Michigan's 28th Senate district

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Michigan's 28th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Sam Singh
D – East Lansing
Demographics82%  White
3%  Black
10%  Hispanic
2%  Asian
3% Other
Population (2018)276,654 [1]

Michigan's 28th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 28th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. [2] [3] It has been represented by Democratic Sam Singh since 2023, succeeding Republican Mark Huizenga.

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Geography

District 28 encompasses parts of Clinton, Ingham, and Shiawassee counties. [4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 28, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the suburbs of Grand Rapids in Kent County, including the communities of Wyoming, Walker, Grandville, Rockford, Cedar Springs, Plainfield Township, Byron Township, Alpine Township, Algoma Township, Cannon Township, and Sparta Township. [5]

The district was split between Michigan's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and overlapped with the 73rd, 74th, 77th, and 86th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. [6]

List of senators

SenatorPartyDatesResidenceNotes
Enos Goodrich Democratic 1853–1854 Goodrich [7] [8]
Reuben Goodrich Republican 1855–1856 Goodrich [7] [9]
Thomas Whitney Republican 1857–1858 East Saginaw [7] [10]
James M. Birney Republican 1859–1860 Bay City [7] [11] [12]
John N. Ingersoll Republican 1861–1862 Owosso [7] [13]
Westbrook Divine Republican 1863–1866 Greenville [7] [14]
Hampton Rich Republican 1867–1870 Ionia [7] [15]
John C. Dexter Republican 1871–1872 Ionia [7] [16] [17]
Moreau S. Crosby Republican 1873–1874 Grand Rapids [7] [18]
Lyman Murray Republican 1875–1876 Grand Rapids [7] [19]
Charles H. Morse Republican 1877–1878 New Haven Center [7] [20]
James W. Cochrane Republican 1879–1880 Midland [7] [21]
Giles W. Brown Republican 1881–1882 Ithaca [7] [22]
Archibald Buttars Republican 1883–1884 Charlevoix [7] [23]
William H. Francis Republican 1885–1886 Frankfort [7] [24]
J. Wight Giddings Republican 1887–1890 Cadillac [7] [25]
A. Oren Wheeler Republican 1891–1892 Manistee [7] [26]
Charles Sumner Pierce Republican 1893–1894 Oscoda [7] [27]
George A. Prescott Republican 1895–1898 Tawas City [7] [28]
Alvah G. Smith Republican 1899–1900 Lake City [7] [29]
Alfred J. Doherty Republican 1901–1906 Clare [7] [30]
Augustus C. Carton Republican 1907–1908 East Tawas [7] [31]
Eugene Foster Republican 1909–1912 Gladwin [7] [32]
Louis L. Kelley Republican 1913–1916 Farwell [7] [33]
Duncan McRae Republican 1917–1922 Harrisville Lived in Greenbush until around 1919. [7] [34] [35]
Horatio S. Karcher Republican 1923–1928 Rose City [7] [36]
Tony Achard Republican 1929–1930 Clare [7] [37]
Ben Carpenter Republican 1931–1936 Harrison [7] [38]
Miles M. Callaghan Republican 1937–1940 Reed City [7] [39]
Ben Carpenter Republican 1941–1946 Harrison [7] [38]
Charles T. Prescott Republican 1947–1961 Prescott Died in office. [7] [40]
Harold B. Hughes Republican 1961–1964 Clare [7] [41]
Frank D. Beadle Republican 1965–1968 St. Clair Resigned. [7] [42]
Alvin J. DeGrow Republican 1968–1982 Pigeon [7] [43]
Dan DeGrow Republican 1983–1994 Port Huron [7] [44]
John D. Cherry Democratic 1995–2002 Clio [7] [45]
Ken Sikkema Republican 2003–2006 Grandville [7] [46]
Mark Jansen Republican 2007–2014 Grand Rapids [7] [47]
Peter MacGregor Republican 2015–2020 Rockford Resigned after elected Kent County treasurer. [48] [7] [49] [50]
Mark Huizenga Republican 2021–2022 Walker [51] [52]
Sam Singh Democratic 2023–present East Lansing [53]

Recent election results

2021

2021 Michigan Senate special election, District 28 [54]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Keith Courtade 6,413 60.9
Democratic Gidget Groendyk4,10139.0
Write-in 100.1
Total votes10,524 100.0
Republican Mark Huizenga 9,531 33.8
Republican Kevin Green 9,35733.2
Republican Tommy Brann9,27232.9
Write-in 200.1
Total votes28,180 100.0
General election
Republican Mark Huizenga 25,735 60.6
Democratic Keith Courtade15,68336.9
Libertarian Alexander Avery6111.4
Constitution Theodore Gerrard4201.0
Write-in 380.1
Total votes42,487 100.0

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 28 [55]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Craig Beach 7,689 41.4
Democratic Gidget Groendyk6,44434.7
Democratic Ryan Jeanette4,42623.8
Total votes18,599 100
General election
Republican Peter MacGregor (incumbent) 68,749 58.4
Democratic Craig Beach45,93739.0
Libertarian Nathan Hewer3,0592.6
Total votes117,745 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 28 [55]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Peter MacGregor 18,397 67.8
Republican Kevin Green8,73332.2
Total votes27,130 100
General election
Republican Peter MacGregor 53,221 66.1
Democratic Deb Havens25,13131.2
U.S. Taxpayers Ted Gerrard2,1152.6
Total votes80,467 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [56]
2020 President Trump 55.6 – 42.3%
2018 Senate James 56.8 – 40.8%
Governor Schuette 54.6 – 42.1%
2016 President Trump 57.8 – 35.7%
2014 Senate Land 57.3 – 38.1%
Governor Snyder 66.7 – 28.9%
2012 President Romney 60.5 – 38.5%
Senate Hoekstra 56.0 – 40.7%

Historical district boundaries

MapDescriptionApportionment PlanNotes
1964 Apportionment Plan [57]
1972 Apportionment Plan [58]
1982 Apportionment Plan [59]
1992 Apportionment Plan [60]
2001 Apportionment Plan [61]
Michigan Senate District 28 (2010).png 2011 Apportionment Plan [62]

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