| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 28 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Sam Singh |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | East Lansing |
| Percent White: | 82 |
| Percent Black: | 3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 10 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 3 |
| Population: | 276,654[1] |
| Population Year: | 2018 |
Michigan's 28th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 28th 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 Democratic Sam Singh since 2023, succeeding Republican Mark Huizenga.
District 28 encompasses parts of Clinton, Ingham, and Shiawassee counties.[4]
District 28, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the suburbs of Grand Rapids in Kent County, including the communities of Wyoming, Walker, Grandville, Rockford, Cedar Springs, Plainfield Township, Byron Township, Alpine Township, Algoma Township, Cannon Township, and Sparta Township.[5]
The district was split between Michigan's 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, and overlapped with the 73rd, 74th, 77th, and 86th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enos Goodrich | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Goodrich | [7] | ||
| Reuben Goodrich | bgcolor= | Republican | 1855–1856 | Goodrich | [8] | ||
| Thomas Whitney | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | East Saginaw | [9] | ||
| James M. Birney | bgcolor= | Republican | 1859–1860 | Bay City | [10] [11] | ||
| John N. Ingersoll | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Owosso | [12] | ||
| Westbrook Divine | bgcolor= | Republican | 1863–1866 | Greenville | [13] | ||
| Hampton Rich | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1870 | Ionia | [14] | ||
| John C. Dexter | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | Ionia | [15] [16] | ||
| Moreau S. Crosby | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Grand Rapids | [17] | ||
| Lyman Murray | bgcolor= | Republican | 1875–1876 | Grand Rapids | [18] | ||
| Charles H. Morse | bgcolor= | Republican | 1877–1878 | New Haven Center | [19] | ||
| James W. Cochrane | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1880 | Midland | [20] | ||
| Giles W. Brown | bgcolor= | Republican | 1881–1882 | Ithaca | [21] | ||
| Archibald Buttars | bgcolor= | Republican | 1883–1884 | Charlevoix | [22] | ||
| William H. Francis | bgcolor= | Republican | 1885–1886 | Frankfort | [23] | ||
| J. Wight Giddings | bgcolor= | Republican | 1887–1890 | Cadillac | [24] | ||
| A. Oren Wheeler | bgcolor= | Republican | 1891–1892 | Manistee | [25] | ||
| Charles Sumner Pierce | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1894 | Oscoda | [26] | ||
| George A. Prescott | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1898 | Tawas City | [27] | ||
| Alvah G. Smith | bgcolor= | Republican | 1899–1900 | Lake City | [28] | ||
| Alfred J. Doherty | bgcolor= | Republican | 1901–1906 | Clare | [29] | ||
| Augustus C. Carton | bgcolor= | Republican | 1907–1908 | East Tawas | [30] | ||
| Eugene Foster | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1912 | Gladwin | [31] | ||
| Louis L. Kelley | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1916 | Farwell | [32] | ||
| Duncan McRae | bgcolor= | Republican | 1917–1922 | Harrisville | Lived in Greenbush until around 1919.[33] [34] | ||
| Horatio S. Karcher | bgcolor= | Republican | 1923–1928 | Rose City | [35] | ||
| Tony Achard | bgcolor= | Republican | 1929–1930 | Clare | [36] | ||
| Ben Carpenter | bgcolor= | Republican | 1931–1936 | Harrison | [37] | ||
| Miles M. Callaghan | bgcolor= | Republican | 1937–1940 | Reed City | [38] | ||
| Ben Carpenter | bgcolor= | Republican | 1941–1946 | Harrison | |||
| Charles T. Prescott | bgcolor= | Republican | 1947–1961 | Prescott | Died in office.[39] | ||
| Harold B. Hughes | bgcolor= | Republican | 1961–1964 | Clare | [40] | ||
| Frank D. Beadle | bgcolor= | Republican | 1965–1968 | St. Clair | Resigned.[41] | ||
| Alvin J. DeGrow | bgcolor= | Republican | 1968–1982 | Pigeon | [42] | ||
| Dan DeGrow | bgcolor= | Republican | 1983–1994 | Port Huron | [43] | ||
| John D. Cherry | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Clio | [44] | ||
| Ken Sikkema | bgcolor= | Republican | 2003–2006 | Grandville | [45] | ||
| Mark Jansen | bgcolor= | Republican | 2007–2014 | Grand Rapids | [46] | ||
| Peter MacGregor | bgcolor= | Republican | 2015–2020 | Rockford | Resigned after elected Kent County treasurer.[47] [48] [49] [50] | ||
| Mark Huizenga | bgcolor= | Republican | 2021–2022 | Walker | [51] [52] | ||
| Sam Singh | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2023–present | East Lansing | [53] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[54] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 55.6 – 42.3% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 56.8 – 40.8% |
| Governor | Schuette 54.6 – 42.1% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 57.8 – 35.7% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 57.3 – 38.1% |
| Governor | Snyder 66.7 – 28.9% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 60.5 – 38.5% |
| Senate | Hoekstra 56.0 – 40.7% |