Michigan's 9th House of Representatives district

Not to be confused with Michigan's 9th congressional district.

Michigan's 9th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Abraham Aiyash D – Hamtramck
Demographics	18.7%  White 76.5%  Black 2.5%  Hispanic 0.3%  Asian 0.3% Other 1.7 [1] % Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	91,699 [2]

Michigan's 9th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 9th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Wayne County. ^[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
Rosetta A. Ferguson		Democratic	1965–1972	Detroit	[5]
George H. Edwards		Democratic	1973–1978	Detroit	[6]
Ethel Terrell		Democratic	1973–1990	Highland Park	[7]
Chester Wozniak		Democratic	1991–1992	Hamtramck	[8]
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick		Democratic	1993–1996	Detroit	[9]
Kwame Kilpatrick		Democratic	1997–2001	Detroit	Resigned to become Mayor of Detroit. [10]
Fred Durhal Jr.		Democratic	2002	Detroit	[11]
Tupac A. Hunter		Democratic	2003–2006	Detroit	[12]
Shanelle Jackson		Democratic	2007–2012	Detroit	[13]
Harvey Santana		Democratic	2013–2016	Detroit	[14]
Sylvia Santana		Democratic	2017–2018	Detroit	[15]
Karen Whitsett		Democratic	2019–2022	Detroit	[16]
Abraham Aiyash		Democratic	2023–present	Hamtramck	[17]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Whitsett	20,579	95.16
	Republican	James Stephens	1,046	4.84
Total votes			21,625
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Santana	27,560	94.29%
	Republican	James Stephens	1,668	5.71%
Total votes			29,228	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harvey Santana	17,623	95.52
	Republican	James Stephens	827	4.48
Total votes			18,450	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harvey Santana	32,063	95.34
	Republican	Rene Simpson	1,567	4.66
Total votes			33,630	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shanelle Jackson	19,063	95
	Republican	David Porter	683	3.4
	Independent	Kenneth Haney	187	0.93
	Independent	D'Artagnan Collier	134	0.67
Total votes			20,067	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shanelle Jackson	34,084	100
Total votes			34,084	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	[24]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Highland Park	1972 Apportionment Plan	[25]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park	1982 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	[28]
	Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part)	2011 Apportionment Plan	[29]

References

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