Chris Afendoulis

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Chris Afendoulis
Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives
from the 73rd district
In office
January 1, 2015 January 1, 2019
Republican Chris Afendoulis24,25667.72
Democratic Mary Polonowski11,56132.28
2016 General Election — Michigan's 73rd State House of Representatives District [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Chris Afendoulis35,21663.76
Democratic Deb Havens17,85532.32
Libertarian Ron Heeren2,1653.92
2018 General Election — Michigan's 29th State Senate District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Chris Afendoulis50,22540.43
Democratic Winnie Brinks70,71556.92
Libertarian Robert VanNoller1,8401.48
Working Class Louis Palus1,4451.16

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