| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 5 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Dayna Polehanki |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Livonia |
| Percent White: | 40 |
| Percent Black: | 54 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 3 |
| Percent Asian: | 1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 2 |
| Population: | 258,011[1] |
| Population Year: | 2018 |
Michigan's 5th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Dayna Polehanki since 2023, following her primary defeat of fellow Democrat Betty Jean Alexander.[2] [3]
District 5 encompasses part of Wayne County.[4]
District 5, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in central Wayne County, covering parts of western Detroit as well as the surrounding communities of Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Inkster, and Redford.[5]
The district was largely located within Michigan's 13th congressional district, also extending into the 12th and 14th districts. It overlapped with the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles C. Hascall | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1835–1836 | Mount Clemens | Resigned.[7] | ||
| John Stockton | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1835–1836 | Mount Clemens | [8] | ||
| Ebenezer Raynale | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1835–1837 | Franklin | [9] | ||
| John Clark | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1835–1838 | China | [10] | ||
| Randolph Manning | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1837 | Pontiac | [11] | ||
| Jacob Summers | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1837–1838 | Utica | [12] | ||
| John Bartow | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1838 | Flint | [13] | ||
| Elijah F. Cook | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1838 | Farmington | [14] | ||
| James Kingsley | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1839 | Ann Arbor | [15] | ||
| Olney Hawkins | bgcolor= | Whig | 1839–1840 | Ann Arbor | [16] [17] | ||
| Townsend E. Gidley | bgcolor= | Whig | 1839–1841 | Jackson County | [18] | ||
| James M. Edmunds | bgcolor= | Whig | 1840–1841 | Ypsilanti | [19] | ||
| Edward L. Fuller | bgcolor= | Whig | 1841 | Ann Arbor | [20] | ||
| David E. Deming | bgcolor= | Whig | 1842 | Kalamazoo | [21] | ||
| Digby V. Bell | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1842–1843 | Ada | [22] | ||
| George R. Redfield | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1842–1844 | Adamsville | Elected in 1842 to fill a vacancy left by John S. Barry's election as governor.[23] [24] | ||
| Lewis F. Starkey | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1843–1844 | Kalamazoo | [25] [26] [27] | ||
| William A. Richmond | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1844–1845 | Grand Rapids | [28] | ||
| Joseph S. Chipman | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1845–1846 | Niles | [29] [30] | ||
| Flavius J. Littlejohn | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1845–1846 | Allegan | [31] [32] [33] | ||
| Rix Robinson | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1846 | Ada | [34] | ||
| Loren Maynard | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1847 | Marengo | [35] | ||
| Nathaniel A. Balch | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1847–1848 | Kalamazoo | [36] | ||
| Campbell Waldo | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1848–1849 | Albion | [37] [38] | ||
| David S. Walbridge | bgcolor= | Whig | 1849–1850 | Kalamazoo | [39] | ||
| Charles Dickey | bgcolor= | Whig | 1850–1852 | Marshall | [40] | ||
| George Thomas | bgcolor= | Whig | 1851–1852 | Yorkville | [41] | ||
| The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district.[42] [43] | |||||||
| David A. Wright | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Oakland County | [44] | ||
| Rowland E. Trowbridge | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1860 | Birmingham | [45] | ||
| Byron G. Stout | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1861–1862 | Oakland County | [46] | ||
| Charles V. Babcock | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Southfield | [47] | ||
| Loren Ludlow Treat | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1865–1866 | Oxford | [48] [49] | ||
| Charles Draper | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1868 | Pontiac | [50] | ||
| P. Dean Warner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1869–1870 | Farmington | [51] | ||
| Layman B. Price | bgcolor= | Unknown | 1871–1872 | Lakeville | [52] | ||
| John J. Sumner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Bedford Township | [53] | ||
| Heman J. Redfield | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1875–1878 | Monroe | [54] | ||
| Harry A. Conant | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1880 | Monroe | [55] | ||
| John Strong Jr. | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1881–1884 | South Rockwood | [56] | ||
| Christian Hertzler | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Monroe County | Elected on a fusion ticket.[57] [58] | ||
| George Howell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1887–1888 | Tecumseh | [59] | ||
| Arthur Dodge Gilmore | bgcolor= | Republican | 1889–1890 | Blissfield | [60] | ||
| George B. Horton | bgcolor= | Republican | 1891 | Lenawee County | Lost seat after election challenge.[61] [62] [63] | ||
| James H. Morrow | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1891–1894 | Adrian | [64] | ||
| Edwin Eaton | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1896 | Hudson | [65] | ||
| William Jibb | bgcolor= | Republican | 1897–1898 | Maybee | [66] | ||
| James W. Helme Jr. | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1899–1902 | Adrian | [67] | ||
| Simeon Van Akin | bgcolor= | Republican | 1903–1906 | Ida | [68] | ||
| Fred B. Kline | bgcolor= | Republican | 1907–1908 | Addison | [69] | ||
| George G. Scott | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1918 | Wayne County | [70] | ||
| Fred C. Rowe | bgcolor= | Republican | 1919–1920 | Detroit | [71] | ||
| Oscar A. Riopelle | bgcolor= | Republican | 1921–1924 | Detroit | [72] | ||
| Ari H. Woodruff | bgcolor= | Republican | 1925–1926 | Wayne County | [73] | ||
| George M. Condon | bgcolor= | Republican | 1927–1930 | Detroit | [74] | ||
| Clarence J. Dacey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1931–1932 | Detroit | [75] | ||
| Lee A. Gorman | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1933–1936 | Detroit | [76] | ||
| William M. Bradley | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1937–1940 | Detroit | [77] | ||
| Charles S. Blondy | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1941–1954 | Detroit | [78] | ||
| Stanley J. Novak | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1955–1964 | Detroit | [79] | ||
| Bernard F. O'Brien Jr. | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1965–1966 | Detroit | [80] | ||
| Arthur Cartwright | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1967–1978 | Detroit | Resigned.[81] | ||
| Jackie Vaughn III | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1978–1982 | Detroit | [82] | ||
| Michael J. O'Brien Jr. | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1983–1998 | Detroit | [83] | ||
| Burton Leland | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1999–2006 | Detroit | [84] | ||
| Tupac A. Hunter | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2007–2014 | Detroit | [85] | ||
| David Knezek | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2015–2018 | Dearborn Heights | [86] | ||
| Betty Jean Alexander | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2019–2022 | Detroit | [87] [88] | ||
| Dayna Polehanki | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2023–present | Livonia | [89] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[90] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 77.4 – 21.3% |
| 2018 | Senate | Stabenow 78.7 – 19.3% |
| Governor | Whitmer 79.7 – 17.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 76.1 – 20.7% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 81.1 – 15.9% |
| Governor | Schauer 75.3 – 23.2% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 81.1 – 18.3% |
| Senate | Stabenow 83.2 – 14.1% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [91] | |
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [92] | |
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [93] | |
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [94] | |
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [95] | |
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [96] | |