Michigan's 4th congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 777,277 [2] |
Median household income | $69,754 [3] |
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Cook PVI | R+5 [4] |
Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States congressional district located in the state of Michigan. The current 4th district contains much of Michigan's old 2nd district, and includes all of Allegan and Van Buren counties, as well as portions of Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Berrien counties. [5] In 2022, the district was redrawn to start in St. Joseph Township and extend north to Port Sheldon Township. [5] The 4th is currently represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who previously represented the old 2nd district.
# | County | Seat | Population |
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5 | Allegan | Allegan | 121,939 |
21 | Berrien | St. Joseph | 152,261 |
25 | Calhoun | Marshall | 133,366 |
77 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 262,215 |
139 | Ottawa | Grand Haven | 303,372 |
159 | Van Buren | Paw Paw | 75,798 |
Year | Results |
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1992 | Bill Clinton 38% – George H.W. Bush 37% |
1996 | Bill Clinton 47% – Bob Dole 41% |
2000 | George W. Bush 54% – Al Gore 44% |
2004 | George W. Bush 55% – John Kerry 44% |
2008 | Barack Obama 50% – John McCain 48% |
2012 | Mitt Romney 54% – Barack Obama 46% |
2016 | Donald Trump 60% – Hillary Clinton 35% |
2020 | Donald Trump 61% – Joe Biden 37% |
Year | Office | Results |
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2018 | Senate | John James 51.6% – Debbie Stabenow 46.2% |
Governor | Bill Schuette 49.4% – Gretchen Whitmer 47.4% | |
Attorney General | Tom Leonard 52.3% – Dana Nessel 42.8% | |
2020 | Senate | John James 53.6% – Gary Peters 44.5% |
Michigan's 4th congressional district was first formed in 1852. At this time It covered everywhere from Macomb County to the western end of the Upper Peninsula. Ingham County was not in the district, and then the boundary turned northward after Eaton County only going west again Midland County was reached. It went west again along Midland and subsequent counties southern lines and then headed north again on the east side of Muskegon County, with Manistee being its southern county that bordered Lake Michigan.
In 1863 it gained the areas around Grand Rapids and Muskegon but lost everything east of Ionia County and most of the Upper Peninsula. In 1872 it was redrawn to cover Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and St. Joseph Counties. In 1892 these boundaries were altered by the addition of Allegan and Barry Counties but the subtraction of Kalamazoo County. This remained the district boundaries for the next 72 years.
In 1964 the 4th district was redrawn. Barry County was subtracted from the district while Branch and Hillsdale Counties were added. In 1972 the district boundaries were altered by adding small sections of Calhoun County and subtracting small portions of Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties.
The 1982 redistricting removed from the district all of Hillsdale County and the portion of Calhoun County that was in the district. Quincy and Butler Townships in Branch County were also removed. In Kalamazoo County Schoolcraft Township and most of Portage were added to the district. The southern and western portions of Allegan County and most of western Ottawa County including Holland, Michigan were also in the district.
In the renumbering of 1992 this district essentially became the 6th, while the old 10th became the new 4th.
The old 10th included most of Grand Traverse and all of Kalkaska County which were lost to the new 1st (old 11th) in the 1992 redistricting. It also included Wexford County that was moved to the new 2nd (old 9th) in the 1992 redistricting. The only other areas lost were small parts of Antrim and Iosco Counties and a portion of Shiawasee County consisting of Durand and Vernon Township.
The new 4th gained Montcalm county from the old 9th district. It gained the Clinton and most of the Shiawasee portions of the old 6th district and the northern half of Oscoda County. It also gained a portion of south-west Saginaw County and the portion of Midland County that had not been in the old 10th.
In 2002 Leelaunau County and a small section of north-west Grand Traverse County were the only areas gerrymandered from the 1st and other districts into the 4th that had not been in the old 10th.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dave Camp (incumbent) | 197,386 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Debra Freidell Wirth | 104,996 | 33.6 | |
Libertarian | John Gelineau | 4,285 | 1.4 | |
Constitution | George Zimmer | 3,506 | 1.1 | |
Green | Pat Timmons | 2,776 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 312,949 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Moolenaar | 123,962 | 56.5 | |
Democratic | Jeff Holmes | 85,777 | 39.1 | |
U.S. Taxpayers | George Zimmer | 4,990 | 2.3 | |
Libertarian | Will White | 4,694 | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 219,423 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Moolenaar (incumbent) | 194,572 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | Debra Wirth | 101,277 | 32.1 | |
Libertarian | Leonard Schwartz | 8,516 | 2.7 | |
Constitution | George M. Zimmer | 5,595 | 1.8 | |
Green | Jordan Salvi | 3,953 | 1.2 | |
Natural Law | Keith Butkovich | 1,838 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 315,751 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Moolenaar (incumbent) | 178,510 | 62.6 | |
Democratic | Jerry Hilliard | 106,540 | 37.4 | |
Total votes | 285,050 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Moolenaar (incumbent) | 242,621 | 65.0 | |
Democratic | Jerry Hilliard | 120,802 | 32.4 | |
Libertarian | David Canny | 5,374 | 1.4 | |
Green | Amy Slepr | 4,448 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 373,245 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Huizenga (incumbent) | 183,936 | 54.3 | |
Democratic | Joseph Alfonso | 143,690 | 42.4 | |
Libertarian | Lorence Wenke | 8,478 | 2.5 | |
U.S. Taxpayers | Curtis Michael Clark | 2,244 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 338,348 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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