Michigan's 35th Senate district

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Michigan's 35th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Kristen McDonald Rivet
D Bay City
Demographics76.93%  White
12.56%  Black
6.32%  Hispanic
1.90%  Asian
2.03%  Native American
.10%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
.16% Other
Population (2020)211,487 [1]

Michigan's 35th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 35th district was created with the adoption of the 1963 Michigan Constitution, as the previous 1908 state constitution only permitted 34 senatorial districts. [2] [3] It has been represented by Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet since 2023, succeeding Republican Curt VanderWall.

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Geography

District 35 encompasses parts of Bay, Midland, and Saginaw counties. [4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 35, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered a large swath of Northern Michigan, which included all of Benzie, Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Osceola, Roscommon, and Wexford Counties. Communities within the district included Cadillac, Ludington, Manistee, Frankfort, Grayling, Kalkaska, Baldwin, Greilickville, Scottville, Lake City, West Branch, Reed City, Evart, Houghton Lake, St. Helen, and Roscommon. [5]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 1st, 2nd, and 4th congressional districts, and with the 97th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, and 103rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. [6]

List of senators

SenatorPartyDatesResidenceNotes
Robert L. Richardson Jr. Republican 1965–1974 Saginaw [7] [8]
Robert D. Young Republican 1975–1982 Saginaw [7] [9]
John Engler Republican 1983–1990 Mount Pleasant [7] [10]
Joanne G. Emmons Republican 1991–1994 Big Rapids [7] [11]
Bill Schuette Republican 1995–2002 Midland [7] [12] [13]
Michelle McManus Republican 2003–2010 Lake Leelanau [14] [7] [15] [16]
Darwin L. Booher Republican 2011–2018 Evart [17] [18]
Curt VanderWall Republican 2019–2022 Ludington [19] [20] [21]
Kristen McDonald Rivet Democratic 2023–present Bay City [22]

Recent election results

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 35 [23]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curt VanderWall 19,713 48.9
Republican Bruce Rendon 9,83224.4
Republican Ray Franz 9,42423.4
Republican Cary Urka1,3073.2
Total votes40,276 100
General election
Republican Curt VanderWall 73,688 63.2
Democratic Mike Taillard39,92334.2
Libertarian Timothy Coon3,0312.6
Total votes116,642 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 35 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Darwin Booher (incumbent) 51,299 59.5
Democratic Glenn Lottie34,87240.5
Total votes86,171 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [24]
2020 President Trump 62.5 – 36.0%
2018 Senate James 58.1 – 39.4%
Governor Schuette 56.7 – 39.9%
2016 President Trump 61.3 – 33.5%
2014 Senate Land 48.7 – 46.5%
Governor Snyder 55.0 – 42.0%
2012 President Romney 53.9 – 45.0%
Senate Stabenow 51.6 – 44.9%


Historical district boundaries

MapDescriptionApportionment PlanNotes
1964 Apportionment Plan [25]
1972 Apportionment Plan [26]
1982 Apportionment Plan [27]
1992 Apportionment Plan [28]
2001 Apportionment Plan [29]
Michigan Senate District 35 (2010).png 2011 Apportionment Plan [30]

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