2008 Michigan House of Representatives election

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election
All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,654,205 (62.29%)
	Results: ; Democratic gain; Democratic hold Republican hold
Speaker before election; Andy Dillon; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Andy Dillon; Democratic

The 2008 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2008, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5, 2008.^[1]

Results

Districts 1–28

1st District
(Wayne (Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Township, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Park, far east Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Bledsoe	26,793	56.77
	Republican	Mary Leder Trang	20,404	43.23
Total votes			47,197	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2nd District
(Wayne (northeast Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	LaMar Lemmons (incumbent)	25,325	96.46
	Republican	Edith Floyd	930	3.54
Total votes			26,255	100.0
	Democratic hold

3rd District
(Wayne (southeast Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott (incumbent)	27,841	98.11
	Green	Fred Vitale	468	1.65
	Libertarian	Tim Beck	69	0.24
Total votes			28,378	100.0
	Democratic hold

4th District
(Wayne (south-central Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Coleman Young (incumbent)	28,089	100
Total votes			28,089	100.0
	Democratic hold

5th District
(Wayne (north Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bert Johnson	25,589	100
Total votes			25,589	100.0
	Democratic hold

6th District
(Wayne (south-central Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred Durhal	28,167	100
Total votes			28,167	100.0
	Democratic hold

7th District
(Wayne (north-central Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jimmy Womack	29,764	95.69
	Green	Derek Grigsby	1,342	4.31
Total votes			31,106	100.0
	Democratic hold

8th District
(Wayne (northwest Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Cushingberry Jr. (incumbent)	38,306	96.89
	Libertarian	Thomas Jones	1,229	3.11
Total votes			39,535	100.0
	Democratic hold

9th District
(Wayne (far northwest Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shanelle Jackson (incumbent)	34,084	100
Total votes			34,084	100.0
	Democratic hold

10th District
(Wayne (west Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gabe Leland (incumbent)	27,644	94.81
	Constitution	Marc Sosnowski	1,513	5.19
Total votes			29,157	100.0
	Democratic hold

11th District
(Wayne (west-central Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Nathan	30,815	96.93
	Republican	Leonard Mier	976	3.07
Total votes			31,791	100.0
	Democratic hold

12th District
(Wayne (southwest Detroit))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rashida Tlaib	14,176	90.03
	Republican	Darrin Daigle	1,569	9.97
Total votes			15,745	100.0
	Democratic hold

13th District
(Wayne (Riverview, Southgate, Trenton, Wyandotte))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Kandrevas	28,040	65.72
	Republican	Timothy Kachinski	14,626	34.28
Total votes			42,666	100.0
	Democratic hold

14th District
(Wayne (Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, south Allen Park))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Clemente	28,699	76.33
	Republican	Patrick O'Connell	8,898	23.67
Total votes			37,597	100.0
	Democratic hold

15th District
(Wayne (Dearborn—excluding northeast tip))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gino Polidori (incumbent)	28,606	77.53
	Republican	Scott Saionz	8,292	22.47
Total votes			36,898	100.0
	Democratic hold

16th District
(Wayne (north Allen Park, Dearborn Heights—southwest tip, Garden City, Inkster))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Constan (incumbent)	28,194	75.53
	Republican	Joseph Smith	9,133	24.47
Total votes			37,327	100.0
	Democratic hold

17th District
(Wayne (Dearborn Heights—excluding southwest tip, Livonia—southeast tip, Redford Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Dillon (incumbent)	27,860	66.06
	Republican	Sandra Eggers	14,311	33.94
Total votes			42,171	100.0
	Democratic hold

18th District
(Wayne (Westland))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard LeBlanc (incumbent)	28,952	88.59
	Constitution	Harold Dunn	3,729	11.41
Total votes			32,681	100.0
	Democratic hold

19th District
(Wayne (Livonia—excluding southeast tip))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Walsh	29,749	60.01
	Democratic	Steve King	19,827	39.99
Total votes			49,576	100.0
	Republican hold

