| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 35 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Kristen McDonald Rivet |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Bay City |
| Percent White: | 76.93 |
| Percent Black: | 12.56 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6.32 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.90 |
| Percent Native American: | 2.03 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | .10 |
| Percent Other Race: | .16 |
| Population: | 211,487[1] |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
Michigan's 35th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 35th district was created with the adoption of the 1963 Michigan Constitution, as the previous 1908 state constitution only permitted 34 senatorial districts.[2] [3] It has been represented by Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet since 2023, succeeding Republican Curt VanderWall.
District 35 encompasses parts of Bay, Midland, and Saginaw counties.[4]
District 35, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered a large swath of Northern Michigan, which included all of Benzie, Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Osceola, Roscommon, and Wexford Counties. Communities within the district included Cadillac, Ludington, Manistee, Frankfort, Grayling, Kalkaska, Baldwin, Greilickville, Scottville, Lake City, West Branch, Reed City, Evart, Houghton Lake, St. Helen, and Roscommon.[5]
The district overlapped with Michigan's 1st, 2nd, and 4th congressional districts, and with the 97th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, and 103rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Richardson Jr. | bgcolor= | Republican | 1965–1974 | Saginaw | [7] | ||
| Robert D. Young | bgcolor= | Republican | 1975–1982 | Saginaw | [8] | ||
| John Engler | bgcolor= | Republican | 1983–1990 | Mount Pleasant | [9] | ||
| Joanne G. Emmons | bgcolor= | Republican | 1991–1994 | Big Rapids | [10] | ||
| Bill Schuette | bgcolor= | Republican | 1995–2002 | Midland | [11] [12] | ||
| Michelle McManus | bgcolor= | Republican | 2003–2010 | Lake Leelanau | [13] [14] [15] [16] | ||
| Darwin L. Booher | bgcolor= | Republican | 2011–2018 | Evart | [17] [18] | ||
| Curt VanderWall | bgcolor= | Republican | 2019–2022 | Ludington | [19] [20] [21] | ||
| Kristen McDonald Rivet | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2023–present | Bay City | [22] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[23] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 62.5 – 36.0% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 58.1 – 39.4% |
| Governor | Schuette 56.7 – 39.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 61.3 – 33.5% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 48.7 – 46.5% |
| Governor | Snyder 55.0 – 42.0% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 53.9 – 45.0% |
| Senate | Stabenow 51.6 – 44.9% |