2018 Michigan House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:2018 Michigan House of Representatives election
Country:Michigan
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Michigan House of Representatives election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2020 Michigan House of Representatives election
Next Year:2020
Seats For Election:All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives
Majority Seats:56
Turnout:54.64%
Image1:3x4.svg
Leader1:Tom Leonard
(term-limited)
Party1:Michigan Republican Party
Leaders Seat1:93rd District
Leader Since1:January 11, 2017
Last Election1:63
Seats1:58
Seat Change1:5
Popular Vote1:1,935,174
Percentage1:47.40%
Swing1:1.80%
Leader2:Sam Singh
(term-limited)
Party2:Michigan Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:69th District
Leader Since2:January 11, 2017
Last Election2:47
Seats2:52
Seat Change2:5
Popular Vote2:2,128,281
Percentage2:52.13%
Swing2:3.00%
Speaker
Before Election:Tom Leonard
Before Party:Michigan Republican Party
After Election:Lee Chatfield
After Party:Michigan Republican Party

An election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives.[1] The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7, 2018.[1]

Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, after a net loss of five seats, winning 58 seats compared to 52 seats for the Democrats.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Term-limited members

Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms, some of the toughest term-limit laws in the country.[6] After the 2018 mid-term elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House were forced to leave office because of term-limits.[7] The following members were prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the House in 2018. This list does not include members that were eligible for re-election, but instead sought other office or voluntarily retired.

Democrats (13)

Bettie Cook Scott

Rose Mary Robinson

Robert Kosowski

Henry Yanez

Brenda Carter

Pam Faris

Phil Phelps

Adam Zemke

Tom Cochran

Andy Schor

Sam Singh

Winnie Brinks

Scott Dianda

Republicans (11)

Klint Kesto

Mike McCready

Martin Howrylak

Joe Graves

Rob VerHeulen

Dave Pagel

Dan Lauwers

Roger Victory

Holly Hughes

Tom Leonard

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2018 Michigan House of Representatives:[8]

Party Candi-
dates 		Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– !%
110 1,935,174 47.40% 58 5 52.73%
110 2,128,281 52.13% 52 5 47.27%
15 14,931 0.37% 0 0.00%
3 2,233 0.05% 0 0.00%
1 1,425 0.03% 0 0.00%
1 398 0.01% 0 0.00%
2 305 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 242 4,082,747 100.00% 110 100.00%

District

Results of the 2018 Michigan House of Representatives election by district:[8]

