| Election Name: | 2014 Michigan House of Representatives election |
| Country: | Michigan |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Michigan House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Michigan House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 56 |
| Turnout: | 2,984,320 (40.07%) |
| Leader1: | James "Jase" Bolger (Term limited) |
| Party1: | Michigan Republican Party |
| Leader Since1: | January 12, 2011 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 63rd District |
| Last Election1: | 59 |
| Seats After1: | 63 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,457,867 |
| Percentage1: | 48.85% |
| Leader2: | Tim Greimel |
| Party2: | Michigan Democratic Party |
| Leader Since2: | January 9, 2013 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 29th District |
| Last Election2: | 51 |
| Seats After2: | 47 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,526,453 |
| Percentage2: | 51.15% |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Jase Bolger |
| Before Party: | Michigan Republican Party |
| After Election: | Kevin Cotter |
| After Party: | Michigan Republican Party |
The 2014 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5, 2014. Members elected at the 2014 election served in the 98th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 7, 2015.
Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are only able to serve two four-years terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-years terms. The following members are term-limited from seeking re-election to the House in 2014.
The election resulted in Republicans gaining 4 seats with Democrats losing 4 seats.[1]
On November 6, Kevin Cotter, Republican from the 99th District, was elected Speaker of the House, Tom Leonard, Republican from the 93rd District, was elected Speaker pro tempore, and Tim Greimel, Democrat from the 29th District, was re-elected Minority Leader.[2]
Brandon Dillon resigned on August 3, 2015 after being elected chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. Under state law, Governor Rick Snyder called a special primary election on November 4, 2015 and a special general election on March 8, 2016.[3]
Democrat David LaGrand defeated Michael Scruggs with 81% of the vote in the Democratic primary. Blake Edmonds was unopposed in the Republican primary.[4]
Vacancies in the 80th and 82nd districts were caused by the expulsion of Cindy Gamrat and resignation of Todd Courser, respectively, on September 11, 2015. Under state law, Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley called a special primary election on November 4, 2015 and a special general election on March 8, 2016.[5]
In the G.O.P. primary, Mary Whiteford defeated seven other candidates, including Gamrat, with just over 50% of the vote in the 80th District; and Gary Howell won an 11-way primary, including Courser, with 27% of the vote in the 82nd District. David Gernant was unopposed in the Democratic primary in the 80th, and Margaret Guerrero DeLuca earned 85% in a three-way Democratic primary in the 82nd.[6]
After the death of longtime Macomb County Treasurer Ted Wahby in December 2015,[7] one-term state Rep. Derek Miller was appointed treasurer [8] and resigned his House seat effective February 1, 2016.[9] On February 17, 2016, Gov. Rick Snyder called a special election to fill the remainder of Miller's term that expires at the end of 2016, with both the special primary and general elections to take place alongside the regularly scheduled elections.[10]
District 28
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Democratic state Rep. Julie Plawecki of the 11th District died unexpectedly while hiking in Oregon on June 25, 2016.[11] Gov. Rick Snyder called a special election on July 5, 2016, to fill the remainder of Plawecki's term, with the special primary taking August 30 and the special general election to take place alongside the regularly scheduled general election on November 8, 2016.[12] The primary was canceled on July 13, 2016, by Snyder after only one Democrat and one Republican filed for the race, making a primary unnecessary.[13] The Democratic candidate is Plawecki's 22-year-old daughter Lauren. The winner will serve the final two months of the term that expires December 31, 2016.
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