2010 Michigan Senate election

The 2010 Michigan Senate elections were held on November 2 of that year, with partisan primaries to determine each party's nominees on August 3. The election was the last contested under constituency boundaries drawn as a result of the 2000 U.S. Census, and members served in the 96th and 97th Legislatures.

2010 Michigan Senate elections

November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
38 seats in the Michigan Senate 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,093,719 (42.51%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mike Bishop Mike Prusi Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 10, 2007 January 1, 2009 Leader's seat 12th—Pontiac 28th—Ishpeming Last election 21 17 Seats before 22 16 Seats after 26 12 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 1,688,851 1,404,868 Percentage 54.59% 45.41%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Majority Leader before election Michael D. Bishop Republican Majority Leader Randy Richardville Republican

Term-limited Senators

State Senators are only allowed to serve two four-year terms, a maximum of eight years. The following Senators were not eligible to run for a new term in 2010:

• Sen. Jim Barcia (D-31st District)

Candidates and results

District 1-9

1st District
(Wayne County (south and east Detroit, Grosse Pointe Park))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Coleman Young II	40,122	93.3
	Republican	Dakeisha Harwick	2,895	6.7
Total votes			43,017	100.0
	Democratic hold

2nd District
(Wayne (Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bert Johnson	34,829	65.60
	Republican	John Chouinard	17,459	32.88
	Libertarian	Gregory Creswell	808	1.52
Total votes			53,096	100.0
	Democratic hold

3rd District
(Wayne County (west Detroit; excluding northwest, southwest and far east Dearborn; Melvindale; River Rouge))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Morris Hood III	43,821	78.51
	Republican	Doug Mitchell	11,992	21.49
Total votes			55,813	100.0
	Democratic hold

4th District
(Wayne County (northwest and west Detroit, northeast Dearborn Heights))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virgil Smith	42,145	94.46
	Republican	Frederick Robinson II	1,223	2.74
	Independent	D. Etta Wilcoxon	920	2.06
	Libertarian	Raymond Warner	328	0.74
Total votes			44,616	100.0
	Democratic hold

5th District
(Wayne County (excluding northeast and southeast Dearborn Heights, excluding east Dearborn, Inkster))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tupac Hunter (incumbent)	44,054	83.26
	Republican	Bonnie Patrick	8,859	16.74
Total votes			52,913	100.0
	Democratic hold

6th District
(Wayne County (Livonia, Redford Township, Westland, Garden City))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Anderson (incumbent)	46,471	55.67
	Republican	John Pastor	37,001	44.33
Total votes			83,472	100.0
	Democratic hold

7th District
(Wayne County (Northville-excluding portion outside county, Northville Township, Plymouth, Canton Township, Van Buren Township, Belleville, Sumpter Township, Huron Township, Brownstown Township, Flat Rock, Woodhaven, Trenton, Grosse Ile Township, Gibraltar, Rockwood))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Colbeck	55,284	51.97
	Democratic	Kathleen Law	43,712	41.09
	Independent	John Stewart	5,508	5.18
	Libertarian	Marlin Brandys	1,134	1.07
	Independent	Michael Kheibari	734	0.69
Total votes			106,372	100.0
	Republican hold

8th District
(Wayne County (Wayne, Romulus, Taylor, Allen Park, Melvindale, Lincoln Park, Ecorse, Southgate, Wyandotte, Riverview))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hoon-Yung Hopgood	36,768	53.28
	Republican	Ken Larkin	26,643	38.61
	Independent	Neil Sawicki	4,531	6.57
	Libertarian	Loel Gnadt	1,068	1.55
Total votes			69,010	100.0
	Democratic hold

9th District
(Macomb County (Fraser, Warren, Center Line, Eastpointe, St. Clair Shores))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Bieda	42,037	54.33
	Republican	Michael Ennis	33,258	42.99
	Green	Richard Kuszmar	2,072	2.68
Total votes			77,367	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 10-19

10th District
(Macomb County (Sterling Heights, Utica, Clinton Township, Roseville))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tory Rocca	44,489	54.35
	Democratic	Paul Gieleghem	37,368	45.65
Total votes			81,857	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

11th District
(Macomb County (all municipalities north of [and excluding] Utica, Sterling Heights and Clinton Township; Harrison Township; Mount Clemens))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Brandenburg	65,389	65.68
	Democratic	Jim Ayres	34,161	34.32
Total votes			99,550	100.0
	Republican hold

