Michigan's_21st_Senate_district

Michigan's 21st
State Senate district
Michigan's 21st; State Senate district
Senator
	Sarah Anthony; D–Lansing
Demographics	80% White; 10% Black; 6% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 3% Other
Population (2018)	267,164

Michigan's 21st Senate district

American legislative district

Michigan's 21st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 21st 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 Democrat Sarah Anthony since 2023, succeeding Republican Kim LaSata.^[4]^[5]

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Senator		Dates	Residence	Notes
Frederick W. Curtenius	Whig	1853–1854	Kalamazoo	^[9]^[10]
Ebenezer Lakin Brown	Republican	1855–1856	Schoolcraft	^[9]^[11]
John Roberts	Republican	1857–1858	Hastings	^[9]^[12]
Harvey Williams	Republican	1859–1860	Charlotte	^[9]^[13]
Norman Bailey	Republican	1861–1862	Hastings	^[9]^[14]^[15]
Smith W. Fowler	Republican	1863–1864	Charlotte	^[9]^[16]
John M. Nevins	Republican	1865–1866	Hastings	^[9]^[17]
James Turner	Republican	1867–1868	Lansing	^[9]^[18]
Stephen Pearl	Republican	1869–1870	Duplain	^[9]^[19]
Isaac M. Cravath	Republican	1871–1872	Lansing	Died in office.^[9]^[20]^[21]
John N. Mellen	Republican	1873–1876	Romeo	^[9]^[22]
Crockett McElroy	Republican	1877–1880	St. Clair	^[9]^[23]
James R. McGurk	Republican	1881–1882	Capac	^[9]^[24]
James William Belknap	Republican	1883–1886	Greenville	^[9]^[25]
John W. Moon	Republican	1887–1888	Muskegon	^[9]^[26]
Jacob Den Herder	Republican	1889–1890	Zeeland	^[9]^[27]
George Ford Porter	Democratic	1891–1892	Gooding	^[9]^[28]
Edwin G. Fox	Republican	1893–1894	Mayville	^[9]^[29]
John L. Preston	Republican	1895–1898	Columbiaville	^[9]^[30]
Theron W. Atwood	Republican	1899–1902	Caro	^[9]^[31]
William E. Brown	Republican	1903–1906	Lapeer	^[9]^[32]
William McKay	Republican	1907–1908	Caro	Died in office.^[9]^[33]^[34]
Edwin G. Fox	Republican	1909–1910	Mayville	Died in office.^[9]^[29]
John Conley	Democratic	1911–1912	Lapeer	^[9]^[35]
Terry T. Corliss	Republican	1913–1916	Mayville	^[9]^[36]
Charles B. Scully	Republican	1917–1920	Almont	^[9]^[37]
Burney E. Brower	Republican	1921–1926	Jackson	^[9]^[38]
Ari H. Woodruff	Republican	1927–1932	Wyandotte	^[9]^[39]^[40]
John Nichczynski	Democratic	1933–1934	Detroit	Died in office.^[9]^[41]^[42]
Sidney C. Gray	Democratic	1935–1936	Detroit	^[9]^[43]
Joseph C. Roosevelt	Democratic	1937–1938	Detroit	^[9]^[44]
Stanley Nowak	Democratic	1939–1948	Detroit	^[9]^[45]
Robert A. Haggerty	Democratic	1949–1954	Detroit	^[9]^[46]
Patrick J. Doyle	Democratic	1955–1962	Dearborn	^[9]^[47]
William D. Ford	Republican	1963–1964	Taylor	^[9]^[48]
Garry E. Brown	Republican	1965–1966	Schoolcraft	^[9]^[49]
Anthony Stamm	Republican	1967–1974	Kalamazoo	Died in office.^[9]^[50]
Jack Welborn	Republican	1974–1982	Kalamazoo	^[9]^[51]
Harmon G. Cropsey	Republican	1983–1990	Decatur	^[9]^[52]
Paul Wartner	Republican	1991–1994	Portage	^[9]^[53]
Dale L. Shugars	Republican	1995–2002	Portage	^[9]^[54]
Ron Jelinek	Republican	2003–2010	Three Oaks	^[9]^[55]
John Proos	Republican	2011–2018	St. Joseph	^[9]^[56]
Kim LaSata	Republican	2019–2022	Bainbridge Township	^[9]^[57]^[58]
Sarah Anthony	Democratic	2023–present	Lansing	^[59]^[60]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim LaSata	15,344	54.6
	Republican	Dave Pagel	12,761	45.4
Total votes			28,105	100
General election
	Republican	Kim LaSata	58,164	58.1
	Democratic	Ian Haight	41,897	41.9
Total votes			100,061	100
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Proos (incumbent)	45,586	64.5
	Democratic	Bette Pierman	25,090	35.5
Total votes			70,676	100
	Republican hold

Year	Office	Results^[62]
2020	President	Trump 57.3 – 40.8%
2018	Senate	James 56.5 – 41.0%
2018	Governor	Schuette 54.6 – 41.9%
2016	President	Trump 57.3 – 37.5%
2014	Senate	Land 57.1 – 39.2%
2014	Governor	Snyder 56.9 – 40.1%
2012	President	Romney 54.1 – 45.0%
2012	Senate	Hoekstra 50.6 – 45.8%

Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
Barry County (part) Barry Township Carlton Township Hope Township Irving Township Orangeville Township Prairieville Township Rutland Township Thornapple Township Kalamazoo County St. Joseph County (part) Burr Oak Township Colon Township Fawn River Township Florence Township Leonidas Township Mendon Township Nottawa Township Sherman Township Sturgis Sturgis Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[63]
Cass County (part) Porter Township (part) Kalamazoo County (part) Excluding Alamo Township Charleston Township St. Joseph County (part) Constantine Township Fabius Township Florence Township Flowerfield Township Lockport Township Mendon Township Mottville Township Nottawa Township Park Township Sherman Township Sturgis Township White Pigeon Township Van Buren County (part) Almena Township Pine Grove Township Waverly Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[64]
Cass County Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Brady Township Charleston Township Climax Township Comstock Township Galesburg Kalamazoo Township (part) Oshtemo Township Parchment Pavilion Township Portage Prairie Ronde Township Ross Township Schoolcraft Township Texas Township Wakeshma Township St. Joseph County	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[65]
Kalamazoo County St. Joseph County (part) Mendon Township Park Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[66]
Berrien County Cass County Van Buren County (part) Almena Township Arlington Township Bangor Bangor Township Bloomingdale Township Columbia Township Covert Township Decatur Township Geneva Township Gobles Hamilton Township Hartford Hartford Township Keeler Township Lawrence Township Grove Township Porter Township South Haven (part) South Haven Township Waverly Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[67]
Berrien County Cass County St. Joseph County	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[68]

Michigan's_21st_Senate_district

Michigan's 21st Senate district

Geography

2011 Apportionment Plan

List of senators

Recent election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

Historical district boundaries

References

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