20th District
(Wayne (Northville—portion within county, Northville Township, Plymouth, Plymouth Township, east Canton Township, Wayne))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Corriveau	30,393	59
	Republican	Jerry Vorva	21,124	41
Total votes			51,517	100.0
	Democratic hold

21st District
(Wayne (Belleville, Van Buren Township, Canton Township—excluding eastern slice))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dian Slavens	27,802	51.69
	Republican	Todd LaJoy	24,203	45
	Independent	Brian Cronan	1,784	3.32
Total votes			53,789	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

22nd District
(Wayne (Romulus, Taylor))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Geiss	25,673	70.58
	Republican	Darrell McNeill	6,780	18.64
	Independent	Charley Johnson	3,180	8.74
	Libertarian	Dennis Schlemmer	739	2.03
Total votes			36,372	100.0
	Democratic hold

23rd District
(Wayne (Brownstown Township, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Township, Rockwood, Sumpter Township, Woodhaven))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Kennedy	26,985	59.49
	Republican	Neil DeBlois	18,375	40.51
Total votes			45,360	100.0
	Democratic hold

24th District
(Macomb (Harrison Township, Lake Township, St. Clair Shores))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Roberts	23,494	49.36
	Republican	Bryan Brandenburg	22,428	47.12
	Green	Jody Beaubien	1,678	3.53
Total votes			47,600	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

25th District
(Macomb (south Sterling Heights, north Warren))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Switalski	26,869	62.94
	Republican	Michael Wiecek	14,285	33.46
	Libertarian	James Allison	653	1.53
	Green	Richard Kuszmar	453	1.06
	Constitution	Steven Revis	433	1.01
Total votes			42,693	100.0
	Democratic hold

26th District
(Oakland (Madison Heights, Royal Oak))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marie Donigan (incumbent)	28,002	61.74
	Republican	Michael Goodman	15,470	34.11
	Libertarian	James Young	1,884	4.15
Total votes			45,356	100.0

27th District
(Oakland (Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, north Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Cogen Lipton	31,756	71.41
	Republican	David Micola	10,098	22.71
	Green	Shelley Bane	1,366	3.07
	Libertarian	John Skosnik	1,250	2.81
Total votes			44,470	100.0
	Democratic hold

28th District
(Macomb (south Warren, Center Line))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lesia Liss	24,651	70.45
	Republican	Jason Balaska	10,339	29.55
Total votes			34,990	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 29–55

29th District
(Oakland (Auburn Hills, Pontiac))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Melton	25,695	83.51
	Republican	Scott Sampeer	5,075	16.49
Total votes			30,770	100.0
	Democratic hold

30th District
(Macomb (north Sterling Heights, Utica))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tory Rocca (incumbent)	25,713	59.99
	Democratic	Grant Hughes	17,147	40.01
Total votes			42,860	100.0
	Republican hold

31st District
(Macomb (Clinton Township—excluding northeast portion, north Fraser, Mount Clemens))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred Miller	26,404	66.1
	Republican	Daniel Tollis	12,277	30.74
	Libertarian	James Miller	1,263	3.16
Total votes			39,944	100.0
	Democratic hold

32nd District
(Macomb (Armada Township, Chesterfield Township, Lenox Township, south Memphis, New Baltimore, Richmond—excluding portion outside county, Richmond Township), St. Clair (Columbus Township, Ira Township, Kimball Township, Wales Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Haase	23,681	49.78
	Republican	Accavitti, John	22,450	47.19
	Libertarian	Zemens Joseph	1,445	3.04
Total votes			47,576	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

33rd District
(Macomb (Macomb Township, Ray Township, northwest Clinton Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Meltzer (incumbent)	32,915	59.12
	Democratic	Andrew Prasiloski	22,764	40.88
Total votes			55,679	100.0
	Republican hold

34th District
(Genesee (north Flint))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Stanley	26,867	84.38
	Republican	Adam Ford	4,973	15.62
Total votes			31,840	100.0
	Democratic hold

