2018 Michigan Senate election

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2018 Michigan Senate election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2022  

38 seats in the Michigan Senate
20 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Arlan Meekhof.jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Arlan Meekhof
(term-limited)
Jim Ananich
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 14, 2015January 14, 2015
Leader's seat 30th District 27th District
Last election2612
Seats before2711
Seats after2216
Seat changeDecrease2.svg5Increase2.svg5
Popular vote1,973,0982,064,029
Percentage48.04%50.25%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.18%Increase2.svg2.23%

2018 Michigan Senate election - Results by district (simple).svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Majority Leader before election

Arlan Meekhof
Republican

Elected Majority Leader

Mike Shirkey
Republican

The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, [1] alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the 38 members that will comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018. [1] The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions. [2]

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Term-limited members

Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms. Michigan has what are considered the toughest term-limits in the country. [3] After the 2018 mid-term elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House will be forced to leave office because of term-limits. [4] The following members are prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the Senate in 2018. This list does not include members that are eligible for re-election, but instead chose to seek other office or voluntarily to retire.

Democrats (7)

Republicans (19)

Results

Popular vote
Democratic
50.25%
Republican
48.04%
Other
1.71%
Senate seats
Republican
57.89%
Democratic
42.10%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 12, 0.78% (gain)
  2. District 13, 2.78% (gain)
  3. District 7, 3.22% (gain)
  4. District 15, 3.38%
  5. District 34, 4.41%
  6. District 10, 4.79%

General Election

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38

Pending official certification by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the following candidates, listed alphabetically, advanced to the November general election.

2Current member of House
3Former legislator

District 1

1st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Chang 260,874 72.27%
Republican Pauline Montie20,15423.93%
Green David Bullock3,2043.80%
Total votes261,214 100%
Democratic hold

District 2

2nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adam Hollier 53,890 75.71%
Republican Lisa Papas17,28524.29%
Total votes71,175 100%
Democratic hold

District 3

3rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sylvia Santana 258,211 81.75%
Republican Kathy Stecker10,90715.32%
Working Class Hali McEachern2,0892.93%
Total votes71,207 100%
Democratic hold

District 4

4th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marshall Bullock 57,469 78.36%
Republican Angela Savino15,86821.64%
Total votes73,337 100%
Democratic hold

District 5

5th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Betty Jean Alexander 69,203 77.65%
Republican DeShawn Wilkins16,04418.00%
Working Class Larry Betts3,8794.35%
Total votes89,126 100%
Democratic hold

District 6

6th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Erika Geiss 260,783 61.34%
Republican Brenda Jones38,30138.66%
Total votes99,084 100%
Democratic hold

District 7

7th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dayna Polehanki 69,428 50.56%
Republican Laura Cox 265,00947.34%
Libertarian Joseph H. LeBlanc2,8902.10%
Total votes137,327 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

8th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter Lucido 276,165 61.76%
Democratic Paul R. Francis47,15138.24%
Total votes123,316 100%
Republican hold

District 9

9th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Paul Wojno 365,730 65.90%
Republican Jeff Bonnell34,01234.10%
Total votes99,742 100%
Democratic hold

District 10

10th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael D. MacDonald 57,565 51.02%
Democratic Henry Yanez 252,39246.43%
Libertarian Mike Saliba2,8742.55%
Total votes112,831 100%
Republican hold

District 11

11th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeremy Moss 297,192 76.43%
Republican Boris Tuman26,82921.10%
Libertarian James K. Young3,1452.47%
Total votes127,166 100%
Democratic hold

District 12

12th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rosemary Bayer 59,297 49.39%
Republican Mike McCready258,36248.61%
Libertarian Jeff Pittel2,4032.00%
Total votes120,062 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

13th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mallory McMorrow 73,138 51.89%
Republican Marty Knollenberg (incumbent)67,79848.11%
Total votes140,936 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

14th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ruth Johnson 364,273 55.68%
Democratic Renee Watson48,58042.09%
Green Jessica Smith2,5802.24%
Total votes115,433 100%
Republican hold

District 15

15th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Runestad 267,351 51.69%
Democratic Julia Pulver62,93548.31%
Total votes130,286 100%
Republican hold

District 16

16th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Shirkey 156,981 62.71%
Democratic Val Cochran Toops31,12934.26%
Libertarian Ronald A. Muszynski2,7603.04%
Total votes90,870 100%
Republican hold

