2016_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election
All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; 56 seats needed for a majority
Registered	7,514,055
Turnout	63.00%
	Democratic gain Republican gain ; Democratic hold Republican hold; Republican: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Democratic: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Speaker before election; Kevin Cotter; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Tom Leonard; Republican

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election

American state election

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016.

Quick Facts All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives 56 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

There was no change in the composition of the House as Republicans retained control, winning 63 seats compared to 47 seats for the Democrats.^[2]^[3]

Members elected at the 2016 election served in the 99th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 11, 2017.

Results

District

Results of the 2016 Michigan House of Representatives election by district:^[6]

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District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	24,947	68.34%	11,558	31.66%	-	-	36,505	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 2	25,409	71.83%	9,962	28.16%	3	0.01%	35,374	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 3	28,766	96.79%	955	3.21%	-	-	29,721	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 4	24,790	91.87%	1,397	5.18%	796	2.95%	26,983	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 5	17,832	92.51%	1,444	7.49%	-	-	19,276	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 6	26,301	92.52%	2,125	7.48%	-	-	28,426	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 7	32,896	97.61%	806	2.39%	-	-	33,702	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 8	33,270	95.76%	1,470	4.23%	2	0.01%	34,742	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 9	27,560	94.29%	1,668	5.71%	-	-	29,228	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 10	32,787	81.62%	6,027	15.00%	1,357	3.38%	40,171	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 11	23,731	65.05%	12,749	34.95%	-	-	36,480	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 12	24,716	67.11%	12,112	32.89%	-	-	36,828	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	23,744	60.76%	15,336	39.24%	-	-	39,080	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 14	20,252	59.44%	12,178	35.75%	1,639	4.81%	34,069	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 15	21,739	61.77%	13,452	38.23%	-	-	35,191	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 16	24,147	63.97%	13,599	36.03%	-	-	37,746	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 17	17,151	44.27%	20,232	52.23%	1,355	3.50%	38,738	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 18	29,247	63.31%	16,953	36.69%	-	-	46,200	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 19	19,504	38.58%	31,045	61.42%	-	-	50,549	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 20	23,768	46.41%	27,440	53.59%	-	-	51,208	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 21	28,260	59.43%	19,292	40.57%	-	-	47,552	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 22	21,487	60.34%	12,341	34.66%	1,780	5.00%	35,608	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 23	24,100	50.34%	23,777	49.66%	-	-	47,877	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 24	19,553	44.93%	23,968	55.07%	-	-	43,521	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 25	21,899	54.11%	18,573	45.89%	-	-	40,472	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 26	26,785	59.37%	18,333	40.63%	-	-	45,118	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 27	36,392	76.78%	11,007	23.22%	-	-	47,399	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 28	22,680	66.33%	11,514	33.67%	-	-	34,194	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 29	23,097	71.25%	8,253	25.46%	1,068	3.29%	32,418	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 30	17,026	46.15%	19,863	53.85%	-	-	36,889	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 31	22,735	56.16%	15,743	38.89%	2,007	4.96%	40,485	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 32	14,631	36.34%	25,629	63.66%	-	-	40,260	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 33	12,987	30.01%	30,295	69.99%	-	-	43,282	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 34	24,248	88.55%	3,136	11.45%	-	-	27,384	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 35	44,737	83.81%	8,639	16.19%	-	-	53,376	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 36	13,048	28.16%	33,293	71.84%	-	-	46,341	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 37	29,181	60.63%	17,209	35.75%	1,743	3.62%	48,133	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 38	20,711	42.34%	28,205	57.66%	-	-	48,916	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 39	20,975	42.25%	25,024	50.41%	3,643	7.34%	49,642	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 40	26,669	46.52%	30,664	53.48%	-	-	57,333	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 41	20,606	43.55%	26,708	56.45%	-	-	47,314	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 42	17,309	32.36%	34,015	63.59%	2,167	4.05%	53,491	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 43	16,309	34.53%	30,923	65.47%	-	-	47,232	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 44	15,470	31.44%	33,731	68.56%	-	-	49,201	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 45	17,792	37.93%	29,121	62.07%	-	-	46,913	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 46	14,642	30.69%	33,073	69.31%	-	-	47,715	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 47	12,918	27.00%	32,616	68.17%	2,314	4.84%	47,848	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 48	22,888	53.82%	19,641	46.18%	-	-	42,529	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 49	24,862	68.45%	11,458	31.55%	-	-	36,320	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 50	22,773	52.03%	20,992	47.97%	-	-	43,765	