35th District
(Oakland (Lathrup Village, southwest Oak Park, Royal Oak Township, Southfield))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vincent Gregory	41,015	87.55
	Republican	Katie Koppin	4,936	10.54
	Green	Franklin Harden	894	1.91
Total votes			46,845	100.0
	Democratic hold

36th District
(Macomb (Bruce Township, Shelby Township, Washington Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Lund	30,753	60.71
	Democratic	Robert Murphy	19,904	39.29
Total votes			50,657	100.0
	Republican hold

37th District
(Oakland (Farmington, Farmington Hills))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vicki Barnett	28,570	60.12
	Republican	Paul Welday	18,953	39.88
Total votes			47,523	100.0
	Democratic hold

38th District
(Oakland (Lyon Township, Northville-excluding portion outside county, Novi, Novi Township, South Lyon, Walled Lake, Wixom))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Crawford	27,110	57.5
	Democratic	Chuck Tindall	20,037	42.5
Total votes			47,147	100.0
	Republican hold

39th District
(Oakland (Commerce Township, south West Bloomfield Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Brown	25,426	51.59
	Republican	Amy Peterman	22,721	46.11
	Libertarian	Jerry Plas	1,133	2.3
Total votes			49,280	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

40th District
(Oakland (Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake Village, Southfield Township, Sylvan Lake))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Moss (incumbent)	31,381	59.77
	Democratic	Julie Candler	19,815	37.74
	Libertarian	Larry Ross	1,307	2.49
Total votes			52,503	100.0
	Republican hold

41st District
(Oakland (Clawson, Troy))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marty Knollenberg (incumbent)	27,805	57.79
	Democratic	Evan Ross Treharne	20,313	42.21
Total votes			48,118	100.0
	Republican hold

42nd District
(Macomb (Eastpointe, south Fraser, Roseville))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold Haugh	26,789	70.41
	Republican	Greg Fleming	9,697	25.49
	Libertarian	Daniel Flamand	1,560	4.1
Total votes			38,046	100.0
	Democratic hold

43rd District
(Oakland (Lake Angelus, Waterford Township, northwest West Bloomfield Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gail Haines	20,216	49.26
	Democratic	Scott Hudson	19,367	47.19
	Constitution	Paul Greenawalt	1,460	3.56
Total votes			41,043	100.0
	Republican hold

44th District
(Oakland (Highland Township, Independence Township, Springfield Township, Clarkston Village, White Lake Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eileen Kowall	33,271	66.6
	Democratic	Mark Venie	16,685	33.4
Total votes			49,956	100.0
	Republican hold

45th District
(Oakland (Oakland Township, Rochester Hills, Rochester))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom McMillin	29,445	57.48
	Democratic	Randy Young	21,781	42.52
Total votes			51,226	100.0
	Republican hold

46th District
(Oakland (Addison Township, Brandon Township, Groveland Township, Holly Township, Orion Township, Oxford Township, Rose Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Marleau (incumbent)	29,263	60.58
	Democratic	Katherine Houston	19,045	39.42
Total votes			48,308	100.0
	Republican hold

47th District
(Livingston (Cohoctah Township, Conway Township, Deerfield Township, Hamburg Township, Handy Township, Hartland Township, Howell, Howell Township, Iosco Township, Marion Township—small northeast portion, Putnam Township, Tyrone Township, Unadilla Township
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Denby	27,851	59.02
	Democratic	Scott Lucas	17,059	36.15
	Libertarian	Rodger Young	1,347	2.85
	Constitution	Philip Johnson	929	1.97
Total votes			47,186	100.0
	Republican hold

48th District
(Genesee (Clayton Township—northwest half, Clio, Flushing, Flushing Township, Montrose, Montrose Township, Mount Morris, Mount Morris Township, Thetford Township, Vienna Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Hammel	28,245	67.34
	Republican	Ralph Burger	13,698	32.66
Total votes			41,943	100.0
	Democratic hold

