| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Mallory McMorrow |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Royal Oak |
| Percent White: | 87 |
| Percent Black: | 6 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 3 |
| Percent Asian: | 2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 2 |
| Population: | 281,196[1] |
| Population Year: | 2018 |
Michigan's 8th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The current senator for the district is Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak.[2]
District 8 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.[3]
District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.[4]
The district overlapped with Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 24th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 36th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[5]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander M. Arzeno | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Newport | [6] | ||
| William H. Montgomery | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Ida | [7] [8] | ||
| William H. Pattison | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | Saline | [9] [10] | ||
| Chester L. Yost | bgcolor= | Republican | 1859–1860 | Ypsilanti | [11] | ||
| Nathan Webb | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Ypsilanti | [12] | ||
| John J. Robison | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Manchester | Elected on a Fusionist ticket.[13] [14] | ||
| J. Webster Childs | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1866 | Ypsilanti | [15] [16] | ||
| Charles Croswell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1868 | Adrian | [17] | ||
| John K. Boies | bgcolor= | Republican | 1869–1870 | Hudson | [18] | ||
| James P. Cawley | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | Morenci | [19] [20] | ||
| Philip H. Emerson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873 | Battle Creek | Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.[21] | ||
| Willson F. Hewitt | bgcolor= | Republican | 1874 | Marshall | [22] | ||
| William Cook | bgcolor= | Republican | 1875–1878 | Homer | [23] | ||
| John C. Patterson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1882 | Marshall | [24] | ||
| Charles Austin | bgcolor= | Republican | 1883–1886 | Battle Creek | [25] | ||
| Warren J. Willits | bgcolor= | Republican | 1887–1888 | Three Rivers | [26] | ||
| Peyton Ranney | bgcolor= | Republican | 1889–1890 | Kalamazoo | [27] | ||
| Marden Sabin | bgcolor= | Republican | 1891–1892 | Centreville | [28] | ||
| Jan W. Garvelink | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1894 | Allegan County | [29] | ||
| George W. Merriman | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1898 | Hartford | [30] | ||
| James W. Humphrey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1899–1902 | Wayland | [31] | ||
| Jason Woodman | bgcolor= | Republican | 1903–1906 | Paw Paw | [32] | ||
| Erastus N. Bates | bgcolor= | Republican | 1907–1910 | Moline | [33] | ||
| Milan D. Wiggins | bgcolor= | Republican | 1911–1914 | Bloomingdale | Died in office.[34] | ||
| Burrell Tripp | bgcolor= | Republican | 1915–1918 | Allegan | [35] | ||
| Bayard G. Davis | bgcolor= | Republican | 1919–1922 | Lawton | [36] | ||
| George Leland | bgcolor= | Republican | 1923–1934 | Fennville | Died in office.[37] | ||
| Frank R. Mosier | bgcolor= | Republican | 1935–1936 | Fennville | [38] | ||
| Earl L. Burhans | bgcolor= | Republican | 1937–1942 | Paw Paw | [39] | ||
| Harold D. Tripp | bgcolor= | Republican | 1943–1950 | Allegan | [40] | ||
| J. Edward Hutchinson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1951–1960 | Fennville | [41] | ||
| Frederic Hilbert | bgcolor= | Republican | 1961–1964 | Wayland | [42] | ||
| Michael J. O'Brien | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1965–1974 | Detroit | Died in office.[43] | ||
| Michael J. O'Brien Jr. | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1974 | Detroit | [44] | ||
| Donald E. Bishop | bgcolor= | Republican | 1975–1982 | Rochester | [45] | ||
| Philip Mastin | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1983 | Pontiac | [46] | ||
| Rudy J. Nichols | bgcolor= | Republican | 1984–1990 | Waterford | [47] | ||
| Mat J. Dunaskiss | bgcolor= | Republican | 1991–1994 | Lake Orion | [48] | ||
| Loren N. Bennett | bgcolor= | Republican | 1995–2002 | Canton | [49] | ||
| Raymond E. Basham | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Taylor | [50] | ||
| Hoon-Yung Hopgood | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2011–2014 | Taylor | [51] | ||
| Jack Brandenburg | bgcolor= | Republican | 2015–2018 | Harrison Township | [52] | ||
| Peter Lucido | bgcolor= | Republican | 2019–2020 | Shelby Township | Resigned after elected Macomb County prosecutor.[53] | ||
| Doug Wozniak | bgcolor= | Republican | 2021–2022 | Shelby Township | [54] [55] | ||
| Mallory McMorrow | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2023–present | Royal Oak | [56] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[57] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.1 – 39.5% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 54.2 – 44.3% |
| Governor | Schuette 52.9 – 44.6% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 59.7 – 35.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 48.6 – 46.7% |
| Governor | Snyder 59.6 – 38.4% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 53.5 – 45.6% |
| Senate | Stabenow 54.4 – 42.3% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [58] | |
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [59] | ||
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [60] | ||
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [61] | ||
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [62] | ||
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [63] | ||