742	58.62
	Democratic	Eric Lester	9,911	39.41
	Taxpayers	Carl Oehling	497	1.98
Total votes			25,150	100.0
	Republican hold

80th District
(Allegan (excluding Dorr Township, Leighton Township, Wayland, Wayland Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Gamrat	17,630	62.78
	Democratic	Geoff Parker	9,451	33.65
	Libertarian	Arnis Davidsons	1,003	3.57
Total votes			28,084	100.0
	Republican hold

81st District
(St. Clair (Algonac, Berlin Township, Brockway Township, China Township, Clay Township, Clyde Township, Cottrellville Township, East China Township, Emmet Township, Grant Township, Greenwood Township, Lynn Township, Marine City, Marysville, Mussey Township
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Lauwers	17,882	65.08
	Democratic	Bernardo Licata	9,596	34.92
Total votes			27,478	100.0
	Republican hold

82nd District
(Lapeer)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Courser	15,698	55.09
	Democratic	Margaret Guerrero-DeLuca	12,797	44.91
Total votes			28,495	100.0
	Republican hold

83rd District
(Sanilac, St. Clair (Burtchville Township, Fort Gratiot Township, Port Huron))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Muxlow	15,013	62.15
	Democratic	Marcus Middleton	9,144	37.85
Total votes			24,157	100.0
	Republican hold

Districts 84–110

84th District
(Huron, Tuscola)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward Canfield	16,617	59.35
	Democratic	David Jaroch	11,379	40.65
Total votes			27,996	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

85th District
(Saginaw (Brady Township, Brant Township, Chapin Township, Chesaning Township, Fremont Township, Jonesfield Township, Lakefield Township, Maple Grove Township, Marion Township, Richland Township), Shiawassee)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Glardon	16,882	52.64
	Democratic	Annie Dignan Braidwood	13,714	42.76
	Libertarian	Roger Snyder	1,473	4.59
Total votes			32,069	100.0
	Republican hold

86th District
(Ionia (Belding, Easton Township, Ionia, Ionia Township, Orleans Township, Otisco Township), Kent (Ada Township, Bowne Township, Caledonia Township, Cascade Township, Grattan Township, Lowell, Lowell Township, Vergennes Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Posthumus Lyons	20,273	65.84
	Democratic	Lynn Mason	10,518	34.16
Total votes			30,791	100.0
	Republican hold

87th District
(Barry, Ionia (Berlin Township, Boston Township, Campbell Township, Danby Township, Keene Township, Lyons Township, North Plains Township, Odessa Township, Orange Township, Portland, Portland Township, Ronald Township, Sebewa Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Callton	20,355	66.67
	Democratic	Jordan Brehm	10,178	33.33
Total votes			30,533	100.0
	Republican hold

88th District
(Ottawa (Allendale Township, Chester Township, Coopersville, Georgetown Township, Polkton Township, Tallmadge Township, Wright Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Victory	22,788	79.82
	Democratic	Janice Gwasdacus	5,761	20.18
Total votes			28,549	100.0
	Republican hold

89th District
(Ottawa (Blendon Township, Ferrysburg, Grand Haven, Grand Haven Township, Olive Township, Park Township, Port Sheldon Township, Robinson Township, Spring Lake Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Price	21,804	67.88
	Democratic	Don Bergman	10,316	32.12
Total votes			32,120	100.0
	Republican hold

90th District
(Ottawa (Holland -- part within county, Holland Township, Hudsonville, Jamestown Township, Zeeland, Zeeland Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniela Garcia	19,930	78.31
	Democratic	James Haspas	5,520	21.69
Total votes			25,450	100.0
	Republican hold

91st District
(Muskegon (Blue Lake Township, Casnovia Township, Cedar Creek Township, Dalton Township, Egelston Township, Fruitport Township, Holton Township, Montague, Montague Township, Moorland Township, Norton Shores, Ravenna Township, Roosevelt Park, Sullivan Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Holly Hughes	12,737	46.53
	Democratic	Collene Lamonte	12,679	46.32
	Independent	Alan Jager	1,958	7.15
Total votes			27,374	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

92nd District
(Muskegon (Fruitland Township, Laketon Township, Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon, Whitehall Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marcia Hovey-Wright	13,846	66.93
	Republican	Ken Berman	6,841	33.07
Total votes			20,687	100.0
	Democratic hold

93rd District
(Clinton, Gratiot (all except Alma, Bethany Township, Emerson Township, Pine River Township, Seville Township, St. Louis))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Leonard	19,103	56.02
	Democratic	Josh Derke	11,929	34.98
	Independent	Michael Trebesh	3,068	9.0
Total votes			34,100	100.0
	Republican hold