49th District
(Genesee (Clayton Township—southeast half, south Flint, Flint Township, Gaines Township, Swartz Creek))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Gonzales (incumbent)	32,653	100
Total votes			32,653	100.0
	Democratic hold

50th District
(Genesee (Burton, Davison, Davison Township, Genesee Township, Richfield Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Slezak	29,792	72.52
	Republican	Douglas O'Neal	11,290	27.48
Total votes			41,082	100.0
	Democratic hold

51st District
(Genesee (Argentine Township, Atlas Township, Fenton, Fenton Township, Grand Blanc, Grand Blanc Township, Linden, Mundy Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Scott	29,919	52.95
	Democratic	Michael Thorp	26,587	47.05
Total votes			56,506	100.0
	Republican hold

52nd District
(Washtenaw (north Ann Arbor, north Ann Arbor Township, Bridgewater Township, Dexter Township, Freedom Township, Lima Township, Lodi Township, Lyndon Township, Manchester Township, Northfield Township, Saline, Scio Township—most, Sharon Township, Sylvan T
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pam Byrnes (incumbent)	35,954	62.95
	Republican	Eric Lielbriedis	19,179	33.58
	Libertarian	John Boyle	1,981	3.47
Total votes			57,114	100.0
	Democratic hold

53rd District
(Washtenaw (south Ann Arbor, south Ann Arbor Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebekah Warren (incumbent)	37,834	78.31
	Republican	Christina Brewton	8,281	17.14
	Green	Matt Erard	2,199	4.55
Total votes			48,314	100.0
	Democratic hold

54th District
(Washtenaw (Augusta Township, Salem Township, Superior Township, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alma Wheeler Smith (incumbent)	33,501	71.13
	Republican	Tom Banks	12,281	26.07
	Libertarian	David Raaflaub	1,319	2.8
Total votes			47,101	100.0
	Democratic hold

55th District
(Monroe (Beford Township, Dundee Township, Erie Township, Milan, Milan Township, Petersburg, Summerfield Township, Whiteford Township), Washtenaw (Milan, Pittsfield Township, Saline Township, York Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Angerer (incumbent)	33,234	66.09
	Republican	Frank Moynihan	17,054	33.91
Total votes			50,288	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 56–83

56th District
(Monroe (Ash Township, Berlin Township, Exeter Township, Frenchtown Township, Ida Township, LaSalle Township, London Township, Luna Pier, Monroe, Monroe Township, Raisinville Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Ebli (incumbent)	28,495	63.07
	Republican	JeanMarie Dahm	15,459	34.22
	Constitution	John Eleniewski	1,224	2.71
Total votes			45,178	100.0
	Democratic hold

57th District
(Lenawee (excluding Cambridge Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dudley Spade (incumbent)	29,125	67.93
	Republican	Emma Jenkins	13,752	32.07
Total votes			42,877	100.0
	Democratic hold

58th District
(Branch, Hillsdale)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth Kurtz	24,487	66.83
	Democratic	Jeane Ann Kennedy Windsor	12,151	33.17
Total votes			36,638	100.0
	Republican hold

59th District
(Cass (excluding Dowagiac, Howard Township, Niles, Silver Creek Township, Wayne Township), St. Joseph)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Lori	23,826	59.86
	Democratic	Carol Higgins	15,977	40.14
Total votes			39,803	100.0
	Republican hold

60th District
(Kalamazoo (Cooper Township, Kalamazoo, east Kalamazoo Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Jones (incumbent)	30,135	73.87
	Republican	Charles Ybema	10,658	26.13
Total votes			40,793	100.0
	Democratic hold

61st District
(Kalamazoo (Alamo Township, north Kalamazoo Township, Oshtemo Township, Parchment, Portage, Prairie Ronde Township, Texas Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry DeShazor	28,303	51.07
	Democratic	Julie Rogers	27,122	48.93
Total votes			55,425	100.0
	Republican hold