12th District
(Oakland County (Oxford Township, Addison Township, Independence Township, Clarkston, Orion Township, Oakland Township, Lake Angelus, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Marleau	56,897	60.91
	Democratic	Casandra Ulbrich	36,507	39.09
Total votes			93,404	100.0
	Republican hold

13th District
(Oakland (Troy, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Clawson, Royal Oak, Madison Heights, Berkley))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Pappageorge (incumbent)	62,321	59.27
	Democratic	Aaron Bailey	42,829	40.73
Total votes			105,150	100.0
	Republican hold

14th District
(Oakland (Farmington Hills, Farmington, Southfield Township, Lathrup Village, Southfield, Oak Park, Oak Park, Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Royal Oak Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vincent Gregory	63,227	64.53
	Republican	Michael Peters	32,335	33
	Green	Karen Anne Shelley	2,425	2.47
Total votes			97,987	100.0
	Democratic hold

15th District
(Oakland (Holly Township, Rose Township, Highland Township, White Lake Township, Milford Township, Commerce Township, Walled Lake, West Bloomfield Township, Orchard Lake, Wixom, Lyon Township, South Lyon, Novi, Novi Township, Northville-excluding portion outside county))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kowall	65,214	62.44
	Democratic	Pam Jackson	39,233	37.56
Total votes			104,447	100.0
	Republican hold

16th District
(St. Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Caswell	47,292	64.45
	Democratic	Doug Spade	26,087	35.55
Total votes			73,379	100.0
	Republican hold

17th District
(Jackson (Grass Lake Township, Leoni Township, Norvell Township, Summit Township), Monroe, Washtenaw (Bridgewater Township, Lodi Township, Manchester Township, most of Pittsfield Township, most of Milan, Saline, Saline Township, York Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Richardville (incumbent)	50,673	59.24
	Democratic	John Spencer	32,460	37.94
	Libertarian	Ronald Muszynski	2,412	2.82
Total votes			85,545	100.0
	Republican hold

18th District
(Washtenaw (Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Township, Augusta Township, Dexter Township, Freedom Township, Lima Township, Lyndon Township, Northfield Township, small part of Pittsfield Township, Salem Township, Scio Township, Sharon Township, Superior Township, Sylvan Township, Webster Township, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebekah Warren	60,326	65.51
	Republican	John Hochstetler	31,767	34.49
Total votes			92,093	100.0
	Democratic hold

19th District
(Calhoun, Jackson (excluding Summit Township, Leoni Township, Grass Lake Township, Norvell Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Nofs (incumbent)	46,536	63.58
	Democratic	Brenda Abbey	26,653	36.42
Total votes			73,189	100.0
	Republican hold

Districts 20-29

20th District
(Kalamazoo, Van Buren (Antwerp Township, Paw Paw Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tonya Schuitmaker	47,675	58.01
	Democratic	Bobby Hopewell	34,505	41.99
Total votes			82,180	100.0
	Republican hold

21st District
(Berrien, Cass, Van Buren (excluding Paw Paw Township, Antwerp Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Proos	49,815	66.53
	Democratic	Scott Elliott	25,059	33.47
Total votes			74,874	100.0
	Republican hold

22nd District
(Ingham (Bunker Hill Township, Leslie, Leslie Township, Mason, Stockbridge Township, Vevay Township), Livingston, Shiawassee)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hune	66,641	67.45
	Democratic	Chuck Fellows	28,992	29.34
	Libertarian	Todd Richardson	3,174	3.21
Total votes			98,807	100.0
	Republican hold

23rd District
(Ingham (Alaiedon Township, Aurelius Township, Delhi Charter Township, East Lansing—excluding portion outside county, Lansing—excluding portion outside county, Leroy Township, Locke Township, Meridian Township, Onondaga Township, Wheatfield Township, White Oak Township, Williamston, Williamston Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (incumbent)	50,122	63.88
	Republican	Kyle Haubrich	28,336	36.12
Total votes			78,458	100.0
	Democratic hold

24th District
(Allegan, Barry, Eaton)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Jones	67,154	65.85
	Democratic	Michelle Disano	31,248	30.64
	Libertarian	Bradley Cook	3,571	3.50
Total votes			101,973	100.0
	Republican hold

25th District
(Lapeer, St. Clair)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Pavlov	52,339	66.48
	Democratic	John Nugent	26,392	33.52
Total votes			78,731	100.0
	Republican hold

26th District
(Genesee (Atlas Township, Burton, Clio, Davison, Davison Township, Forest Township, Grand Blanc, Grand Blanc Township, Mount Morris, Mount Morris Township, Richfield Township, Thetford Township, Vienna Township), Oakland (Brandon Township, Groveland Township, Springfield Township, Waterford Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Robertson	49,701	55.00
	Democratic	Paula Zelenko	36,231	40.10
	Independent	Mark Sanborn	4,428	4.90
Total votes			90,360	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

