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Michigan's 5th Senate district

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]

Michigan's 5th
State Senate district
Senator
  Dayna Polehanki
D–Livonia
Demographics63% White
19% Black
4% Hispanic
9% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2022)259,502
Notes[1]

Geography

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District 5 encompasses part of Wayne County.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

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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]

List of senators

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Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Charles C. Hascall Democratic 1835–1836 Mount Clemens Resigned.[7][8][9]
John Stockton Democratic 1835–1836 Mount Clemens [7][10]
Ebenezer Raynale Democratic 1835–1837 Franklin [7][11]
John Clark Democratic 1835–1838 China [7][12]
Randolph Manning Democratic 1837 Pontiac [7][13]
Jacob Summers Democratic 1837–1838 Utica [7][14]
John Bartow Democratic 1838 Flint [7][15]
Elijah F. Cook Democratic 1838 Farmington [7][16]
James Kingsley Democratic 1839 Ann Arbor [7][17]
Olney Hawkins Whig 1839–1840 Ann Arbor [7][18][19]
Townsend E. Gidley Whig 1839–1841 Jackson County [7][20]
James M. Edmunds Whig 1840–1841 Ypsilanti [7][21]
Edward L. Fuller Whig 1841 Ann Arbor [7][22]
David E. Deming Whig 1842 Kalamazoo [7][23]
Digby V. Bell Democratic 1842–1843 Ada [7][24][25]
George R. Redfield Democratic 1842–1844 Adamsville Elected in 1842 to fill a vacancy left by John S. Barry's election as governor.[7][26][25]
Lewis F. Starkey Democratic 1843–1844 Kalamazoo [7][27][28][29]
William A. Richmond Democratic 1844–1845 Grand Rapids [7][30]
Joseph S. Chipman Democratic 1845–1846 Niles [7][31][32][33]
Flavius J. Littlejohn Democratic 1845–1846 Allegan [7][34][35][33]
Rix Robinson Democratic 1846 Ada [7][36]
Loren Maynard Democratic 1847 Marengo [7][37]
Nathaniel A. Balch Democratic 1847–1848 Kalamazoo [7][38]
Campbell Waldo Democratic 1848–1849 Albion [7][39][40]
David S. Walbridge Whig 1849–1850 Kalamazoo [7][41]
Charles Dickey Whig 1850–1852 Marshall [7][42]
George Thomas Whig 1851–1852 Yorkville [7][43]
The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district.[44][45]
David A. Wright Democratic 1853–1854 Oakland County [7][46]
Rowland E. Trowbridge Republican 1857–1860 Birmingham [7][47]
Byron G. Stout Democratic 1861–1862 Oakland County [7][48]
Charles V. Babcock Democratic 1863–1864 Southfield [7][49]
Loren Ludlow Treat Democratic 1865–1866 Oxford [7][50][51]
Charles Draper Republican 1867–1868 Pontiac [7][52]
P. Dean Warner Republican 1869–1870 Farmington [7][53]
Layman B. Price Unknown 1871–1872 Lakeville [7][54]
John J. Sumner Republican 1873–1874 Bedford Township [7][55]
Heman J. Redfield Democratic 1875–1878 Monroe [7][56]
Harry A. Conant Republican 1879–1880 Monroe [7][57]
John Strong Jr. Democratic 1881–1884 South Rockwood [7][58]
Christian Hertzler Democratic 1885–1886 Monroe County Elected on a fusion ticket.[7][59][60]
George Howell Republican 1887–1888 Tecumseh [7][61]
Arthur Dodge Gilmore Republican 1889–1890 Blissfield [7][62]
George B. Horton Republican 1891 Lenawee County Lost seat after election challenge.[63][64][65]
James H. Morrow Democratic 1891–1894 Adrian [7][66]
Edwin Eaton Republican 1895–1896 Hudson [7][67]
William Jibb Republican 1897–1898 Maybee [7][68]
James W. Helme Jr. Democratic 1899–1902 Adrian [7][69]
Simeon Van Akin Republican 1903–1906 Ida [7][70]
Fred B. Kline Republican 1907–1908 Addison [7][71]
George G. Scott Republican 1909–1918 Wayne County [7][72]
Fred C. Rowe Republican 1919–1920 Detroit [7][73]
Oscar A. Riopelle Republican 1921–1924 Detroit [7][74]
Ari H. Woodruff Republican 1925–1926 Wayne County [7][75]
George M. Condon Republican 1927–1930 Detroit [7][76]
Clarence J. Dacey Republican 1931–1932 Detroit [7][77]
Lee A. Gorman Democratic 1933–1936 Detroit [7][78]
William M. Bradley Democratic 1937–1940 Detroit [7][79]
Charles S. Blondy Democratic 1941–1954 Detroit [7][80]
Stanley J. Novak Democratic 1955–1964 Detroit [7][81]
Bernard F. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1965–1966 Detroit [7][82]
Arthur Cartwright Democratic 1967–1978 Detroit Resigned.[7][83]
Jackie Vaughn III Democratic 1978–1982 Detroit [7][84]
Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1983–1998 Detroit [7][85]
Burton Leland Democratic 1999–2006 Detroit [7][86]
Tupac A. Hunter Democratic 2007–2014 Detroit [7][87]
David Knezek Democratic 2015–2018 Dearborn Heights [7][88]
Betty Jean Alexander Democratic 2019–2022 Detroit [7][89]
Dayna Polehanki Democratic 2023–present Livonia [90]

Recent election results

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2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 5[91]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Betty Jean Alexander 18,928 54.5
Democratic David Knezek (incumbent) 15,803 45.5
Total votes 34,731 100
General election
Democratic Betty Jean Alexander 70,010 77.4
Republican DeShawn Wilkins 16,479 18.2
Working Class Larry Betts 3,944 4.4
Total votes 90,433 100
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 5[91]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Knezek 8,470 32.2
Democratic Shanelle Jackson 6,317 24.0
Democratic David Nathan 5,526 21.0
Democratic Thomas Stallworth III 4,301 16.3
Democratic Carrie O'Connor 1,189 4.5
Democratic Frank Tomcsik 507 1.9
Total votes 26,310 100
General election
Democratic David Knezek 59,680 81.8
Republican Jennifer Rynicki 13,286 18.2
Total votes 72,966 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[92]
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%

Historical district boundaries

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Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [93]
1972 Apportionment Plan [94]
1982 Apportionment Plan [95]
1992 Apportionment Plan [96]
2001 Apportionment Plan [97]
  2011 Apportionment Plan [98]

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