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 51	17,050	33.97%	30,468	60.70%	2,677	5.33%	50,195	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 52	27,620	52.44%	23,535	44.68%	1,519	2.88%	52,674	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 53	35,502	80.40%	7,176	16.25%	1,476	3.34%	44,154	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 54	30,148	74.99%	10,053	25.01%	-	-	40,201	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 55	30,097	69.33%	13,312	30.67%	-	-	43,409	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 56	16,316	38.84%	24,509	58.35%	1,179	2.81%	42,004	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 57	18,332	43.62%	23,698	56.38%	-	-	42,030	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 58	8,968	24.63%	27,444	75.37%	-	-	36,412	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 59	12,117	33.23%	24,342	66.77%	-	-	36,459	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 60	26,570	69.31%	9,595	25.03%	2,170	5.66%	38,335	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 61	22,755	44.69%	25,149	49.39%	3,018	5.93%	50,922	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 62	17,490	47.46%	17,699	48.03%	1,660	4.50%	36,849	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 63	14,749	33.41%	26,878	60.88%	2,523	5.71%	44,150	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 64	13,443	37.48%	22,426	62.52%	-	-	35,869	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 65	14,321	34.53%	25,098	60.52%	2,055	4.95%	41,474	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 66	18,568	45.74%	22,024	54.26%	-	-	40,592	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 67	24,929	54.64%	20,698	45.36%	-	-	45,627	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 68	28,373	72.99%	8,365	21.52%	2,132	5.48%	38,870	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 69	29,366	68.37%	13,585	31.63%	-	-	42,951	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 70	10,625	31.99%	21,001	63.24%	1,584	4.77%	33,210	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 71	20,926	42.98%	26,315	54.04%	1,450	2.98%	48,691	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 72	18,693	41.51%	26,343	58.49%	-	-	45,036	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 73	17,885	32.36%	35,216	63.72%	2,165	3.92%	55,266	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 74	13,915	30.68%	29,255	64.51%	2,183	4.81%	45,353	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 75	25,868	76.39%	7,996	23.61%	-	-	33,864	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 76	27,046	56.72%	18,473	38.74%	2,161	4.53%	47,680	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 77	14,528	34.20%	27,946	65.80%	-	-	42,474	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 78	12,529	32.49%	26,037	67.51%	-	-	38,566	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 79	15,461	38.42%	23,657	58.78%	1,129	2.81%	40,247	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 80	12,376	28.07%	29,721	67.41%	1,990	4.51%	44,087	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 81	12,633	31.04%	28,068	68.96%	-	-	40,701	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 82	13,492	31.05%	29,962	68.95%	-	-	43,454	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 83	12,345	33.54%	23,108	62.79%	1,350	3.67%	36,803	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 84	14,026	34.90%	26,142	65.04%	26	0.06%	40,194	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 85	15,124	34.44%	24,683	56.21%	4,102	9.34%	43,909	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 86	16,516	34.51%	28,617	59.79%	2,726	5.70%	47,859	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 87	12,955	28.07%	30,957	67.08%	2,238	4.85%	46,150	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 88	11,410	24.93%	34,356	75.07%	-	-	45,766	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 89	17,051	34.36%	30,340	61.14%	2,231	4.50%	49,622	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 90	11,533	27.14%	30,968	72.86%	-	-	42,501	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 91	18,558	43.68%	20,959	49.34%	2,965	6.98%	42,482	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 92	22,584	68.20%	10,528	31.80%	-	-	33,112	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 93	15,508	32.81%	29,328	62.05%	2,428	5.14%	47,264	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 94	16,402	35.23%	30,150	64.77%	-	-	46,552	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 95	23,809	73.88%	8,419	26.12%	-	-	32,228	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 96	22,992	57.98%	16,665	42.02%	-	-	39,657	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 97	13,074	35.15%	24,124	64.85%	-	-	37,198	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 98	16,975	39.83%	25,642	60.17%	-	-	42,617	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 99	15,291	45.44%	18,358	54.56%	-	-	33,649	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 100	12,514	32.73%	25,721	67.27%	-	-	38,235	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 101	23,719	45.99%	27,852	54.01%	-	-	51,571	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 102	11,099	30.95%	24,761	69.05%	-	-	35,860	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 103	18,589	41.70%	25,988	58.30%	-	-	44,577	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 104	21,864	43.21%	26,020	51.42%	2,714	5.36%	50,598	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 105	14,322	29.94%	33,509	70.06%	-	-	47,831	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 106	16,937	34.87%	29,798	61.34%	1,841	3.79%	48,576	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 107	14,781	32.91%	30,131	67.09%	-	-	44,912	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 108	19,725	47.26%	22,013	52.74%	-	-	41,738	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 109	25,380	62.31%	13,892	34.11%	1,457	3.58%	40,729	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 110	23,532	61.05%	15,016	38.95%	-	-	38,548	100.00%	Democratic Hold
Total	2,260,633	49.13%	2,263,633	49.20%	77,023	1.67%	4,601,289	100.00%