62nd District
(Calhoun (Albion, Albion Township, Battle Creek, Burlington Township, Clarence Township, Clarendon Township, Convis Township, Eckford Township, Fredonia Township, Homer Township, Lee Township, Leroy Township, Marengo Township, Sheridan Township, Springfie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Segal	25,011	61.86
	Republican	Greg Moore	15,419	38.14
Total votes			40,430	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

63rd District
(Calhoun (Bedford Township, Emmet Township, Fredonia Township—part, Marshall—most, Marshall Township, Newton Township, Pennfield Township), Kalamazoo (Brady Township, Charleston Township, Climax Township, Comstock Township, Galesburg, Pavilion Township,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jase Bolger	27,641	56.62
	Democratic	Phyllis Smith	21,179	43.38
Total votes			48,820	100.0
	Republican hold

64th District
(Jackson (Concord Township, Hanover Township, Jackson, Napoleon Township, Parma Township, Pulaski Township, Sandstone Township, Spring Arbor Township, Summit Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Griffin	24,260	62.66
	Republican	Leland Prebble	14,454	37.34
Total votes			38,714	100.0
	Democratic hold

65th District
(Eaton (Brookfield Township, Eaton Rapids, Hamlin Township), Jackson (Blackman Township, Columbia Township, Grass Lake Township, Henrietta Township, Leoni Township, Liberty Township, Norvell Township, Rives Township, Springport Township, Tompkins Township
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Simpson	25,444	63.29
	Republican	Ray Snell	14,759	36.71
Total votes			40,203	100.0
	Democratic hold

66th District
(Livingston (Brighton, Brighton Township, Genoa Township, Green Oak Township, Marion Township—part, Oceola Township), Oakland (Milford Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rogers	32,128	60.29
	Democratic	Donna Anderson	19,145	35.92
	Libertarian	Todd Richardson	2,020	3.79
Total votes			53,293	100.0
	Republican hold

67th District
(Ingham (Alaiedon Township, Aurelius Township, Bunker Hill Township, Delhi Charter Township, Ingham Township, southwest Lansing, Leroy Township, Leslie, Leslie Township, Locke Township, Mason, Onondaga Township, Stockbridge Township, Vevay Township, Wheat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barb Byrum (incumbent)	30,692	62.85
	Republican	Mike Herter	16,794	34.39
	Libertarian	Vince Dragonetti	1,347	2.76
Total votes			48,833	100.0
	Democratic hold

68th District
(Ingham (Lansing—excluding southwest portion, Lansing Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Bauer (incumbent)	33,866	77.76
	Republican	David Irons	8,797	20.2
	Constitution	DelRae Finnerty	889	2.04
Total votes			43,552	100.0
	Democratic hold

69th District
(Ingham (east East Lansing, Williamston Township—most))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Meadows (incumbent)	30,948	69.17
	Republican	Frank Lambert	13,794	30.83
Total votes			44,742	100.0
	Democratic hold

70th District
(Ionia (Belding, Berlin Township—small part, Ionia, Ionia Township—part, Keene Township, Orleans Township, Otisco Township), Montcalm)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Huckleberry	21,212	54.35
	Republican	Thomas Ginster	17,814	45.65
Total votes			39,026	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

71st District
(Eaton (excluding Brookfield Township, Eaton Rapids, Hamlin Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Jones (incumbent)	29,169	58.07
	Democratic	Mark Eagle	21,063	41.93
Total votes			50,232	100.0
	Republican hold

72nd District
(Kent (Caledonia Township, Cascade Township, Gaines Township, Kentwood))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin Amash	31,238	60.95
	Democratic	Albert Abbasse	18,454	36.01
	Libertarian	William Wenzel	1,558	3.04
Total votes			51,250	100.0
	Republican hold

