Michigan's 18th Senate district

Michigan's 18th State Senate district
Senator	Thomas Albert R – Lowell
Demographics	84%  White 5%  Black 5%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	267,620
Notes	[1]

Michigan's 18th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 18th 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 Republican Thomas Albert since 2023, succeeding Democrat Jeff Irwin. ^{[4] [5]}

Geography

District 18 encompasses all of Barry County, as well as parts of Allegan, Calhoun, Ionia, Kalamazoo, and Kent counties. ^[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 18, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in the city of Ann Arbor – home to the University of Michigan – also covering the nearby Washtenaw County communities of Ypsilanti, Saline, Pittsfield Township, Ypsilanti Township, and Superior Township. ^[7]

The district was largely located within Michigan's 12th congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 7th district. It overlapped with the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. ^[8]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Jesse G. Beeson		Whig	1853–1854	Dowagiac	[9] [10] [11]
James Sullivan		Democratic	1855–1856	Dowagiac	[9] [12] [13]
Alexander H. Morrison		Republican	1857–1858	St. Joseph	[9] [14]
Franklin Muzzy		Democratic	1859–1860	Niles	[9] [15] [16]
Elijah Lacey		Republican	1861–1862	Niles	Died in office. [9] [17] [18]
Rufus W. Landon		Democratic	1863–1864	Niles	[9] [19]
Warren Chapman		Republican	1865–1868	St. Joseph	[9] [20]
Nathan H. Bitely		Republican	1867–1870	Lawton	[9] [21]
George Hannahs		Republican	1871–1872	South Haven	[9] [22]
James M. Goodell		Republican	1873–1874	Corunna	[9] [23]
Charles M. Wood		Democratic	1875–1876	Pinckney	[9] [24]
Elliot R. Wilcox		Democratic	1877–1878	Pontiac	[9] [25]
Peter Dow		Republican	1879–1882	Pontiac	[9] [26]
Joel W. McMahon		Republican	1883–1884	Marlette	[9] [27]
Carl Heisterman		Democratic	1885–1886	Bad Axe	[9] [28]
Chauncey W. Wisner		Democratic	1887–1892	East Saginaw	[9] [29]
J. Milton Earl		Republican	1893–1896	Belding	[9] [30]
Edgar S. Wagar		Republican	1897–1900	Edmore	[9] [31]
George E. Nichols		Republican	1901–1902	Ionia	[9] [32]
Charles H. Laflamboy		Republican	1903–1904	McBride	[9] [33]
Walter Yeomans		Republican	1905–1908	Ionia	[9] [34]
William H. Bradley		Republican	1909–1912	Greenville	[9] [35]
Herbert E. Powell		Republican	1913–1916	Ionia	[9] [36]
George W. Miller		Republican	1917–1920	Greenville	[9] [37]
Foss O. Eldred		Republican	1921–1924	Ionia	[9] [38]
Charles R. Herrick		Republican	1925–1926	Fenwick	[9] [39]
Harold E. Stoll		Republican	1927–1928	Detroit	[9] [40]
Claude H. Stevens		Republican	1929–1932	Highland Park	[9] [41]
John W. Reid		Republican	1933–1936	Highland Park	[9] [42]
Thomas Burke		Democratic	1937–1938	Detroit	[9] [43]
Clyde V. Fenner		Republican	1939–1940	Highland Park	[9] [44]
Clarence A. Reid		Republican	1941–1948	Detroit	[9] [45]
James P. Hannan		Democratic	1949–1950	Detroit	[9] [46]
Clarence A. Reid		Republican	1951–1952	Detroit	[9] [45]
Allen H. Blondy		Democratic	1953–1954	Detroit	[9] [47]
John B. Swainson		Democratic	1955–1958	Detroit	[9] [48]
Raymond D. Dzendzel		Democratic	1959–1964	Detroit	[9] [49]
Gilbert E. Bursley		Republican	1965–1978	Ann Arbor	[9] [50]
Edward C. Pierce		Democratic	1979–1982	Ann Arbor	[9] [51]
Lana Pollack		Democratic	1983–1994	Ann Arbor	[9] [52]
Alma Wheeler Smith		Democratic	1995–2002	Salem Township	Also resided in South Lyon. [9] [53]
Elizabeth Brater		Democratic	2003–2010	Ann Arbor	[9] [54]
Rebekah Warren		Democratic	2011–2018	Ann Arbor	[9] [55]
Jeff Irwin		Democratic	2019–2022	Ann Arbor	[9] [56]
Thomas Albert		Republican	2023–present	Lowell	[57] [58]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 18 ^[59]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Albert	25,181	69.8
	Republican	Ryan P. Mancinelli	10,912	30.2
Total votes			36,093	100
General election
	Republican	Thomas Albert	72,027	62.0
	Democratic	Kai W. De Graaf	44,223	38.0
Total votes			116,250	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 18 ^[59]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Irwin	19,875	35.6
	Democratic	Michelle Deatrick	19,634	35.2
	Democratic	Anuja Rajendra	14,673	26.3
	Democratic	Matthew Miller	1,597	2.9
Total votes			55,779	100
General election
	Democratic	Jeff Irwin	96,891	76.6
	Republican	Martin Church	26,620	21.0
	Working Class	Thomas Repasky	2,954	2.3
Total votes			126,465	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 18 ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebekah Warren (incumbent)	61,421	72.1
	Republican	Terry Linden	23,745	27.9
Total votes			85,166	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [60]
2020	President	Biden 77.2 – 21.5%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 75.6 – 22.9%
	Governor	Whitmer 76.4 – 21.4%
2016	President	Clinton 73.2 – 22.2%
2014	Senate	Peters 71.9 – 24.9%
	Governor	Schauer 61.6 – 36.5%
2012	President	Obama 72.2 – 26.7%
	Senate	Stabenow 73.1 – 23.5%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Lenawee County (part) Blissfield Township Clinton Township Deerfield Township Fairfield Township Macon Township Madison Township Ogden Township Palmyra Township Raisin Township Ridgeway Township Riga Township Tecumseh Tecumseh Township Washtenaw County	1964 Apportionment Plan	[61]
	Jackson County (part) Waterloo Township Lenawee County (part) Clinton Township Tecumseh Township Livingston County (part) Brighton Green Oak Township Hamburg Township Howell Howell Township Iosco Township Marion Township Putnam Township Unadilla Township Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Township Augusta Township Bridgewater Township Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township Lyndon Township Northfield Township Pittsfield Township Salem Township Saline Saline Township Scio Township Superior Township Sylvan Township Webster Township York Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[62]
	Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Township Augusta Township Bridgewater Township Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township Lyndon Township Manchester Township Milan Northfield Township Pittsfield Township Salem Township Saline Scio Township Sharon Township Superior Township Sylvan Township Webster Township York Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[63]
	Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Township Bridgewater Township Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township Lyndon Township Manchester Township Northfield Township Pittsfield Township Salem Township Saline Township Scio Township Sharon Township Superior Township Sylvan Township Webster Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[64]
	Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Township Augusta Township Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lyndon Township Northfield Township Pittsfield Township (part) Salem Township Scio Township Sharon Township Superior Township Sylvan Township Webster Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[65]
	Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor (part) Ann Arbor Township Augusta Township Lodi Township (part) Milan Pittsfield Township Salem Township Saline Saline Township (part) Scio Township (part) Superior Township York Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[66]

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