Election matchups

Following the primary elections on August 2, general election matchups and results in each district were as follows:

Districts 1-28

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Districts 29-55

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Districts 56-83

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Districts 84-110

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Results by county

Kivela

50–60%
60–70%

Pfister

50–60%

Results by precinct

Kivela

40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%

Pfister

40–50%
50–60%
60–70%

Tie

40–50%

Results by county

Dianda

50–60%
60–70%

Results by precinct

Dianda

50–60%
60–70%
70–80%

Markkanen

50–60%

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Special Elections

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rose Mary Robinson (incumbent)	24,790	91.87%
	Republican	Matt Schonert	1,397	5.18%
	Green	Daniel Finn	797	2.95%
Total votes			26,983	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lauren Plawecki	24,020	65.79%
	Republican	Robert Pope	10,905	29.87%
	U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan	Marc Joseph Sosnowski	1,586	4.34%
Total votes			36,511	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016_Michigan_House_of_Representatives_election

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election

Background

Term-limited members

Democrats (13)

Republicans (25)

Results

Statewide

District

Election matchups

Districts 1-28

Districts 29-55

Districts 56-83

Districts 84-110

Special Elections

1st District

Results

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General Election

109th District

Background

Results

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General Election

68th District

Background

Notes

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Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	110	2,263,633	49.20%	63		57.27%
	Democratic Party	110	2,260,633	49.13%	47		42.73%
	Libertarian Party	26	53,846	1.17%	0		0.00%
	Green Party	8	11,777	0.26%	0		0.00%
	US Taxpayers Party	6	7,720	0.17%	0		0.00%
	Independent	1	3,643	0.08%	0		0.00%
	Write-in	5	37	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total		266	4,601,289	100.00%	110		100.00%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Banks (incumbent)	24,947	68.34%
	Republican	William Broman	11,558	31.66%
Total votes			36,505	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	25,409	71.83%
	Republican	Anthony Murray	9,962	28.16%
	Write-In	DaNetta L. Simpson	3	0.01%
Total votes			35,374	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd (incumbent)	28,766	96.79%
	Republican	John Brodersen	955	3.21%
Total votes			29,721	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred Durhal III (incumbent)	17,832	92.51%
	Republican	Dorothy Patterson	1,444	7.49%
Total votes			19,276	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang (incumbent)	26,301	92.52%
	Republican	Attie Pollard	2,125	7.48%
Total votes			28,426	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	LaTanya Garrett (incumbent)	32,896	97.61%
	Republican	Gina Barr	806	2.39%
Total votes			33,702	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (incumbent)	33,270	95.76%
	Republican	Jennifer Rynicki	1,470	4.23%
	Write-In	DeShawn Wilkins	2	0.01%
Total votes			34,742	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leslie Love (incumbent)	32,787	81.62%
	Republican	William Brang	6,027	15.00%
	Libertarian	Jeremy Morgan	1,357	3.38%
Total votes			40,171	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	23,731	65.05%
	Republican	Robert Pope	12,749	34.95%
Total votes			36,480	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erika Geiss (incumbent)	24,716	67.11%
	Republican	Erik Soderquist	12,112	32.89%
Total votes			36,828	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Liberati (incumbent)	23,744	60.76%
	Republican	Annie Spencer	15,336	39.24%
Total votes			39,080	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cara Clemente	20,252	59.44%
	Republican	Darrell Stasik	12,178	35.75%
	Libertarian	Loel R. Green	1,639	4.81%
Total votes			34,069	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abdullah Hammoud	21,739	61.77%
	Republican	Terrance Guido Gerin	13,452	38.23%
Total votes			35,191	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Kosowski (incumbent)	24,147	63.97%
	Republican	Matthew Morrow	13,599	36.03%
Total votes			37,746	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Bellino, Jr.	20,232	52.23%
	Democratic	Bill LaVoy (incumbent)	17,151	44.27%
	Constitution	Jeff Andring	1,355	3.50%
Total votes			38,738	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Hertel	29,247	63.31%
	Republican	Renata Polonaise	16,953	36.69%
Total votes			46,200	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laura Cox (incumbent)	31,045	61.42%
	Democratic	Steve King	19,504	38.58%
Total votes			50,549	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Noble	27,440	53.59%
	Democratic	Colleen Pobur	23,768	46.41%
Total votes			51,208	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristy Pagan (incumbent)	28,260	59.43%
	Republican	Derek Moss	19,292	40.57%
Total votes			47,552	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Chirkun (incumbent)	21,487	60.34%
	Republican	Jeff Bonnell	12,341	34.66%
	Constitution	Les Townsend	1,780	5.00%
Total votes			35,608	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrin Camilleri	24,100	50.34%
	Republican	Robert Howey	23,777	49.66%
Total votes			47,877	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Marino	23,968	55.07%
	Democratic	Dana Camphous-Peterson	19,553	44.93%
Total votes			43,521	100.00%
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez (incumbent)	21,899	54.11%
	Republican	Steve Naumovski	18,573	45.89%
Total votes			40,472	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Ellison	26,785	59.37%
	Republican	Randy LeVasseur	18,333	40.63%
Total votes			45,118	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Wittenberg (incumbent)	36,392	76.78%
	Republican	Kyle Forrest	11,007	23.22%
Total votes			47,399	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Green (incumbent)	22,680	66.63%
	Republican	Antoine Davison	11,514	33.67%
Total votes			34,194	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Greimel (incumbent)	23,097	71.25%
	Republican	Garren Griffith	8,253	25.46%
	Green	Artelia Marie Leak	1,068	3.29%
Total votes			32,418	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diana Farrington	19,863	53.85%
	Democratic	Michael Notte	17,026	46.15%
Total votes			36,889	100.00%
	Republican hold