Michigan's 107th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 107th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Parker Fairbairn R – Harbor Springs
Demographics	84%  White 1%  Black 2%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 6%  Native American 1% Other 6%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	91,198
Notes	[1]

Michigan's 107th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 107th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Cheboygan, Chippewa, and Mackinac counties, as well as all of Charlevoix and Emmet counties. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Einar E. Erlandsen		Democratic	1965–1966	Escanaba	[4]
Charles H. Varnum		Republican	1967–1982	Manistique	[5]
Pat Gagliardi		Democratic	1983–1998	Drummond Island	[6]
Scott Shackleton		Republican	1999–2004	Sault Ste. Marie	[7]
Gary McDowell		Democratic	2005–2010	Rudyard	[8]
Frank Foster		Republican	2011–2014	Petoskey	Lived in Pellston until around 2013. [9]
Lee Chatfield		Republican	2015–2021	Levering	[10]
John Damoose		Republican	2021–2022	Harbor Springs	[11]
Neil Friske		Republican	2023–2025	Charlevoix	[12]
Parker Fairbairn		Republican	2025–present	Harbor Springs	[13]

Recent elections

2024 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Parker Fairbairn	34,728	60.7
	Democratic	Jodi Decker	22,516	39.3
Total votes			57,244	100
	Republican hold

2022 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neil Friske	26,867	56.6
	Democratic	Jodi Decker	20,610	43.4
Total votes			47,477	100
	Republican hold

2020 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Damoose	31,666	60.9
	Democratic	Jim Page	20,367	39.1
Total votes			52,033	100
	Republican hold

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Chatfield	24,834	58.7
	Democratic	Joanne Schmidt Galloway	17,448	41.3
Total votes			42,282	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Chatfield	30,131	67.1
	Democratic	Phil Bellfy	14,781	32.9
Total votes			44,912	100
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Chatfield	19,341	60.9
	Democratic	Jim Page	12,396	39.1
Total votes			31,737	100
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Foster	25,301	58.0
	Democratic	Suzanne Shumway	18,301	42.0
Total votes			43,602	100
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Foster	19,337	63.0
	Democratic	Richard Timmer	11,350	37.0
Total votes			30,687	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary McDowell	31,851	68.7
	Republican	Alex Strobehn	14,500	31.3
Total votes			46,351	100
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Chippewa County (part) Bay Mills Township Sault Ste. Marie Soo Township Sugar Island Township Superior Township Whitefish Township Delta County (part) Bark River Township Bay de Noc Township Brampton Township Ensign Township Escanaba Escanaba Township Fairbanks Township Ford River Township Garden Township Gladstone Masonville Township Nahma Township Wells Township Luce County Schoolcraft County (part) Doyle Township Germfask Township Hiawatha Township Inwood Township Manistique Manistique Township Mueller Township Thompson Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[23]
	Alger County (part) Mathias Township Cheboygan County (part) Munro Township Chippewa County Delta County (part) Baldwin Township Bay de Noc Township Ensign Township Fairbanks Township Garden Township Masonville Township Nahma Township Emmet County Luce County Mackinac County Schoolcraft County	1972 Apportionment Plan	[24]
	Alger County Chippewa County Emmet County Luce County Mackinac County Schoolcraft County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[25]
	Chippewa County Emmet County Luce County Mackinac County Schoolcraft County	1992 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Cheboygan County (part) Koehler Township Tuscarora Township Chippewa County Emmet County Mackinac County	2001 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Cheboygan County (part) Beaugrand Township Cheboygan Hebron Township Koehler Township Mackinaw Township Munro Township Tuscarora Township Chippewa County Emmet County Mackinac County	2011 Apportionment Plan	[28]

References

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