Michigan's 27th House of Representatives district

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Michigan's 27th State
House of Representatives
district
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Representative
  Jaime Churches
D Wyandotte
Demographics85%  White
4%  Black
7%  Hispanic
1%  Asian
Population (2022)90,079
Notes [1]

Michigan's 27th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 27th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Wayne County. [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]

Contents

List of representatives

RepresentativePartyDatesResidenceNotes
William R. Copeland Democratic 1965–1974 Wyandotte [4]
Jeffrey D. Padden Democratic 1975–1982 Wyandotte [5]
Joe Porreca Democratic 1983–1992 Trenton [6]
Nick Ciaramitaro Democratic 1993–1998 Roseville [7]
Michael Switalski Democratic 1999–2002 Roseville [8]
Andy Meisner Democratic 2003–2008 Ferndale [9]
Ellen Lipton Democratic 2009–2014 Huntington Woods [10]
Robert Wittenberg Democratic 2015–2020 Huntington Woods Lived in Oak Park from around 2015 to 2018. [11]
Regina Weiss Democratic 2021–2022 Oak Park [12]
Jaime Churches Democratic 2023–present Wyandotte [13]

Recent Elections

2020 Michigan House of Representatives election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Regina Weiss 41,791 74.41
Republican Elizabeth Goss12,57422.39
Libertarian Gregory Scott Stempfle9131.63
Green Sherry A. Wells1.58886
Total votes56,164 100.0
Democratic hold
2018 Michigan House of Representatives election [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Wittenberg 35,051 78.51
Republican Janet Flessland8,26918.52
Libertarian Benjamin Carr1,3282.97
Total votes44,648 100.0
Democratic hold
2016 Michigan House of Representatives election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Wittenberg 36,392 76.78
Republican Kyle Forrest11,00723.22
Total votes47,399 100.0
Democratic hold
2014 Michigan House of Representatives election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Wittenberg 23,756 75.59
Republican Michael Ryan7,67224.41
Total votes31,428 100.0
Democratic hold
2012 Michigan House of Representatives election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Lipton 34,389 75.61
Republican Ezra Drissman9,25320.34
Libertarian John Wierzbicki1,8414.05
Total votes45,483 100.0
Democratic hold
2010 Michigan House of Representatives election [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Lipton 19,245 69.89
Republican Michelangelo Fortuna III8,29330.11
Total votes27,538 100.0
Democratic hold
2008 Michigan House of Representatives election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Lipton 31,756 71.41
Republican David Micola10,09822.71
Green Shelley Bane1,3663.07
Libertarian John Skosnik1,2502.81
Total votes44,470 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

MapDescriptionApportionment PlanNotes
Wayne County (part) 1964 Apportionment Plan [21]
Wayne County (part) 1972 Apportionment Plan [22]
Wayne County (part) 1982 Apportionment Plan [23]
Macomb County (part) 1992 Apportionment Plan [24]
Oakland County (part) 2001 Apportionment Plan [25]
MI SH D27.svg Oakland County (part) 2011 Apportionment Plan [26]

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