scope=col rowspan=3Districtscope=col colspan=2Democraticscope=col colspan=2Republicanscope=col colspan=2Othersscope=col colspan=2Totalscope=col rowspan=3Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"!scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"!scope=col colspan=2!scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"% !scope=col data-sort-type="number"Votes !scope=col data-sort-type="number"%
21,790 72.91% 7,466 24.98% 631 2.11% 29,887 100.00% Democratic hold
22,060 73.50% 7,954 26.50% - - 30,014 100.00% Democratic hold
22,179 96.72% 751 3.28% - - 22,930 100.00% Democratic hold
20,209 94.58% 1,159 5.42% - - 21,368 100.00% Democratic hold
12,839 92.54% 765 5.51% 270 1.95% 13,874 100.00% Democratic hold
21,005 91.08% 2,056 8.92% - - 23,061 100.00% Democratic hold
25,838 97.62% 630 2.38% - - 26,468 100.00% Democratic hold
26,995 96.35% 1,022 3.65% - - 28,017 100.00% Democratic hold
20,783 95.13% 1,065 4.87% - - 21,848 100.00% Democratic hold
28,713 84.01% 4,837 14.15% 630 1.84% 34,180 100.00% Democratic hold
20,706 66.88% 10,252 33.12% - - 30,958 100.00% Democratic hold
21,104 66.64% 10,567 33.36% - - 31,671 100.00% Democratic hold
21,538 62.75% 12,783 37.25% - - 34,321 100.00% Democratic hold
18,694 63.61% 10,695 36.39% - - 29,389 100.00% Democratic hold
20,634 68.60% 9,445 31.40% - - 30,079 100.00% Democratic hold
22,028 67.25% 10,728 32.75% - - 32,756 100.00% Democratic hold
14,750 44.34% 18,513 55.66% - - 33,263 100.00% Republican hold
25,820 62.65% 15,394 37.35% - - 41,214 100.00% Democratic hold
23,454 50.24% 23,230 49.76% - - 46,684 100.00% Democratic gain
24,797 51.42% 23,430 48.58% - - 48,227 100.00% Democratic gain
27,444 61.82% 16,946 38.18% - - 44,390 100.00% Democratic hold
18,841 62.36% 10,374 34.34% 999 3.31% 30,214 100.00% Democratic hold
23,925 56.26% 18,603 43.74% - - 42,528 100.00% Democratic hold
17,125 44.46% 21,391 55.54% - - 38,516 100.00% Republican hold
19,081 54.04% 16,228 45.96% - - 35,309 100.00% Democratic hold
27,962 68.51% 12,853 31.49% - - 40,815 100.00% Democratic hold
35,054 78.50% 8,270 18.52% 1,328 2.97% 44,652 100.00% Democratic hold
18,513 62.97% 10,115 34.41% 771 2.62% 29,399 100.00% Democratic hold
19,964 74.11% 6,974 25.89% - - 26,938 100.00% Democratic hold
13,284 43.14% 17,511 56.86% - - 30,795 100.00% Republican hold
20,791 59.89% 13,925 40.11% - - 34,716 100.00% Democratic hold
13,840 38.52% 22,092 61.48% - - 35,932 100.00% Republican hold
13,865 34.84% 25,929 65.16% - - 39,794 100.00% Republican hold
18,886 89.98% 2,102 10.02% - - 20,988 100.00% Democratic hold
40,606 85.45% 6,912 14.55% - - 47,518 100.00% Democratic hold
12,894 31.70% 26,974 66.32% 807 1.98% 40,675 100.00% Republican hold
28,777 67.22% 14,032 32.78% - - 42,809 100.00% Democratic hold
21,886 48.14% 22,474 49.44% 1,100 2.42% 45,460 100.00% Republican hold
18,093 42.28% 23,173 54.15% 1,531 3.58% 42,797 100.00% Republican hold
30,222 56.55% 23,222 43.45% - - 53,444 100.00% Democratic gain
22,320 51.32% 21,170 48.68% - - 43,490 100.00% Democratic gain
19,940 40.01% 29,897 59.99% - - 49,837 100.00% Republican hold
18,509 43.48% 24,061 56.52% - - 42,570 100.00% Republican hold
19,329 42.47% 26,186 57.53% - - 45,515 100.00% Republican hold
19,235 44.88% 23,628 55.12% - - 42,863 100.00% Republican hold
17,898 40.05% 26,786 59.95% - - 44,684 100.00% Republican hold
14,638 33.58% 28,948 66.42% - - 43,586 100.00% Republican hold
19,998 54.83% 16,474 45.17% - - 36,472 100.00% Democratic hold
22,769 72.37% 8,695 27.63% - - 31,464 100.00% Democratic hold
22,057 57.18% 16,515 42.82% - - 38,572 100.00% Democratic hold
18,012 40.13% 26,870 59.87% - - 44,882 100.00% Republican hold
30,089 60.53% 19,589 39.40% 35 0.07% 49,713 100.00% Democratic hold
33,701 86.87% 5,095 13.13% - - 38,796 100.00% Democratic hold
28,500 78.65% 7,737 21.35% - - 36,237 100.00% Democratic hold
30,185 73.96% 10,629 26.04% - - 40,814 100.00% Democratic hold
13,289 37.68% 21,979 62.32% - - 35,268 100.00% Republican hold
13,492 37.04% 22,936 62.96% - - 36,428 100.00% Republican hold
8,973 28.91% 22,070 71.09% - - 31,043 100.00% Republican hold
10,656 33.75% 20,922 66.25% - - 31,578 100.00% Republican hold
26,772 76.59% 8,181 23.41% - - 34,953 100.00% Democratic hold
22,719 48.63% 24,002 51.37% - - 46,721 100.00% Republican hold
15,937 51.85% 14,800 48.15% - - 30,737 100.00% Democratic gain
15,809 39.39% 22,711 56.59% 1,616 4.03% 40,136 100.00% Republican hold
12,470 39.90% 18,050 57.75% 736 2.35% 31,256 100.00% Republican hold
13,942 37.95% 21,774 59.26% 1,026 2.79% 36,742 100.00% Republican hold
15,637 43.18% 20,577 56.82% - - 36,214 100.00% Republican hold
22,565 53.71% 18,454 43.92% 994 2.37% 42,013 100.00% Democratic hold
26,664 74.90% 8,210 23.06% 724 2.03% 35,598 100.00% Democratic hold
27,353 71.60% 10,847 28.40% - - 38,200 100.00% Democratic hold
11,130 38.38% 17,870 61.62% - - 29,000 100.00% Republican hold
21,990 50.80% 21,299 49.20% - - 43,289 100.00% Democratic gain
17,273 43.36% 21,374 53.66% 1,185 2.97% 39,832 100.00% Republican hold
20,430 39.89% 30,783 60.11% - - 51,213 100.00% Republican hold
15,964 39.51% 24,445 60.49% - - 40,409 100.00% Republican hold
23,709 77.73% 5,841 19.15% 952 3.12% 30,502 100.00% Democratic hold
27,009 60.87% 17,366 39.13% - - 44,375 100.00% Democratic hold
13,819 36.76% 22,514 59.88% 1,264 3.36% 37,597 100.00% Republican hold
12,978 38.65% 20,596 61.35% - - 33,574 100.00% Republican hold
15,451 44.32% 19,411 55.68% - - 34,862 100.00% Republican hold
14,275 36.35% 25,000 63.65% - - 39,275 100.00% Republican hold
13,130 36.53% 22,811 63.47% - - 35,941 100.00% Republican hold
11,516 30.20% 26,616 69.80% - - 38,132 100.00% Republican hold
11,218 35.72% 20,185 64.28% - - 31,403 100.00% Republican hold
11,417 32.96% 23,217 67.04% - - 34,634 100.00% Republican hold
14,652 38.21% 23,692 61.79% - - 38,344 100.00% Republican hold
16,026 36.73% 26,176 60.00% 1,425 3.27% 43,627 100.00% Republican hold
13,213 32.44% 27,515 67.56% - - 40,728 100.00% Republican hold
11,667 28.98% 28,593 71.02% - - 40,260 100.00% Republican hold
17,061 37.93% 27,917 62.07% - - 44,978 100.00% Republican hold
12,754 34.31% 24,421 65.69% - - 37,175 100.00% Republican hold
16,616 44.27% 20,914 55.73% - - 37,530 100.00% Republican hold
19,614 68.75% 8,917 31.25% - - 28,531 100.00% Democratic hold
18,913 44.56% 22,265 52.45% 1,268 2.99% 42,446 100.00% Republican hold
18,739 44.51% 23,366 55.49% - - 42,105 100.00% Republican hold
19,421 73.09% 7,149 26.91% - - 26,570 100.00% Democratic hold
20,175 56.51% 15,527 43.49% - - 35,702 100.00% Democratic hold
10,652 32.15% 22,476 67.85% - - 33,128 100.00% Republican hold
18,629 47.97% 20,209 52.03% - - 38,838 100.00% Republican hold
14,062 46.58% 16,127 53.42% - - 30,189 100.00% Republican hold
11,724 33.87% 22,889 66.13% - - 34,613 100.00% Republican hold
20,715 42.31% 28,249 57.69% - - 48,964 100.00% Republican hold
10,599 32.23% 22,286 67.77% - - 32,885 100.00% Republican hold
14,161 35.29% 25,966 64.71% - - 40,127 100.00% Republican hold
23,722 49.63% 24,071 50.37% - - 47,793 100.00% Republican hold
15,999 35.47% 29,112 64.53% - - 45,111 100.00% Republican hold
16,935 38.99% 26,498 61.01% - - 43,433 100.00% Republican hold
17,448 41.27% 24,834 58.73% - - 42,282 100.00% Republican hold
13,958 38.36% 22,431 61.64% - - 36,389 100.00% Republican hold
21,669 58.09% 15,631 41.91% - - 37,300 100.00% Democratic hold
17,401 49.18% 17,980 50.82% - - 35,381 100.00% Republican gain
Total 2,128,281 52.13% 1,935,174 47.40% 19,292 0.47% 4,082,747 100.00%

