Michigan's 55th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 55th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Mark Tisdel R – Rochester Hills
Demographics	76%  White 3%  Black 4%  Hispanic 13%  Asian 4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	91,636
Notes	[1]

Michigan's 55th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 55th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Oakland 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]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
James S. Farnsworth		Republican	1965–1972	Plainwell	Lived in Otsego until around 1967. [4]
Wayne B. Sackett		Republican	1973–1976	Portage	[5]
Donald H. Gilmer		Republican	1977–1982	Augusta	[6]
William Van Regenmorter		Republican	1983–1990	Jenison	[7]
Jessie F. Dalman		Republican	1991–1992	Holland	[8]
Beverly Swoish Hammerstrom		Republican	1993–1998	Temperance	[9]
Gene DeRossett		Republican	1999–2002	Manchester	[10]
Matt Milosch		Republican	2003–2004	Lambertville	[11]
Kathy Angerer		Democratic	2005–2010	Dundee	[12]
Rick Olson		Republican	2011–2012	Saline	[13]
Adam Zemke		Democratic	2013–2018	Ann Arbor	[14]
Rebekah Warren		Democratic	2019–2020	Ann Arbor	[15] [16]
Felicia Brabec		Democratic	2021–2022	Pittsfield Township	[17] [18] [19]
Mark Tisdel		Republican	2023–present	Rochester Hills	[20]

Recent elections

2024 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Tisdel	29,026	53.7
	Democratic	Trevis Harrold	24,993	46.3
Total votes			54,019	100
	Republican hold

2022 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Tisdel	23,210	51.8
	Democratic	Patricia Bernard	21,601	48.2
Total votes			45,811	100
	Republican hold

2020 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felicia Brabec	37,118	72.4
	Republican	Bob Baird	14,170	27.6
Total votes			51,288	100
	Democratic hold

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebekah Warren	30,185	74.0
	Republican	Bob Baird	10,629	26.0
Total votes			40,814	100
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Zemke	30,097	69.3
	Republican	Bob Baird	13,312	30.7
Total votes			43,409	100
	Democratic hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Zemke	19,085	67.9
	Republican	Leonard Burk	9,030	32.1
Total votes			28,115	100
	Democratic hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Zemke	26,197	64.5
	Republican	Owen Diaz	13,029	32.1
	Green	David McMahon	1,415	3.5
Total votes			40,641	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Olson	17,295	52.9
	Democratic	Mike Smith	15,381	47.1
Total votes			32,676	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Angerer	33,234	66.1
	Republican	Frank Moynihan	17,054	33.9
Total votes			50,288	100
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Allegan County (part) Dorr Township Fillmore Township Gun Plain Township Heath Township Hopkins Township Leighton Township Martin Township Monterey Township Otsego Otsego Township Overisel Township Plainwell Salem Township Wayland Township Barry County (part) Baltimore Township Barry Township Hope Township Johnstown Township Orangeville Township Prairieville Township Yankee Springs Township Ottawa County (part) Holland (part) Jamestown Township Zeeland (part) Zeeland Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[30]
	Allegan County (part) Leighton Township Wayland Township Barry County (part) Excluding Orangeville Township (part) Kalamazoo County (part) Excluding Alamo Township Cooper Township Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Township Parchment Portage (part) Prairie Ronde Township Oshtemo Township Schoolcraft Township Texas Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[31]
	Ottawa County (part) Georgetown Township Holland Holland Township Hudsonville Jamestown Township Zeeland Zeeland Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[32]
	Monroe County (part) Macon Township Monroe County (part) Bedford Township Dundee Township Exeter Township Ida Township London Township Milan Milan Township Petersburg Summerfield Whiteford Township Washtenaw County (part) Augusta Township Bridgewater Township Freedom Township Lodi Township Manchester Township Milan Saline Saline Township Sharon Township York Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[33]
	Monroe County (part) Bedford Township Dundee Township Erie Township Milan (part) Milan Township Petersburg Summerfield Whiteford Township Washtenaw County (part) Milan (part) Pittsfield Township (part) Saline Township (part) York Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[34]
	Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor (part) Augusta Township (part) Ann Arbor Township Milan (part) Pittsfield Township (part) York Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[35]

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