Michigan's 25th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 25th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Peter Herzberg D – Westland
Demographics	84.9%  White 7.0%  Black 2.6%  Hispanic 3.7%  Asian 0.2% Other
Population (2010)	87,081 [1]

Michigan's 25th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 25th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Wayne County. ^[2] The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one. ^[3]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
John J. Fitzpatrick		Democratic	1965–1966	Detroit	[4]
Frank V. Wierzbicki		Democratic	1967–1972	Detroit	[5]
Warren O'Brien		Republican	1973–1974	Warren	[6]
Dennis Dutko		Democratic	1975–1989	Warren	Resigned. [7]
D. Roman Kulchitsky		Republican	1990	Warren	[8] [9]
Dennis Olshove		Democratic	1991–1992	Warren	[10]
Robert A. DeMars		Democratic	1993–1996	Lincoln Park	Died in office. [11]
Gloria J. Schermesser		Democratic	1996–2002	Lincoln Park	[12]
Steve Bieda		Democratic	2003–2008	Warren	[13]
Jon Switalski		Democratic	2009–2012	Warren	[14]
Henry Yanez		Democratic	2013–2018	Sterling Heights	[15]
Nate Shannon		Democratic	2019–2022	Sterling Heights	[16]
Kevin Coleman		Democratic	2023	Westland	Resigned [17] [18]
Peter Herzberg		Democratic	2024–	Westland	[19]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nate Shannon	19,133	53.96
	Republican	Jazmine M. Early	16,325	46.04
Total votes			35,458
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez	21,899	54.11%
	Republican	Steve Naumovski	18,573	45.89%
Total votes			40,472	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

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

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez	20,771	51.43
	Republican	Sean Clark	19,617	48.57
Total votes			40,388	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Switalski	14,890	53.07
	Republican	Sean Clark	13,167	46.93
Total votes			28,057	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Switalski	26,869	62.94
	Republican	Michael Wiecek	14,285	33.46
	Libertarian	James Allison	653	1.53
	Green	Richard Kuszmar	453	1.06
	Constitution	Steven Revis	433	1.01
Total votes			42,693	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Macomb County (part) Warren (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Macomb County (part) Warren (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	[28]
	Wayne County (part) Allen Park (part) Ecorse Lincoln Park Melvindale	1992 Apportionment Plan	[29]
	Oakland County (part) Sterling Heights (part) Warren (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	[30]
	Oakland County (part) Sterling Heights (part) Warren (part)	2011 Apportionment Plan	[31]

References

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