District 17

17th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dale Zorn (incumbent) 57,947 57.89%
Democratic Bill LaVoy 339,25539.21%
Libertarian Chad McNamara2,9052.90%
Total votes100,107 100%
Republican hold

District 18

18th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Irwin 396,876 76.61%
Republican Martin Church26,61921.05%
Working Class Thomas Repasky2,9542.34%
Total votes126,449 100%
Democratic hold

District 19

19th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Bizon 256,213 58.41%
Democratic Jason Noble37,08138.53%
Libertarian Joseph P. Gillotte2,9413.06%
Total votes96,235 100%
Republican hold

District 20

20th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sean McCann 360,523 53.09%
Republican Margaret O'Brien (incumbent)48,19742.28%
Libertarian Lorence Wenke 35,2734.63%
Total votes113,993 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

21st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kim LaSata 256,296 58.20%
Democratic Ian Haight40,43341.80%
Total votes96,729 100%
Republican hold

District 22

22nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lana Theis 276,038 55.97%
Democratic Adam Dreher57,16342.08%
Green Eric Borregard2,6581.96%
Total votes135,859 100%
Republican hold

District 23

23rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Curtis Hertel Jr. (incumbent) 73,184 68.46%
Republican Andrea Pollock33,71831.54%
Total votes106,902 100%
Democratic hold

District 24

24th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Barrett 266,969 53.53%
Democratic Kelly Rossman-McKinney54,35043.45%
Libertarian Katie Nepton2,0641.65%
Constitution Matthew Shepard1,7111.37%
Total votes125,094 100%
Republican hold

District 25

25th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Lauwers 266,926 63.96%
Democratic Debbie Bourgois37,71536.04%
Total votes104,641 100%
Republican hold

District 26

26th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Aric Nesbitt 361,509 56.67%
Democratic Garnet Lewis43,49540.08%
Libertarian Erwin Haas2,3752.19%
Green Robert M. Alway1,1531.06%
Total votes108,532 100%
Republican hold

District 27

27th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Ananich (incumbent) 59,108 71.17%
Republican Donna Kekesis23,94228.83%
Total votes83,050 100%
Democratic hold

District 28

28th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter MacGregor (incumbent) 68,749 58.39%
Democratic Craig Beach45,93739.01%
Libertarian Nathan Hewer3,0592.60%
Total votes117,745 100%
Republican hold

District 29

29th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Winnie Brinks 270,715 56.92%
Republican Chris Afendoulis 250,22540.43%
Libertarian Robert VanNoller1,8401.48%
Working Class Louis Palus1,4451.16%
Total votes124,225 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

30th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Roger Victory 279,323 63.25%
Democratic Jeanette Schipper42,90434.21%
Libertarian Mary Buzuma3,1892.54%
Total votes125,416 100%
Republican hold

District 31

31st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Daley 363,394 60.24%
Democratic Cynthia A. Luczak41,83339.76%
Total votes105,227 100%
Republican hold

District 32

32nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kenneth Horn 162,375 55.48%
Democratic Phil Phelps 250,05844.52%
Total votes112,433 100%
Republican hold

District 33

33rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Outman 349,856 58.75%
Democratic Mark Bignell32,37538.15%
Constitution Christopher Comden2,6333.10%
Total votes84,864 100%
Republican hold

District 34

34th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Bumstead 350,313 50.74%
Democratic Poppy Sias-Hernandez45,94146.33%
Libertarian Max Riekse2,8962.92%
Total votes99,150 100%
Republican hold

District 35

35th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curt VanderWall 273,688 63.17%
Democratic Mike Taillard39,92334.23%
Libertarian Timothy Coon3,0312.60%
Total votes116,642 100%
Republican hold

District 36

36th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Stamas (incumbent) 71,013 64.29%
Democratic Joe Weir39,44035.71%
Total votes110,453 100%
Republican hold

District 37

37th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Schmidt (incumbent) 73,338 58.95%
Democratic Jim Page51,07641.05%
Total votes124,414 100%
Republican hold

District 38

Results by county
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McBroom
50-60%
60-70%
Dianda
40-50%
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Results by county
  McBroom
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Dianda
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Results by precinct
McBroom
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Dianda
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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Results by precinct
  McBroom
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Dianda
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
38th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed McBroom 359,290 54.63%
Democratic Scott Dianda 247,27943.57%
Green Wade Paul Roberts1,9521.80%
Total votes108,521 100%
Republican hold

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