94th District
(Saginaw (Albee Township, Birch Run Township, Blumfield Township, Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth Township, Saginaw Township, St. Charles Township, Swan Creek Township, Taymouth Township, Thomas Township, Tittabawassee Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Kelly	20,925	62.35
	Democratic	Vincent Mosca	12,634	37.65
Total votes			33,559	100.0
	Republican hold

95th District
(Saginaw (Bridgeport Township, Buena Vista Township, Carrollton, James Township, Kochville Township, Saginaw, Spaulding Township, Zilwaukee, Zilwaukee Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vanessa Guerra	17,371	76.25
	Republican	Jordan Haskins	5,412	23.75
Total votes			22,783	100.0
	Democratic hold

96th District
(Bay (Bangor Township, Bay City, Essexville, Frankenlust Township, Hampton Township, Kawkawlin Township, Merritt Township, Monitor Township, Portsmouth Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Brunner	13,149	68.07
	Republican	Carlos Jaime	6,169	31.93
Total votes			19,318	100.0
	Democratic hold

97th District
(Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Osceola (Evart, Evart Township, Hersey Township, Highland Township, Marion Township, Middle Branch Township, Orient Township, Osceola Township, Sherman Township, Sylvan Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Johnson	16,570	63.10
	Democratic	Mark Lightfoot	9,688	36.90
Total votes			26,258	100.0
	Republican hold

98th District
(Bay (Auburn, Beaver Township, Fraser Township, Garfield Township, Gibson Township, Midland -- portion within county, Mount Forest Township, Pinconning, Pinconning Township, Williams Township), Midland (Homer Township, Jerome Township, Larkin Township, Le
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Glenn	15,773	55.39
	Democratic	Joan Brausch	12,705	44.61
Total votes			28,478	100.0
	Republican hold

99th District
(Isabella, Midland (Coleman, Edenville Township, Geneva Township, Greendale Township, Hope Township, Ingersoll Township, Jasper Township, Mills Township, Mount Haley Township, Porter Township, Warren Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Cotter	11,347	51.52
	Democratic	Bryan Mielke	10,676	48.48
Total votes			22,023	100.0
	Republican hold

100th District
(Lake, Newaygo, Oceana)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Bumstead	16,226	63.49
	Democratic	Mark Balcom	9,330	36.51
Total votes			25,556	100.0
	Republican hold

101st District
(Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Franz	18,637	50.43
	Democratic	Tom Stobie	18,316	49.57
Total votes			36,953	100.0
	Republican hold

102nd District
(Mecosta, Osceola (Burdell Township, Cedar Township, Hartwick Township, Leroy Township, Lincoln Township, Reed City, Richmond Township, Rose Lake Township), Wexford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip Potvin	14,717	60.12
	Democratic	John Ruggles	9,761	39.88
Total votes			24,478	100.0
	Republican hold

103rd District
(Crawford, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Rendon	18,257	60.23
	Democratic	James Cromwell	10,396	34.30
	Independent	Brad Richards	1,658	5.47
Total votes			30,311	100.0
	Republican hold

104th District
(Grand Traverse)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry C. Inman	17,394	53.17
	Democratic	Betsy Coffia	15,317	46.83
Total votes			32,711	100.0
	Republican hold

105th District
(Antrim, Charlevoix, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Triston Cole	21,221	62.85
	Democratic	Jay Calo	12,544	37.15
Total votes			33,765	100.0
	Republican hold

106th District
(Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan (Aloha Township, Benton Township, Burt Township, Ellis Township, Forest Township, Grant Township, Inverness Township, Mentor Township, Mullett Township, Nunda Township, Walker Township, Waverly Township, Wilmot Township), Crawfo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Pettalia	18,614	55.02
	Democratic	Robert Kennedy	15,219	44.98
Total votes			33,833	100.0
	Republican hold

107th District
(Cheboygan (Beaugrand Township, Cheboygan, Hebron Township, Koehler Township, Mackinaw Township, Munro Township, Tuscarora Township), Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Chatfield	19,341	60.94
	Democratic	Jim Page	12,396	39.06
Total votes			31,737	100.0
	Republican hold

108th District
(Delta, Dickinson, Menominee)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed McBroom	16,921	59.71
	Democratic	Grant Carlson	11,420	40.29
Total votes			28,341	100.0
	Republican hold

109th District
(Alger, Luce, Marquette (excluding Powell Township, Ishpeming Township), Schoolcraft)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kivela	18,378	65.67
	Republican	Pete Mackin	9,607	34.33
Total votes			27,985	100.0
	Democratic hold