73rd District
(Kent (Algoma Township, Cannon Township, Cedar Springs, Courtland Township, Nelson Township, Oakfield Township, Plainfield Township, Rockford, Solon Township, Sparta Township, Spencer Township, Tyrone Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Pearce	31,754	58.93
	Democratic	Bruce Hawley	20,615	38.26
	Libertarian	Larry Orcutt	1,514	2.81
Total votes			53,883	100.0
	Republican hold

74th District
(Kent (Alpine Township, Grandville), Ottawa (Coopersville, Crockery Township, Georgetown Township, Polkton Township, Tallmadge Township, Wright Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Agema (incumbent)	36,204	70.25
	Democratic	Leon Chase	13,421	26.04
	Libertarian	Tracey McLaughlin	1,911	3.71
Total votes			51,536	100.0
	Republican hold

75th District
(Kent (east Grand Rapids))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Dean (incumbent)	24,676	58.08
	Republican	Dan Tietema	16,930	39.85
	Libertarian	Mark Simonait	880	2.07
Total votes			42,486	100.0
	Democratic hold

76th District
(Kent (west Grand Rapids))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roy Schmidt (incumbent)	23,413	71.33
	Republican	Marc Tonnemacher	7,048	21.47
	Constitution	William Mohr	1,340	4.08
	Libertarian	Matthew Friar	1,022	3.11
Total votes			32,823	100.0
	Democratic hold

77th District
(Kent (Byron Township, Wyoming))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Green (incumbent)	25,338	62.38
	Democratic	Charles Geerlings	14,119	34.76
	Libertarian	Mike Orcutt	1,161	2.86
Total votes			40,618	100.0
	Republican hold

78th District
(Berrien (Baroda Township, Berrien Township, Bertland Township, Buchanan, Buchanan Township, Chikaming Township, Galien Township, New Buffalo, New Buffalo Township, Niles, Niles Township, Oronoko Township, Pipestone Township, Three Oaks Township, Weesaw T
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Tyler	20,226	52.06
	Democratic	Judy Truesdell	18,623	47.94
Total votes			38,849	100.0
	Republican hold

79th District
(Berrien (Bainbridge Township, Benton Charter Township, Benton Harbor, Bridgeman, Coloma, Coloma Township, Hager Township, Lake Charter Township, Lincoln Township, Royalton Township, Sodus Township, St. Joseph Charter Township, St. Joseph, Watervliet, Wat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Proos (incumbent)	25,440	57.29
	Democratic	Jim Hahn	18,964	42.71
Total votes			44,404	100.0
	Republican hold

80th District
(Allegan (Otsego, Otsego Township, Watson Township), Van Buren)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tonya Schuitmaker (incumbent)	23,428	61.07
	Democratic	Jessie Olson	14,935	38.93
Total votes			38,363	100.0
	Republican hold

81st District
(St. Clair (Algonac, Berlin Township, Brockway Township, Casco Township, China Township, Clay Township, Clyde Township, Cottrellville Township, East China Township, Emmet Township, Grant Township, Greenwood Township, Kenockee Township, Lynn Township, Mari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Pavlov	30,125	64.26
	Democratic	Brent Pencak	16,757	35.74
Total votes			46,882	100.0
	Republican hold

82nd District
(Lapeer)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Daley	24,655	57.26
	Democratic	Bill Marquardt	18,406	42.74
Total votes			43,061	100.0
	Republican hold

83rd District
(Sanilac, St. Clair (Burtchville Township, Fort Gratiot Township, Port Huron))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Espinoza (incumbent)	26,005	64.52
	Republican	Steve Kearns	14,299	35.48
Total votes			40,304	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 84–110

84th District
(Huron, Tuscola)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Brown (incumbent)	28,191	64.79
	Republican	Anna Kabot	15,320	35.21
Total votes			43,511	100.0
	Democratic hold

85th District
(Clinton (Bath Township, Dewitt Township—part, Ovid Township, Victor Township, Shiawassee))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Ball (incumbent)	22,205	52.77
	Democratic	Judy Ford	18,593	44.19
	Constitution	James Gould	1,280	3.04
Total votes			42,078	100.0
	Republican hold