27th District
(Genesee (Argentine Township, Clayton Township, Fenton, Fenton Township, Flint, Flint Township, Flushing, Flushing Township, Gaines Township, Genesee Township, Linden, Montrose Township, Mandy Township, Swartz Creek))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Gleason (incumbent)	51,596	66.42
	Republican	Vernon Molnar	23,913	30.79
	Libertarian	Pat Clawson	2,167	2.79
Total votes			77,676	100.0
	Democratic hold

28th District
(Kent (Ada Township, Algoma Township, Alpine Township, Bowne Township, Byron Township, Caledonia Township, Cannon Township, Cedar Springs, Courtland Township, East Grand Rapids, Gaines Township, Grand Rapids Township, Nelson Township, Oakfield Township, Plainfield Township, Rockford, Solon Township, Spencer Township, Tyrone Township, Walker, Wyoming))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Jansen (incumbent)	76,655	71.67
	Democratic	Robin Golden	27,157	25.39
	Libertarian	Jamie Lewis	3,144	2.94
Total votes			106,956	100.0
	Republican hold

29th District
(Kent (Cascade Township, Grand Rapids, Grattan Township, Kentwood, Lowell, Lowell Township, Vergennes Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Hildenbrand	41,038	51.77
	Democratic	David LaGrand	36,821	46.45
	Libertarian	Bill Gelineau	1,406	1.77
Total votes			79,265	100.0
	Republican hold

Districts 30-38

30th District
(Ottawa, Kent (Grandville, Sparta Township))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arlan Meekhof	73,083	76.28
	Democratic	John Chester	19,745	20.61
	Libertarian	Bruce Campbell	2,976	3.11
Total votes			95,804	100.0
	Republican hold

31st District
(Arenac, Bay, Tuscola, Huron, and Sanilac Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Green	51,675	58.52
	Democratic	Jeff Mayes	36,630	41.48
Total votes			88,305	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

32nd District
(Gratiot and Saginaw Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Kahn, M.D. (incumbent)	43,574	55.45
	Democratic	Debasish Mridha, M.D.	32,690	41.60
	Constitution	Keith Beyerlein	1,618	2.06
	Libertarian	Albert Chia	702	0.89
Total votes			78,584	100.0
	Republican hold

33rd District
(Clinton, Ionia, Isabella, Montcalm Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Emmons	50,744	64.54
	Democratic	James Hoisington	25,469	32.37
	Libertarian	Joshua Lillie	2,429	3.09
Total votes			78,642	100.0
	Republican hold

34th District
(Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Goeff Hansen	49,056	58.12
	Democratic	Mary Valentine	33,248	39.39
	Libertarian	Nicholas Sundquist	2,107	2.50
Total votes			84,411	100.0
	Republican hold

35th District
(Benzie, Clare, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mecosta, Missaukee, Osceola, Roscommon, Wexford Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darwin L. Booher	56,319	62.82
	Democratic	Roger Dunigan	30,818	34.37
	Libertarian	Allitta Hren	2,521	2.81
Total votes			89,658	100.0
	Republican hold

36th District
(Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Moolenaar	53,534	62.48
	Democratic	Andy Neumann	32,154	37.52
Total votes			85,688	100.0
	Republican hold

37th District
(Chippewa, Mackinac, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Charlevoix, Antrim, and Grand Traverse Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Walker	62,695	64.76
	Democratic	Bob Carr	34,120	35.24
Total votes			96,815	100.0
	Republican hold

38th District
(Keweenaw, Houghton, Ontonagon, Gogebic, Baraga, Iron, Marquette, Dickinson, Menominee, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft and Luce Counties)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Casperson	49,864	55.92
	Democratic	Michael Lahti	39,313	44.08
Total votes			89,177	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

27th District by-election

State Senator John Gleason resigned his seat to accept election as the Genesee County Clerk. This triggered a by-election, which was held May 7, 2013. Jim Ananich won the special election with 75.27% of the vote.

By-election in the 27th State Senate District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Ananich	8,728	75.27
	Republican	Robert J. Daunt	2,640	22.77
	Libertarian	Robert Nicholls	143	1.23
	Green	Bobby Jones	80	0.69
	Write-In		4	0.03
Total votes			11,595	100
	Democratic hold

See also

• Michigan House of Representatives election, 2010

References

• Gongwer News Service: 2010 General Election—Michigan Senate