110th District
(Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette (Ishpeming Township, Powell Township), Ontonagon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Dianda	16,415	60.73
	Republican	Bob Michaels	10,614	39.27
Total votes			27,029	100.0
	Democratic hold

Special Elections

75th District

Brandon Dillon resigned on August 3, 2015 after being elected chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. Under state law, Governor Rick Snyder called a special primary election on November 4, 2015 and a special general election on March 8, 2016.^[3]

Democrat David LaGrand defeated Michael Scruggs with 81% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Blake Edmonds was unopposed in the Republican primary.^[4]

75th District Special Election (March 8, 2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David LaGrand
	Republican	Blake Edmonds
		write-ins
Total votes			'	'

80th and 82nd Districts

Vacancies in the 80th and 82nd districts were caused by the expulsion of Cindy Gamrat and resignation of Todd Courser, respectively, on September 11, 2015. Under state law, Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley called a special primary election on November 4, 2015 and a special general election on March 8, 2016.^[5]

In the G.O.P. primary, Mary Whiteford defeated seven other candidates, including Gamrat, with just over 50% of the vote in the 80th District; and Gary Howell won an 11-way primary, including Courser, with 27% of the vote in the 82nd District. David Gernant was unopposed in the Democratic primary in the 80th, and Margaret Guerrero DeLuca earned 85% in a three-way Democratic primary in the 82nd.^[6]

80th District Special Election (March 8, 2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Whiteford
	Democratic	David Gernant
		write-ins
Total votes			'	'

82nd District Special Election (March 8, 2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Howell
	Democratic	Margaret Guerrero DeLuca
		write-ins
Total votes			'	'

28th District

After the death of longtime Macomb County Treasurer Ted Wahby in December 2015,^[7] one-term state Rep. Derek Miller was appointed treasurer ^[8] and resigned his House seat effective February 1, 2016.^[9] On February 17, 2016, Gov. Rick Snyder called a special election to fill the remainder of Miller's term that expires at the end of 2016, with both the special primary and general elections to take place alongside the regularly scheduled elections.^[10]

District 28
Republican Primary

Antoine M. Davison

Democratic Primary

Patrick Green
Paul M. Kardasz
Lori M. Stone
Mike Westphall

11th District

Democratic state Rep. Julie Plawecki of the 11th District died unexpectedly while hiking in Oregon on June 25, 2016.^[11] Gov. Rick Snyder called a special election on July 5, 2016, to fill the remainder of Plawecki's term, with the special primary taking August 30 and the special general election to take place alongside the regularly scheduled general election on November 8, 2016.^[12] The primary was canceled on July 13, 2016, by Snyder after only one Democrat and one Republican filed for the race, making a primary unnecessary.^[13] The Democratic candidate is Plawecki's 22-year-old daughter Lauren. The winner will serve the final two months of the term that expires December 31, 2016.

Candidates

Robert Pope (R)
Lauren Plawecki (D)

References

↑ "2014 Live Michigan election results: State House Districts 1-110". MLive. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
↑ Mills, Rick (November 6, 2014). "Cotter is House speaker; Leonard speaker pro-tem". The Morning Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
↑ "Gov. Rick Snyder announces election dates to fill 75th House District seat".
↑ Vande Bunte, Matt (3 November 2015). "David LaGrand is Democratic nominee for Brandon Dillon's old Michigan House seat". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ "Lt. Gov. Brian Calley announces election dates to fill seats for 80th, 82nd House Districts".
↑ Livengood, Chad; Heinlein, Gary (4 November 2015). "Gamrat, Courser lose bids for political comebacks". The Detroit News. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ Christina Hall (December 6, 2015). "Macomb County Treasurer Ted Wahby dies". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
↑ Christina Hall (January 29, 2016). "State Rep. Derek Miller appointed Macomb treasurer". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
↑ "Journal of the House of Representatives 98th Legislature Regular Session of 2016" (PDF). Michigan House of Representatives. February 2, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
↑ Christina Hall (February 17, 2016). "Special election to fill vacant state rep seat in Macomb". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
↑ Katrease Stafford (June 26, 2016). "Michigan Rep. Julie Plawecki died of apparent heart attack". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
↑ Paul Egan (July 5, 2016). "Gov. Rick Snyder calls special election after death of Michigan rep". Detroit Free Press.
↑ LeAnne Rogers (July 13, 2016). "Special August 30 primary canceled; Plawecki, Pope file". Hometown Life. Retrieved July 14, 2016.

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