2018 Michigan Senate election

The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, Attorney General, Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the 38 members that will comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7, 2018. The Working Class Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party, Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions.

2018 Michigan Senate election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
38 seats in the Michigan Senate 20 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Arlan Meekhof (term-limited) Jim Ananich Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 14, 2015 January 14, 2015 Leader's seat 30th District 27th District Last election 26 12 Seats before 27 11 Seats after 22 16 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 1,973,098 2,064,029 Percentage 48.04% 50.25% Swing 3.18% 2.23%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Majority Leader before election Arlan Meekhof Republican Elected Majority Leader Mike Shirkey Republican

Term-limited members

Under the Michigan Constitution, members of the state Senate are able to serve only two four-year terms, and members of the House of Representatives are limited to three two-year terms. Michigan has what are considered the toughest term-limits in the country. After the 2018 mid-term elections, nearly 70 percent of the state Senate and 20 percent of the state House will be forced to leave office because of term-limits. The following members are prevented by term-limits from seeking re-election to the Senate in 2018. This list does not include members that are eligible for re-election, but instead chose to seek other office or voluntarily to retire.

Democrats (7)

• 1st District: Coleman Young II
• 2nd District: Bert Johnson
• 3rd District: Morris Hood III
• 6th District: Hoon-Yung Hopgood
• 9th District: Steve Bieda
• 11th District: Vincent Gregory
• 18th District: Rebekah Warren

Republicans (19)

• 7th District: Patrick Colbeck
• 8th District: Jack Brandenburg
• 10th District: Tory Rocca
• 12th District: Jim Marleau
• 14th District: David B. Robertson
• 15th District: Mike Kowall
• 19th District: Mike Nofs
• 21st District: John Proos
• 22nd District: Joe Hune
• 24th District: Rick Jones
• 25th District: Phil Pavlov
• 26th District: Tonya Schuitmaker
• 29th District: Dave Hildenbrand
• 30th District: Arlan Meekhof
• 31st District: Mike Green
• 33rd District: Judy Emmons
• 34th District: Goeff Hansen
• 35th District: Darwin L. Booher
• 38th District: Tom Casperson

Results

Popular vote Democratic   50.25% Republican   48.04% Other   1.71%

Senate seats Republican   57.89% Democratic   42.10%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 12, 0.78% (gain)
2. District 13, 2.78% (gain)
3. District 7, 3.22% (gain)
4. District 15, 3.38%
5. District 34, 4.41%
6. District 10, 4.79%

General election

Pending official certification by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the following candidates, listed alphabetically, advanced to the November general election.

2	Current member of House
3	Former legislator

District 1

1st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang2	60,874	72.27%
	Republican	Pauline Montie	20,154	23.93%
	Green	David Bullock	3,204	3.80%
Total votes			261,214	100%
	Democratic hold

District 2

2nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Hollier	53,890	75.71%
	Republican	Lisa Papas	17,285	24.29%
Total votes			71,175	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

3rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Santana2	58,211	81.75%
	Republican	Kathy Stecker	10,907	15.32%
	Working Class	Hali McEachern	2,089	2.93%
Total votes			71,207	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

4th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marshall Bullock	57,469	78.36%
	Republican	Angela Savino	15,868	21.64%
Total votes			73,337	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

5th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Betty Jean Alexander	69,203	77.65%
	Republican	DeShawn Wilkins	16,044	18.00%
	Working Class	Larry Betts	3,879	4.35%
Total votes			89,126	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

6th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Erika Geiss2	60,783	61.34%
	Republican	Brenda Jones	38,301	38.66%
Total votes			99,084	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

7th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dayna Polehanki	69,428	50.56%
	Republican	Laura Cox2	65,009	47.34%
	Libertarian	Joseph H. LeBlanc	2,890	2.10%
Total votes			137,327	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

8th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Lucido2	76,165	61.76%
	Democratic	Paul R. Francis	47,151	38.24%
Total votes			123,316	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

9th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Wojno3	65,730	65.90%
	Republican	Jeff Bonnell	34,012	34.10%
Total votes			99,742	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

10th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael D. MacDonald	57,565	51.02%
	Democratic	Henry Yanez2	52,392	46.43%
	Libertarian	Mike Saliba	2,874	2.55%
Total votes			112,831	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

11th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy Moss2	97,192	76.43%
	Republican	Boris Tuman	26,829	21.10%
	Libertarian	James K. Young	3,145	2.47%
Total votes			127,166	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

12th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosemary Bayer	59,297	49.39%
	Republican	Mike McCready2	58,362	48.61%
	Libertarian	Jeff Pittel	2,403	2.00%
Total votes			120,062	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

13th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mallory McMorrow	73,138	51.89%
	Republican	Marty Knollenberg (incumbent)	67,798	48.11%
Total votes			140,936	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

14th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson3	64,273	55.68%
	Democratic	Renee Watson	48,580	42.09%
	Green	Jessica Smith	2,580	2.24%
Total votes			115,433	100%
	Republican hold

District 15

15th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Runestad2	67,351	51.69%
	Democratic	Julia Pulver	62,935	48.31%
Total votes			130,286	100%
	Republican hold