86th District
(Kent (Ada Township, Bowne Township, East Grand Rapids, north-central Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Township, Grattan Township, Lowell, Lowell Township, Vergennes Township, Walker))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Hildenbrand (incumbent)	34,004	64.52
	Democratic	Melissa Casalina	17,135	32.51
	Libertarian	Patricia Steinport	1,565	2.97
Total votes			52,704	100.0
	Republican hold

87th District
(Barry, Ionia (Berlin Township—most, Boston Township, Campbell Township, Danby Township, Ionia—small part, Ionia Township—most, Lyons Township, North Plains Township, Odessa Township, Orange Township, Portland, Portland Township, Ronald Township, Sebew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Calley (incumbent)	29,582	64.05
	Democratic	Greg Grieves	14,359	31.09
	Constitution	Phillip Adams	1,267	2.74
	Libertarian	Joseph Gillotte	975	2.11
Total votes			46,183	100.0
	Republican hold

88th District
(Allegan (excluding Watson Township, Otsego, Otsego Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Genetski	29,064	61.6
	Democratic	Tom Clark	18,119	38.4
Total votes			47,183	100.0
	Republican hold

89th District
(Ottawa (Allendale Township, Ferrysburg, Grand Haven, Grand Haven Township, Olive Township, Park Township, Port Sheldon Township, Robinson Township, Spring Lake Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arlan Meekhof (incumbent)	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

90th District
(Ottawa (Blendon, Holland—part within county, Holland Township, Hudsonville, Jamestown Township, Zeeland, Zeeland Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Haveman	31,231	72.25
	Democratic	Clay Stauffer	11,995	27.75
Total votes			43,226	100.0
	Republican hold

91st District
(Muskegon (Blue Lake Township, Casnovia Township, Cedar Creek Township, Dalton Township, Egelston Township, Fruitport Township, Holton Township, Montague, Montague Township, Moorland Township, Ravenna Township, Roosevelt Park, Sullivan Township, White Riv
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Valentine (incumbent)	24,444	53.75
	Republican	Holly Hughes	21,034	46.25
Total votes			45,478	100.0
	Democratic hold

92nd District
(Muskegon (Fruitland Township, Laketon Township, Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Muskegon Township, North Muskegon))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Bennett (incumbent)	26,005	73.6
	Republican	James McCormick	9,330	26.4
Total votes			35,335	100.0
	Democratic hold

93rd District
(Clinton (excluding Ovid Township, Victor Township, Bath Township, Dewitt Township—part), Gratiot)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Opsommer (incumbent)	26,515	57.86
	Democratic	Ronald McComb	17,951	39.17
	Libertarian	Darryl Schmitz	1,358	2.96
Total votes			45,824	100.0
	Republican hold

94th District
(Saginaw (Albee Township, Birch Run Township, Blumfield Township, Chesaning Township, Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth Township, James Township, Maple Grove Township, Saginaw Township, St. Charles Township, Swan Creek Township, Taymouth Township, Thomas Township)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Horn (incumbent)	28,448	57.66
	Democratic	Bob Blaine	20,889	42.34
Total votes			49,337	100.0
	Republican hold

95th District
(Saginaw (Bridgeport Township, Buena Vista Township, Saginaw, Spaulding Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Coulouris (incumbent)	28,323	86.42
	Republican	Ted Rosingana	4,451	13.58
Total votes			32,774	100.0
	Democratic hold

96th District
(Bay (Auburn, Bangor Township, Bay City, Beaver Township, Essexville, Frankenlust Township, Hampton Township, Merritt Township, Midland—portion within county, Monitor Township, Portsmouth Township, Williams Township))
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Mayes (incumbent)	32,208	69.78
	Republican	Richard Rau	13,950	30.22
Total votes			46,158	100.0
	Democratic hold