General election

1 Incumbent representative
2 Current member of Senate

Districts 84-110

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MICHIGAN ELECTION DATES . Michigan Department of State . Ruth Johnson, Secretary of State.
  2. News: Perkins . Tom . Once again, Michigan Dems get more state Senate and House votes, but GOP keeps power . December 7, 2018 . . November 7, 2018 . Detroit, U.S.A..
  3. News: Gray . Kathleen . Dems make gains in Michigan and Congress, but blue wave falls short . December 7, 2018 . . November 7, 2018 . Detroit, U.S.A..
  4. News: Oosting . Jonathan . Michigan Republicans keep control of state House, Senate . December 7, 2018 . . November 7, 2018 . Detroit, U.S.A..
  5. News: Ingraham . Christopher . In at least three states, including Pa., Republicans won House while losing popular vote . November 19, 2018 . . . November 13, 2018 . Philadelphia, U.S.A..
  6. Web site: Michigan’s Term Limits Are Toughest in Nation . The Ballenger Report . October 11, 2016 . October 29, 2017.
  7. Web site: Mass turnover fuels push for Mich. term limit reform . Jonathan Oosting . Detroit News . October 3, 2017 . October 29, 2017.
  8. Web site: 2018 Michigan Election Results . Department of State, Michigan . December 7, 2018 . Lansing, U.S.A..

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