District 16

16th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shirkey1	56,981	62.71%
	Democratic	Val Cochran Toops	31,129	34.26%
	Libertarian	Ronald A. Muszynski	2,760	3.04%
Total votes			90,870	100%
	Republican hold

District 17

17th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dale Zorn (incumbent)	57,947	57.89%
	Democratic	Bill LaVoy3	39,255	39.21%
	Libertarian	Chad McNamara	2,905	2.90%
Total votes			100,107	100%
	Republican hold

District 18

18th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Irwin3	96,876	76.61%
	Republican	Martin Church	26,619	21.05%
	Working Class	Thomas Repasky	2,954	2.34%
Total votes			126,449	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

19th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bizon2	56,213	58.41%
	Democratic	Jason Noble	37,081	38.53%
	Libertarian	Joseph P. Gillotte	2,941	3.06%
Total votes			96,235	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

20th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean McCann3	60,523	53.09%
	Republican	Margaret O'Brien (incumbent)	48,197	42.28%
	Libertarian	Lorence Wenke3	5,273	4.63%
Total votes			113,993	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

21st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kim LaSata2	56,296	58.20%
	Democratic	Ian Haight	40,433	41.80%
Total votes			96,729	100%
	Republican hold

District 22

22nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Theis2	76,038	55.97%
	Democratic	Adam Dreher	57,163	42.08%
	Green	Eric Borregard	2,658	1.96%
Total votes			135,859	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

23rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curtis Hertel Jr. (incumbent)	73,184	68.46%
	Republican	Andrea Pollock	33,718	31.54%
Total votes			106,902	100%
	Democratic hold

District 24

24th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Barrett2	66,969	53.53%
	Democratic	Kelly Rossman-McKinney	54,350	43.45%
	Libertarian	Katie Nepton	2,064	1.65%
	Constitution	Matthew Shepard	1,711	1.37%
Total votes			125,094	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

25th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Lauwers2	66,926	63.96%
	Democratic	Debbie Bourgois	37,715	36.04%
Total votes			104,641	100%
	Republican hold

District 26

26th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aric Nesbitt3	61,509	56.67%
	Democratic	Garnet Lewis	43,495	40.08%
	Libertarian	Erwin Haas	2,375	2.19%
	Green	Robert M. Alway	1,153	1.06%
Total votes			108,532	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

27th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Ananich (incumbent)	59,108	71.17%
	Republican	Donna Kekesis	23,942	28.83%
Total votes			83,050	100%
	Democratic hold

District 28

28th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter MacGregor (incumbent)	68,749	58.39%
	Democratic	Craig Beach	45,937	39.01%
	Libertarian	Nathan Hewer	3,059	2.60%
Total votes			117,745	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

29th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Winnie Brinks2	70,715	56.92%
	Republican	Chris Afendoulis2	50,225	40.43%
	Libertarian	Robert VanNoller	1,840	1.48%
	Working Class	Louis Palus	1,445	1.16%
Total votes			124,225	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 30

30th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Victory2	79,323	63.25%
	Democratic	Jeanette Schipper	42,904	34.21%
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	3,189	2.54%
Total votes			125,416	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

31st District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Daley3	63,394	60.24%
	Democratic	Cynthia A. Luczak	41,833	39.76%
Total votes			105,227	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

32nd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth Horn1	62,375	55.48%
	Democratic	Phil Phelps2	50,058	44.52%
Total votes			112,433	100%
	Republican hold

District 33

33rd District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Outman3	49,856	58.75%
	Democratic	Mark Bignell	32,375	38.15%
	Constitution	Christopher Comden	2,633	3.10%
Total votes			84,864	100%
	Republican hold

District 34

34th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Bumstead3	50,313	50.74%
	Democratic	Poppy Sias-Hernandez	45,941	46.33%
	Libertarian	Max Riekse	2,896	2.92%
Total votes			99,150	100%
	Republican hold

District 35

35th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt VanderWall2	73,688	63.17%
	Democratic	Mike Taillard	39,923	34.23%
	Libertarian	Timothy Coon	3,031	2.60%
Total votes			116,642	100%
	Republican hold

District 36

36th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Stamas (incumbent)	71,013	64.29%
	Democratic	Joe Weir	39,440	35.71%
Total votes			110,453	100%
	Republican hold

District 37

37th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Schmidt (incumbent)	73,338	58.95%
	Democratic	Jim Page	51,076	41.05%
Total votes			124,414	100%
	Republican hold

District 38

Results by county

  McBroom

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Dianda

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Results by precinct

  McBroom

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

  Dianda

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

38th District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed McBroom3	59,290	54.63%
	Democratic	Scott Dianda2	47,279	43.57%
	Green	Wade Paul Roberts	1,952	1.80%
Total votes			108,521	100%
	Republican hold

Maps

• 
  Results shaded by the percentage of the party vote in each district
• 
  Support for Republican Party candidates by district
• 
  Support for Democratic Party candidates by district

See also

• Michigan House of Representatives election, 2018

External links

• 2018 Michigan Primary Election Ballot