97th District
(Arenac, Bay (Fraser Township, Garfield Township, Gibson Township, Kawkawlin Township, Mount Forest Township, Pinconning, Pinconning Township), Clare, Gladwin)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Moore (incumbent)	25,996	60.63
	Democratic	Kathy Wilton	16,877	39.37
Total votes			42,873	100.0
	Republican hold

98th District
(Midland (Homer Township, Ingersoll Township, Larkin Township—small part, Lincoln Township—small part, Midland—almost all, Midland Township, Mount Haley Township), Saginaw (Brady Township, Brant Township, Carrollton Township, Chapin Township, Fremont Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Stamas	25,977	58.04
	Democratic	Garnet Lewis	18,781	41.96
Total votes			44,758	100.0
	Republican hold

99th District
(Isabella, Midland (Coleman, Edenville Township, Geneva Township, Greendale Township, Hope Township, Jasper Township, Jerome Township, Larkin Township—almost all, Lee Township, Lincoln Township—almost all, Mills Township, Porter Township, Warren Township)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Caul (incumbent)	22,486	54.43
	Democratic	Nancy White	17,578	42.55
	Libertarian	Devon Smith	1,244	3.01
Total votes			41,308	100.0
	Republican hold

100th District
(Lake, Newaygo, Oceana)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Goeff Hansen (incumbent)	21,947	55.83
	Democratic	Bill Richards	16,341	41.57
	Libertarian	Nathaniel Hren	1,020	2.59
Total votes			39,308	100.0
	Republican hold

101st District
(Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Scripps (incumbent)	30,979	59.89
	Republican	Ray Franz	20,746	40.11
Total votes			51,725	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

102nd District
(Mecosta, Osceola, Wexford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darwin Booher (incumbent)	26,198	69.59
	Democratic	Nate Heffron	10,694	28.41
	Libertarian	Thomas Hren	753	2
Total votes			37,645	100.0
	Republican hold

103rd District
(Iosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joel Sheltrown (incumbent)	29,927	66.61
	Republican	Dave Ryan	15,003	33.39
Total votes			44,930	100.0
	Democratic hold

104th District
(Grand Traverse, Kalkaska)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Schmidt	29,116	53.28
	Democratic	Roman Grucz	23,465	42.94
	Libertarian	Dan McDougall	2,069	3.79
Total votes			54,650	100.0
	Republican hold

105th District
(Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan (excluding Koehler Township, Tuscarora Township), Otsego)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Elsenheimer (incumbent)	30,568	60.68
	Democratic	Connie Saltonstall	18,455	36.63
	Libertarian	Greg Dean	1,354	2.69
Total votes			50,377	100.0
	Republican hold

106th District
(Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Neumann	23,438	53.14
	Republican	Peter Pettalia	19,345	43.86
	Libertarian	Scott Alexander	1,321	3
Total votes			44,104	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

107th District
(Cheboygan (Koehler Township, Tuscarora Township), Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary McDowell (incumbent)	31,851	68.72
	Republican	Alex Strobehn	14,500	31.28
Total votes			46,351	100.0
	Democratic hold

108th District
(Delta, Dickinson, Menominee)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Nerat	23,800	56.47
	Republican	Mike Falcon	18,350	43.53
Total votes			42,150	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

109th District
(Alger, Luce, Marquette (excluding Powell Township, West Branch Township), Schoolcraft)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Lindberg (incumbent)	26,760	63.61
	Republican	Doreen Takalo	12,442	29.57
	Independent	Richard Hendricksen	2,870	6.82
Total votes			42,072	100.0
	Democratic hold

110th District
(Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette (Powell Township), Ontonagon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Lahti (incumbent)	26,991	70.49
	Republican	John Larson	11,302	29.51
Total votes			38,293	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ Gongwer News Service: 2008 General Election—Results

External links

[1] Gongwer News Service: 2008 General Election—Results

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Results

Districts 1–28

Districts 29–55

Districts 56–83

Districts 84–110

See also

References

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