Michigan's 28th Senate district

Michigan's 28th State Senate district
Senator	Sam Singh D – East Lansing
Demographics	82%  White 4%  Black 5%  Hispanic 5%  Asian 4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	258,062
Notes	[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.

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

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
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

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 28 ^[54]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Singh	25,651	89.4
	Democratic	Muhammad Salman Rais	3,041	10.6
Total votes			28,692	100
	Republican	Daylen W. Howard	13,540	58.4
	Republican	Madhu Anderson	9,646	41.6
Total votes			23,186	100
General election
	Democratic	Sam Singh	65,537	55.8
	Republican	Daylen W. Howard	49,272	42.0
	Constitution	Matthew J. Shepard	2,635	2.2
Total votes			117,444	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2021

2021 Michigan Senate special election, District 28 ^[55]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Courtade	6,413	60.9
	Democratic	Gidget Groendyk	4,101	39.0
	Write-in		10	0.1
Total votes			10,524	100.0
	Republican	Mark Huizenga	9,531	33.8
	Republican	Kevin Green	9,357	33.2
	Republican	Tommy Brann	9,272	32.9
	Write-in		20	0.1
Total votes			28,180	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mark Huizenga	25,735	60.6
	Democratic	Keith Courtade	15,683	36.9
	Libertarian	Alexander Avery	611	1.4
	Constitution	Theodore Gerrard	420	1.0
	Write-in		38	0.1
Total votes			42,487	100.0

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 28 ^[54]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Craig Beach	7,689	41.4
	Democratic	Gidget Groendyk	6,444	34.7
	Democratic	Ryan Jeanette	4,426	23.8
Total votes			18,599	100
General election
	Republican	Peter MacGregor (incumbent)	68,749	58.4
	Democratic	Craig Beach	45,937	39.0
	Libertarian	Nathan Hewer	3,059	2.6
Total votes			117,745	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 28 ^[54]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter MacGregor	18,397	67.8
	Republican	Kevin Green	8,733	32.2
Total votes			27,130	100
General election
	Republican	Peter MacGregor	53,221	66.1
	Democratic	Deb Havens	25,131	31.2
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ted Gerrard	2,115	2.6
Total votes			80,467	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [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

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Huron County St. Clair County (part) Berlin Township Brockway Township Burtchville Township China Township Clay Township Clyde Township Columbus Township Cottrellville Township East China Township Emmett Township Fort Gratiot Township Grant Township Greenwood Township Kenockee Township Kimball Township Lynn Township Marine City Marysville Mussey Township Port Huron Port Huron Township Riley Township St. Clair St. Clair Township Wales Township Yale Sanilac County Tuscola County (part) Akron Township Almer Township Columbia Township Dayton Township Elkland Township Ellington Township Elmwood Township Fairgrove Township Fremont Township Gilford Township Indianfields Township Juniata Township Kingston Township Koylton Township Millington Township Novesta Township Vassar Vassar Township Watertown Township Wells Township Wisner Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[57]
	Huron County Lapeer County (part) Excluding Almont Township Macomb County (part) Memphis (part) Sanilac County St. Clair County (part) Brockway Township Burtchville Township Clyde Township Emmett Township Fort Gratiot Township Grant Township Greenwood Township Kenockee Township Kimball Township Lynn Township Memphis (part) Mussey Township Port Huron Riley Township Yale Tuscola County	1972 Apportionment Plan	[58]
	Lapeer County Sanilac County St. Clair County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[59]
	Genesee County (part) Atlas Township Burton Clio Davison Davison Township Forest Township Genesee Township Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Township Montrose Montrose Township Mount Morris Mount Morris Township Richfield Township Thetford Township Vienna Township Oakland County (part) Brandon Township Groveland Township Holly Township Oxford Township Rose Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[60]
	Kent County (part) Ada Township Algoma Township Alpine Township Bowne Township Byron Township Caledonia Township Cannon Township Cedar Springs Courtland Township East Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Township Nelson Township Oakfield Township Plainfield Township Rockford Solon Township Spencer Township Tyrone Township Walker Wyoming	2001 Apportionment Plan	[61]
	Kent County (part) Algoma Township Alpine Township Byron Township Cannon Township Cedar Springs Courtland Township Grandville Grattan Township Nelson Township Oakfield Township Plainfield Township Rockford Solon Township Sparta Township Spencer Township Tyrone Township Vergennes Township Walker Wyoming	2011 Apportionment Plan	[62]

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