2018 Michigan Senate election

2018 Michigan Senate election
38 seats in the Michigan Senate; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold
Majority Leader before election; Arlan Meekhof; Republican	Elected Majority Leader ; Mike Shirkey; Republican

The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018,^[1] alongside elections for Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, attorney general, and secretary of state, as well as elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives, to elect the 38 members that would comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018.^[1] The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party, and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions.^[2]

Term-limited members

Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state senate may serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms. Michigan has what are considered the toughest term limits in the country.^[3] After the 2018 midterm elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House would be forced to leave office because of term limits.^[4] The following members are prevented by term limits from seeking re-election to the Senate in 2018. This list does not include members that are eligible for re-election, but instead chose to seek other office or to retire.

Democrats (7)

Republicans (19)

Results

Popular vote

Democratic			50.25%
Republican			48.04%
Other			1.71%

Senate seats

Republican			57.89%
Democratic			42.10%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 12, 0.78% (gain)
District 13, 2.78% (gain)
District 7, 3.22% (gain)
District 15, 3.38%
District 34, 4.41%
District 10, 4.79%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing^[5]	Likely R	October 8, 2018

General election

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38

Pending official certification by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the following candidates, listed alphabetically, advanced to the November general election.

²	Current member of House
³	Former legislator

District 1

1st District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang²	60,874	72.27%
	Republican	Pauline Montie	20,154	23.93%
	Green	David Bullock	3,204	3.80%
Total votes			261,214	100%
	Democratic hold

District 2

2nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Hollier	53,890	75.71%
	Republican	Lisa Papas	17,285	24.29%
Total votes			71,175	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

3rd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Santana²	58,211	81.75%
	Republican	Kathy Stecker	10,907	15.32%
	Working Class	Hali McEachern	2,089	2.93%
Total votes			71,207	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

4th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marshall Bullock	57,469	78.36%
	Republican	Angela Savino	15,868	21.64%
Total votes			73,337	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

5th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Jean Alexander	69,203	77.65%
	Republican	DeShawn Wilkins	16,044	18.00%
	Working Class	Larry Betts	3,879	4.35%
Total votes			89,126	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

6th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erika Geiss²	60,783	61.34%
	Republican	Brenda Jones	38,301	38.66%
Total votes			99,084	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

7th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dayna Polehanki	69,428	50.56%
	Republican	Laura Cox²	65,009	47.34%
	Libertarian	Joseph H. LeBlanc	2,890	2.10%
Total votes			137,327	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

8th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Lucido²	76,165	61.76%
	Democratic	Paul R. Francis	47,151	38.24%
Total votes			123,316	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

9th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Wojno³	65,730	65.90%
	Republican	Jeff Bonnell	34,012	34.10%
Total votes			99,742	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

10th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael D. MacDonald	57,565	51.02%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez²	52,392	46.43%
	Libertarian	Mike Saliba	2,874	2.55%
Total votes			112,831	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

11th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy Moss²	97,192	76.43%
	Republican	Boris Tuman	26,829	21.10%
	Libertarian	James K. Young	3,145	2.47%
Total votes			127,166	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

12th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosemary Bayer	59,297	49.39%
	Republican	Mike McCready²	58,362	48.61%
	Libertarian	Jeff Pittel	2,403	2.00%
Total votes			120,062	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

13th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mallory McMorrow	73,138	51.89%
	Republican	Marty Knollenberg (incumbent)	67,798	48.11%
Total votes			140,936	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

14th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson³	64,273	55.68%
	Democratic	Renee Watson	48,580	42.09%
	Green	Jessica Smith	2,580	2.24%
Total votes			115,433	100%
	Republican hold

District 15

15th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Runestad²	67,351	51.69%
	Democratic	Julia Pulver	62,935	48.31%
Total votes			130,286	100%
	Republican hold

District 16

16th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shirkey¹	56,981	62.71%
	Democratic	Val Cochran Toops	31,129	34.26%
	Libertarian	Ronald A. Muszynski	2,760	3.04%
Total votes			90,870	100%
	Republican hold

District 17

17th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale Zorn (incumbent)	57,947	57.89%
	Democratic	Bill LaVoy³	39,255	39.21%
	Libertarian	Chad McNamara	2,905	2.90%
Total votes			100,107	100%
	Republican hold

District 18

18th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Irwin³	96,876	76.61%
	Republican	Martin Church	26,619	21.05%
	Working Class	Thomas Repasky	2,954	2.34%
Total votes			126,449	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

