Michigan's 93rd House of Representatives district

Michigan's 93rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Graham Filler R – Saint Johns
Demographics	90.7%  White 1.4%  Black 4.6%  Hispanic 1.3%  Asian 0.2% Other 1.8 [1] % Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	95,918 [2]

Michigan's 93rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 93rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, and Saginaw counties. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Peter Kok		Republican	1965–1972	Grand Rapids	[5]
John R. Otterbacher		Democratic	1973–1974	Grand Rapids
Stephen V. Monsma		Democratic	1975–1978	Grand Rapids	[6]
Drew Allbritten		Republican	1979–1980	Grand Rapids	[7]
John R. Otterbacher		Democratic	1981–1982	Grand Rapids	[8]
Vern Ehlers		Republican	1983–1984	Grand Rapids	[9]
Richard Bandstra		Republican	1985–1992	Grand Rapids	[10]
Gary L. Randall		Republican	1993–1996	Elwell	[11]
Larry L. DeVuyst		Republican	1997–2002	Alma	Lived in Ithaca until around 1999. [12]
Scott Hummel		Republican	2003–2006	DeWitt	[13]
Paul Opsommer		Republican	2007–2012	DeWitt	[14]
Tom Leonard		Republican	2013–2018	DeWitt Township	[15]
Graham Filler		Republican	2019–present	Saint Johns	Lived in DeWitt until around 2023. [16]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Graham Filler	22,265	52.45
	Democratic	Dawn D. Levey	18,913	44.56
	Libertarian	Tyler Palmer	1,268	2.99
Total votes			42,446	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Leonard	29,328	62.05%
	Democratic	Josh Derke	15,508	32.81%
	Libertarian	Tyler D. Palmer	2,428	5.14%
Total votes			47,264	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Leonard	19,103	56.02
	Democratic	Josh Derke	11,929	34.98
	Independent	Michael Trebesh	3,068	9.0
Total votes			34,100	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Leonard	25,283	56.61
	Democratic	Paul Silva	19,377	43.39
Total votes			44,660	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Opsommer	22,287	70.18
	Democratic	Travis Lacelle	9,471	29.82
Total votes			31,758	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Opsommer	26,515	57.86
	Democratic	Ronald McComb	17,951	39.17
	Libertarian	Darryl Schmitz	1,358	2.96
Total votes			45,824	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Kent County (part) Grand Rapids (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	[23]
	Kent County (part) Grand Rapids (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[24]
	Kent County (part) Grand Rapids (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	[25]
	Gratiot County (part) Alma Arcada Township Bethany Township Elba Township Emerson Township Fulton Township Hamilton Township Ithaca Lafayette Township Newark Township New Haven Township North Shade Township North Star Township Pine River Township St. Louis Seville Township Sumner Township Washington Township Montcalm County	1992 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Clinton County (part) Bengal Township Bingham Township Dallas Township DeWitt DeWitt Township (part) Duplain Township Eagle Township East Lansing (part) Essex Township Grand Ledge (part) Greenbush Township Lebanon Township Olive Township Riley Township St. Johns Watertown Township Westphalia Township Gratiot County	2001 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Clinton County Gratiot County (part) Arcada Township (part) Elba Township Emerson Township (part) Fulton Township Hamilton Township Ithaca Lafayette Township Newark Township New Haven Township North Shade Township North Star Township Sumner Township Washington Township Wheeler Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[28]

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