| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 20 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Aric Nesbitt |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Porter Township, Van Buren County |
| Percent White: | 78 |
| Percent Black: | 11 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 5 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 4 |
| Population: | 261,573[1] |
| Population Year: | 2018 |
Michigan's 20th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 20th 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 Republican Aric Nesbitt since 2023, succeeding Democrat Sean McCann.[4] [5]
District 20 encompasses parts of Allegan, Berrien, Kent, and Van Buren counties.[6]
District 20, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was exactly coterminous with Kalamazoo County, including the city of Kalamazoo and the surrounding communities of Portage, Comstock Northwest, Eastwood, Westwood, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Township, Oshtemo Township, Texas Township, Comstock Township, and Cooper Township.[7]
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 6th congressional district, and overlapped with the 60th, 61st, 63rd, and 66th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitz H. Stevens | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Paw Paw | [9] | ||
| Lyman A. Fitch | bgcolor= | Republican | 1855–1856 | Mattawan | [10] [11] | ||
| Lafayette W. Lovell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | Climax | [12] | ||
| John Parker | bgcolor= | Republican | 1859–1860 | Portage | [13] | ||
| Stephen F. Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Schoolcraft | |||
| Elijah O. Humphrey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1863–1864 | Kalamazoo | [14] | ||
| Stephen F. Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1866 | Schoolcraft | [15] | ||
| Albertus L. Green | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1868 | Olivet | [16] | ||
| George Thomas | bgcolor= | Republican | 1869–1870 | Barry County | [17] | ||
| Homer G. Barber | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | Vermontville | [18] | ||
| Mark S. Brewer | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Pontiac | [19] | ||
| Charles V. Babcock | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1875–1876 | Southfield | [20] | ||
| William Jenney | bgcolor= | Republican | 1877–1878 | Mount Clemens | [21] | ||
| Joseph B. Moore | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1880 | Lapeer | [22] | ||
| John T. Rich | bgcolor= | Republican | 1881 | Elba | Resigned to run for the U. S. House of Representatives.[23] | ||
| William W. Andrus | bgcolor= | Republican | 1881–1882 | Utica | [24] [25] | ||
| Alonzo T. Frisbee | bgcolor= | Greenback | 1883–1884 | Oak Grove | [26] | ||
| Henry H. Pulver | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Laingsburg | Elected on a fusion ticket in 1884, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[27] [28] | ||
| George P. Stark | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1887–1888 | Cascade | Elected on a fusion ticket in 1886, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[29] | ||
| Sybrant Wesselius | bgcolor= | Republican | 1889–1890 | Grand Rapids | [30] | ||
| Peter Doran | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Grand Rapids | [31] | ||
| Charles H. McGinley | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1894 | Minden City | [32] | ||
| Joseph Moss Gaige | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1896 | Croswell | [33] | ||
| Matthew D. Wagner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1897–1900 | Sand Beach | [34] | ||
| Albert E. Sleeper | bgcolor= | Republican | 1901–1904 | Lexington | [35] | ||
| Bela W. Jenks | bgcolor= | Republican | 1905–1908 | Harbor Beach | [36] | ||
| William H. Aitkin | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1910 | Croswell | [37] | ||
| Charles G. Putney | bgcolor= | Republican | 1911–1912 | Sandusky | [38] | ||
| Frederick L. Woodworth | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1916 | Caseville | [39] | ||
| George B. Forrester | bgcolor= | Republican | 1917–1922 | Deckerville | [40] | ||
| Godfried Gettel | bgcolor= | Republican | 1923–1926 | Sebewaing | [41] | ||
| Philip O'Connell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1927–1930 | McGregor | [42] | ||
| Herbert P. Orr | bgcolor= | Republican | 1931–1934 | Caro | [43] | ||
| Samuel H. Pangborn | bgcolor= | Republican | 1935–1938 | Bad Axe | [44] | ||
| Leonard J. Paterson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1939–1942 | Sandusky | [45] | ||
| Audley Rawson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1943–1946 | Cass City | [46] | ||
| Edwin W. Klump | bgcolor= | Republican | 1947–1950 | Harbor Beach | [47] | ||
| Alpheus P. Decker | bgcolor= | Republican | 1951–1954 | Deckerville | [48] | ||
| Arthur A. Dehmel | bgcolor= | Republican | 1955–1964 | Unionville | [49] | ||
| Roger Johnson | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1965–1966 | Marshall | [50] | ||
| Harry A. DeMaso | bgcolor= | Republican | 1967–1986 | Battle Creek | [51] | ||
| Joe Schwarz | bgcolor= | Republican | 1987–1994 | Battle Creek | [52] | ||
| Harry Gast | bgcolor= | Republican | 1995–2002 | St. Joseph | [53] | ||
| Tom George | bgcolor= | Republican | 2003–2010 | Texas Township | Lived in Kalamazoo until around 2009.[54] | ||
| Tonya Schuitmaker | bgcolor= | Republican | 2011–2014 | Lawton | [55] | ||
| Margaret O'Brien | bgcolor= | Republican | 2015–2018 | Portage | [56] | ||
| Sean McCann | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2019–2022 | Kalamazoo | [57] [58] | ||
| Aric Nesbitt | bgcolor= | Republican | 2023–present | Porter Township | [59] [60] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[61] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 58.3 – 39.6% |
| 2018 | Senate | Stabenow 57.3 – 40.3% |
| Governor | Whitmer 58.4 – 38.5% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 53.3 – 40.5% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 54.1 – 40.7% |
| Governor | Snyder 51.0 – 46.2% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 56.2 – 42.9% |
| Senate | Stabenow 57.1 – 39.4% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [62] | |
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [63] | |
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [64] | ||
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [65] | ||
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [66] | ||
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [67] | ||