19th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bizon²	56,213	58.41%
	Democratic	Jason Noble	37,081	38.53%
	Libertarian	Joseph P. Gillotte	2,941	3.06%
Total votes			96,235	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

20th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean McCann³	60,523	53.09%
	Republican	Margaret O'Brien (incumbent)	48,197	42.28%
	Libertarian	Lorence Wenke³	5,273	4.63%
Total votes			113,993	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

21st District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim LaSata²	56,296	58.20%
	Democratic	Ian Haight	40,433	41.80%
Total votes			96,729	100%
	Republican hold

District 22

22nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Theis²	76,038	55.97%
	Democratic	Adam Dreher	57,163	42.08%
	Green	Eric Borregard	2,658	1.96%
Total votes			135,859	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

23rd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curtis Hertel Jr. (incumbent)	73,184	68.46%
	Republican	Andrea Pollock	33,718	31.54%
Total votes			106,902	100%
	Democratic hold

District 24

24th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Barrett²	66,969	53.53%
	Democratic	Kelly Rossman-McKinney	54,350	43.45%
	Libertarian	Katie Nepton	2,064	1.65%
	Constitution	Matthew Shepard	1,711	1.37%
Total votes			125,094	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

25th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lauwers²	66,926	63.96%
	Democratic	Debbie Bourgois	37,715	36.04%
Total votes			104,641	100%
	Republican hold

District 26

26th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aric Nesbitt³	61,509	56.67%
	Democratic	Garnet Lewis	43,495	40.08%
	Libertarian	Erwin Haas	2,375	2.19%
	Green	Robert M. Alway	1,153	1.06%
Total votes			108,532	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

27th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Ananich (incumbent)	59,108	71.17%
	Republican	Donna Kekesis	23,942	28.83%
Total votes			83,050	100%
	Democratic hold

District 28

28th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter MacGregor (incumbent)	68,749	58.39%
	Democratic	Craig Beach	45,937	39.01%
	Libertarian	Nathan Hewer	3,059	2.60%
Total votes			117,745	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

29th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Winnie Brinks²	70,715	56.92%
	Republican	Chris Afendoulis²	50,225	40.43%
	Libertarian	Robert VanNoller	1,840	1.48%
	Working Class	Louis Palus	1,445	1.16%
Total votes			124,225	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

30th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Victory²	79,323	63.25%
	Democratic	Jeanette Schipper	42,904	34.21%
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	3,189	2.54%
Total votes			125,416	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

31st District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Daley³	63,394	60.24%
	Democratic	Cynthia A. Luczak	41,833	39.76%
Total votes			105,227	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

32nd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth Horn¹	62,375	55.48%
	Democratic	Phil Phelps²	50,058	44.52%
Total votes			112,433	100%
	Republican hold

District 33

33rd District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Outman³	49,856	58.75%
	Democratic	Mark Bignell	32,375	38.15%
	Constitution	Christopher Comden	2,633	3.10%
Total votes			84,864	100%
	Republican hold

District 34

34th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Bumstead³	50,313	50.74%
	Democratic	Poppy Sias-Hernandez	45,941	46.33%
	Libertarian	Max Riekse	2,896	2.92%
Total votes			99,150	100%
	Republican hold

District 35

35th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt VanderWall²	73,688	63.17%
	Democratic	Mike Taillard	39,923	34.23%
	Libertarian	Timothy Coon	3,031	2.60%
Total votes			116,642	100%
	Republican hold

District 36

36th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Stamas (incumbent)	71,013	64.29%
	Democratic	Joe Weir	39,440	35.71%
Total votes			110,453	100%
	Republican hold

District 37

37th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Schmidt (incumbent)	73,338	58.95%
	Democratic	Jim Page	51,076	41.05%
Total votes			124,414	100%
	Republican hold

District 38

38th District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed McBroom³	59,290	54.63%
	Democratic	Scott Dianda²	47,279	43.57%
	Green	Wade Paul Roberts	1,952	1.80%
Total votes			108,521	100%
	Republican hold

Maps

Results shaded by the percentage of the party vote in each district
Support for Republican Party candidates by district
Support for Democratic Party candidates by district

References

^ ^a ^b Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State. "MICHIGAN ELECTION DATES" (PDF). Michigan Department of State.
^ Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State. "STATE OF MICHIGAN POLITICAL PARTY STATUS" (PDF). Michigan Department of State.
^ "Michigan's Term Limits Are Toughest in Nation". The Ballenger Report. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
^ Jonathan Oosting (October 3, 2017). "Mass turnover fuels push for Mich. term limit reform". Detroit News. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
^ Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.