Michigan's 19th Senate district

Michigan's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Sean McCann D – Kalamazoo
Demographics	84%  White 7%  Black 5%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 3% Other
Population (2018)	258,706 [1]

Michigan's 19th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 19th 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 Sean McCann since 2023, succeeding Republican John Bizon. ^{[4] [5]}

Geography

District 19 encompasses parts of Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties. ^[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 19, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Battle Creek and covered all of Barry, Calhoun, and Ionia Counties. Other communities in the district included Ionia, Albion, Marshall, Springfield, Level Park-Oak Park, Hastings, Middleville, Belding, Portland, Emmett Township, Bedford Township, and Pennfield Township. ^[7]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 3rd congressional district, and overlapped with the 62nd, 63rd, 86th, and 87th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. ^[8]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Royal T. Twombly		Democratic	1853–1854	Niles	[9] [10]
Rodney C. Paine		Republican	1855–1856	Niles	[9] [11] [12]
Gilbert Moyers		Republican	1857–1858	Allegan	[9] [13]
Philotus Haydon		Republican	1859–1860	Decatur	[9] [14]
Henry C. Briggs		Republican	1861–1862	Allegan	[9] [15]
Samuel H. Blackman		Republican	1863–1864	Paw Paw	[9] [16]
Wilson C. Edsell		Republican	1865–1866	Otsego	[9] [17] [18]
Frederick W. Curtenius		Republican	1867–1868	Kalamazoo	[9] [19]
Delos Phillips		Republican	1869–1870	Kalamazoo	[9] [20]
James N. Neasmith		Republican	1871–1872	Schoolcraft Township	[9] [21]
James L. Curry		Republican	1873–1874	Clio	[9] [22]
George W. Fish		Democratic	1875–1876	Flint	[9] [23]
Francis H. Rankin Sr.		Republican	1877–1878	Flint	[9] [24]
Simeon R. Billings		Republican	1879–1882	Flint	[9] [25]
George E. Taylor		Republican	1883–1884	Flint	[9] [26]
Horace C. Spencer		Republican	1885–1886	Flint	[9] [27]
Albert K. Roof		Republican	1887–1888	Lyons	[9] [28]
William Toan		Republican	1889–1892	Portland	[9] [29]
George A. Steel		Republican	1893–1894	St. Johns	[9] [30]
Chester W. Martin		Republican	1895–1896	Ithaca	[9] [31]
Elisha Mudge		Democratic	1897–1898	Maple Rapids	Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. [9] [32]
Charles W. Giddings		Republican	1899–1900	St. Louis	[9] [33]
Hiram M. High		Republican	1901–1902	Ovid	[9] [34]
Coleman C. Vaughan		Republican	1903–1904	St. Johns	[9] [35]
Townsend A. Ely		Republican	1905–1908	Alma	[9] [36]
Fred B. Kline		Republican	1909–1912	Addison	[9] [37]
Verne C. Amberson		Democratic	1913–1914	Blissfield	[9] [38]
Frank A. Groger		Democratic	1915–1916	Brooklyn	[9] [39]
Ernest J. Bryant		Republican	1917–1922	Sand Creek	[9] [40]
Norman B. Horton		Republican	1923–1932	Lenawee County	[9] [41]
Samuel W. Raymond		Democratic	1933–1934	Adrian	[9] [42]
Denias Dawe		Democratic	1935–1936	Monroe	[9] [43]
Elmer R. Porter		Republican	1937–1964	Blissfield	[9] [44]
Haskell L. Nichols		Republican	1965–1966	Jackson	[9] [45]
James G. Fleming		Republican	1967–1974	Jackson	[9] [46]
Hal Ziegler		Republican	1975–1978	Jackson	[9] [47]
John S. Mowat Jr.		Republican	1979–1982	Adrian	[9] [48]
Nick Smith		Republican	1983–1993	Addison	Resigned after elected to the U. S. House of Representatives. [9] [49]
Philip E. Hoffman		Republican	1993–2002	Horton	[9] [49]
Mark Schauer		Democratic	2003–2008	Battle Creek	Resigned after elected to the U. S. House of Representatives. [9] [50] [51]
Mike Nofs		Republican	2009–2018	Battle Creek	[9] [52]
John Bizon		Republican	2019–2022	Battle Creek	[9] [53]
Sean McCann		Democratic	2023–present	Kalamazoo	[54] [55]

Recent election results

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 19 ^[56]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bizon	17,163	58.9
	Republican	Mike Callton	11,960	41.1
Total votes			29,123	100
General election
	Republican	John Bizon	57,242	58.6
	Democratic	Jason Noble	37,462	38.3
	Libertarian	Joseph Gillotte	2,982	3.1
Total votes			97,686	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 19 ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Nofs (incumbent)	44,798	61.6
	Democratic	Greg Grieves	27,951	38.4
Total votes			72,749	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [57]
2020	President	Trump 59.7 – 38.3%
2018	Senate	James 55.8 – 41.6%
	Governor	Schuette 52.9 – 43.4%
2016	President	Trump 58.1 – 35.9%
2014	Senate	Land 47.4 – 47.2%
	Governor	Snyder 57.4 – 40.2%
2012	President	Romney 52.7 – 46.1%
	Senate	Stabenow 50.6 – 45.8%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Hillsdale County (part) Adams Township Allen Township Amboy Township Cambria Township Fayette Township Hillsdale Hillsdale Township Jefferson Township Litchfield Township Moscow Township Pittsford Township Ransom Township Scipio Township Somerset Township Wheatland Township Wright Township Jackson County Lenawee County (part) Adrian Township Adrian Cambridge Township Dover Township Franklin Township Hudson Hudson Township Medina Township Morenci Rollin Township Rome Township Seneca Township Woodstock Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[58]
	Hillsdale County (part) Excluding Allen Township Litchfield Township Reading Reading Township Jackson County (part) Blackman Township (part) Columbia Township Concord Township Grass Lake Township Hanover Township Henrietta Township Jackson Leoni Township Liberty Township Napoleon Township Norvell Township Parma Township Sandstone Township Spring Arbor Township Springport Township Summit Township Lenawee County (part) Excluding Clinton Township Tecumseh Township Washtenaw County (part) Manchester Township Sharon Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[59]
	Branch County Hillsdale County Jackson County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[60]
	Branch County Hillsdale County Jackson County	1992 Apportionment Plan	[61]
	Calhoun County Jackson County (part) Blackman Township Columbia Township Concord Township Hanover Township Henrietta Township Jackson Liberty Township Napoleon Township Parma Township Pulaski Township Rives Township Sandstone Township Spring Arbor Township Springport Township Tompkins Township Waterloo Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[62]
	Barry County Calhoun County Ionia County	2011 Apportionment Plan	[63]

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