Michigan's 89th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 89th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Luke Meerman R – Coopersville
Demographics	90.7%  White 0.6%  Black 5.5%  Hispanic 1.4%  Asian 0.5% Other 1.3 [1] % Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	89,158 [2]

Michigan's 89th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 89th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Stanley M. Powell		Republican	1965–1972	Ionia	[5]
John Engler		Republican	1973–1978	Mt. Pleasant	[6]
Gary L. Randall		Republican	1979–1992	Elwell	[7]
Leon E. Stille		Republican	1993–1994	Spring Lake	[8]
Jon Jellema		Republican	1995–2000	Grand Haven	[9]
Barb Vander Veen		Republican	2001–2006	Allendale	[10]
Arlan Meekhof		Republican	2007–2010	West Olive	[11]
Amanda Price		Republican	2011–2016	Holland	[12]
Jim Lilly		Republican	2017–2022	Holland	Lived in Park Township until around 2019. [13]
Luke Meerman		Republican	2023–present	Coopersville	[14]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Lilly	27,917	62.07
	Democratic	Jerry Sias	17,061	37.93
Total votes			44,978	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Lilly	30,340	61.14%
	Democratic	Tim Meyer	17,051	34.36%
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	2,231	4.50%
Total votes			49,622	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Price	21,804	67.88
	Democratic	Don Bergman	10,316	32.12
Total votes			32,120	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Price	29,776	65.72
	Democratic	Don Bergman	15,530	34.28
Total votes			45,306	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Amanda Price	22,151	69.59
	Democratic	Don Bergman	8,553	26.87
	Libertarian	Terry Ashcraft	1,127	3.54
Total votes			31,831	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arlan Meekhof	28,927	60.81
	Democratic	Tim Winslow	16,529	34.74
	Libertarian	Terry Ashcraft	2,117	4.45
Total votes			47,573	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Barry County (part) Assyria Township Carlton Township Castleton Township Hastings Hastings Township Irving Township Maple Grove Township Rutland Township Thornapple Township Woodland Township Ionia County Kent County (part) Bowne Township Grattan Township Lowell Lowell Township Vergennes Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[21]
	Clare County (part) Clare Sheridan Township Gratiot County (part) Alma Arcada Township Pine River Township Seville Township Sumner Township St. Louis (part) Isabella County (part) Excluding Broomfield Township Coldwater Township Gilmore Township Montcalm County (part) Bloomer Township Bushnell Township Crystal Township Day Township Evergreen Township Ferris Township Home Township Richland Township Sidney Township Stanton (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[22]
	Clinton County Gratiot County (part) Alma Arcada Township Elba Township Emerson Township Fulton Township Hamilton Township Ithaca Lafayette Township Newark Township New Haven Township North Shade Township North Star Township Pine River Township (part) Seville Township Sumner Township Washington Township Wheeler Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[23]
	Ottawa County (part) Allendale Township Chester Township Coopersville Crockery Township Ferrysburg Georgetown Township Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Polkton Township Spring Lake Township Wright Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[24]
	Ottawa County (part) Allendale Township Ferrysburg Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Olive Township Park Township Port Sheldon Township Robinson Township Spring Lake Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[25]
	Ottawa County (part) Blendon Township Crockery Township Ferrysburg Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Olive Township Park Township Port Sheldon Township Robinson Township Spring Lake Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[26]

References

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