Michigan's 30th Senate district

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Michigan's 30th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Mark Huizenga
R – Walker
Demographics84%  White
1%  Black
10%  Hispanic
3%  Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)284,034 [1]

Michigan's 30th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 30th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. [2] [3] It has been represented by Republican Mark Huizenga since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Roger Victory. By most measures it is the most Republican-leaning district in the Senate.

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Geography

District 30 encompasses parts of Kent and Ottawa counties. [4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 30, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was exactly coterminous with Ottawa County in the western suburbs of Grand Rapids, including the communities of Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Coopersville, Zeeland, Ferrysburg, Allendale, Jenison, Georgetown Township, Grand Haven Township, Holland Township, Park Township, Spring Lake Township, Zeeland Township, and most of northern Holland. [5]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 2nd congressional district, and overlapped with the 88th, 89th, and 90th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. [6]

List of senators

SenatorPartyDatesResidenceNotes
John S. Smith Democratic 1853–1854 Armada [7] [8]
Cortez P. Hooker Democratic 1855–1856 Ashley [7] [9] [10]
Stephen H. Warren Republican 1857–1858 Eureka [7] [11] [12]
Osmond Tower Republican 1859–1862 Ionia [7] [13]
Nelson Green Republican 1863–1864Clay Banks [7] [14]
Elias W. Merrill Republican 1865–1866 Muskegon [7] [15]
Israel E. Carleton Republican 1867–1870 Whitehall Lived in Mears until around 1869. [7] [16]
Wales F. Storrs Republican 1871–1872 Coopersville [7] [17]
Edgar L. Gray Republican 1873–1876 Newaygo [7] [18]
Fitch R. Williams Republican 1877–1878 Elk Rapids [7] [19]
George W. Bell Republican 1879–1880 Cheboygan [7] [20] [21]
Archibald Buttars Republican 1881–1882 Charlevoix [7] [22]
John H. Richardson Independent 1883–1884 Tuscola [7] [23]
Lewis C. Davis Democratic 1885–1886 Vassar Elected on a Fusionist ticket, also backed by the Greenback Party. [7] [24]
Henry W. Seymour Republican 1887–1888 Sault St. Marie Resigned. [7] [25] [26]
Albert O. Blackwell Republican 1889–1890 Gladstone [7] [27]
George W. Sharp Democratic 1891–1892 Newberry [7] [28]
Joseph Flesheim Republican 1893–1894 Menominee [7] [29]
Richard Mason Republican 1895–1898 Gladstone [7] [30]
Fred K. Baker Republican 1899–1900 Menominee [7] [31]
Oramel B. Fuller Republican 1901–1904 Ford River [7] [32]
Willis N. Mills Republican 1905–1906 Menominee [7] [33]
Oramel B. Fuller Republican 1907–1908 Ford River [7] [32]
Otto Fowle Republican 1909–1912 Sault St. Marie [7] [34]
James C. Wood Republican 1913–1918 Manistique [7] [35]
William A. Lemire Republican 1919–1922 Escanaba [7] [36]
Frank P. Bohn Republican 1923–1926 Newberry [7] [37]
Herbert J. Rushton Republican 1927–1932 Escanaba [7] [38]
W. F. Doyle Republican 1933–1934 Menominee [7] [39]
John F. Luecke Democratic 1935–1936 Escanaba [7] [40]
James D. Dotsch Democratic 1937–1940 Garden [7] [41]
Joseph A. Laframboise Democratic 1941–1944 Gladstone [7] [42]
George Girrbach Republican 1945–1948 Sault St. Marie Died in office. [7] [43]
William A. Ellsworth Republican 1949–1954 St. Ignace [7] [44]
Edward H. Gibbs Democratic 1955–1956 Perkins [7] [45]
William E. Miron Democratic 1957–1962 Escanaba Died in office. [7] [46]
Kent T. Lundgren Republican 1962–1964 Menominee [7] [47]
Emil Lockwood Republican 1965–1970 St. Louis [7] [48]
Bill Ballenger Republican 1971–1974 Delta Township Lived in Ovid until around 1972. [49] [50] [51]
Richard J. Allen Republican 1975–1982 Alma [7] [52] [53]
Alan Cropsey Republican 1983–1986 DeWitt [7] [54]
Frederick P. Dillingham Republican 1987–1994 Fowlerville [7] [55]
Glenn Steil Sr. Republican 1995–2002 Grand Rapids [7] [56]
Wayne Kuipers Republican 2003–2010 Holland [7] [57]
Arlan Meekhof Republican 2011–2018 West Olive [58] [7]
Roger Victory Republican 2019–2022 Georgetown Township [59] [60] [61]
Mark Huizenga Republican 2023–present Walker [62]

Recent election results

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 30 [63]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Roger Victory 16,895 41.7
Republican Daniela Garcia 10,64726.3
Republican Joseph Haveman 10,58526.1
Republican Rett DeBoer2,3995.9
Total votes40,526 100
General election
Republican Roger Victory 79,323 63.2
Democratic Jeanette Schipper42,90434.2
Libertarian Mary Buzuma3,1892.5
Total votes125,416 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 30 [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Arlan Meekhof (incumbent) 62,338 71.4
Democratic Sarah Howard24,94028.6
Total votes87,278 100
Republican hold

1998

1998 Michigan Senate 30th district election [64]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Glenn Steil Sr. (incumbent)47,49962.48%
Democratic Carol Hennessy28,52537.52%
Total votes76,024 100.00%

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [65]
2020 President Trump 59.8 – 38.3%
2018 Senate James 62.7 – 35.6%
Governor Schuette 60.4 – 36.9%
2016 President Trump 62.3 – 31.7%
2014 Senate Land 65.2 – 31.2%
Governor Snyder 73.6 – 24.5%
2012 President Romney 66.8 – 32.4%
Senate Hoekstra 63.9 – 33.4%

Historical district boundaries

MapDescriptionApportionment PlanNotes
1964 Apportionment Plan [66]
1972 Apportionment Plan [67]
1982 Apportionment Plan [68]
1992 Apportionment Plan [69]
2001 Apportionment Plan [70]
Michigan Senate District 30 (2010).png 2011 Apportionment Plan [71]

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