Michigan's 9th Senate district

Michigan's 9th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 9th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.[2][3] It has been represented by Republican Michael Webber since 2023, succeeding Democrat Paul Wojno.[4][5]

Michigan's 9th
State Senate district

Senator
  Michael Webber
RRochester Hills
Demographics72% White
4% Black
3% Hispanic
17% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2022)261,482
Notes[1]

Geography

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District 9 encompasses parts of Macomb and Oakland counties.[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

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District 9, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the inner suburbs of Detroit in southern Macomb County, including Warren, Roseville, Eastpointe, Fraser, Center Line, and part of Clinton Township.[7]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 9th congressional district, and overlapped with the 18th, 22nd, 25th, 28th, and 31st districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8]

List of senators

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Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Richard Kent Democratic 1853–1854 Adrian [9][10][11]
Henry M. Boies Republican 1855–1856 Hudson [9][12][13]
Lewis Welch Republican 1857–1860 Exeter [9][14][15][16]
Samuel Mulholland Republican 1861–1862 Vienna [9][17][18]
William Corbin Democratic 1863–1864 Petersburg Elected on a Fusionist ticket.[9][19][20]
Nathaniel Langdon Democratic 1865–1866 Ida [9][21]
Andrew Howell Republican 1867–1868 Adrian [9][22][23]
Henry C. Conkling Republican 1869–1870 Tecumseh [9][24]
William S. Wilcox Republican 1871–1872 Adrian [9][25]
William R. Stoddard Republican 1873 Litchfield Died in office.[9][26][27]
John P. Cook Democratic 1874 Hillsdale [9][28]
John M. Osborn Republican 1875–1876 Hudson [9][29]
Witter J. Baxter Republican 1877–1878 Jonesville [9][30]
Alexander Hewitt Republican 1879–1880 Hillsdale [9][31]
Albert Dickerman Republican 1881–1882 Hillsdale [9][32]
Ezra L. Koon Republican 1883–1884 Hillsdale [9][33]
George A. Smith Republican 1885–1886 Somerset [9][34]
W. Irving Babcock Republican 1887–1890 Niles [9][35]
John S. Beers Democratic 1891–1892 Stevensville [9][36]
Frank W. Clapp Republican 1893–1896 Battle Creek [9][37]
Huston B. Colman Republican 1897–1898 Kalamazoo [9][38]
Addison M. Brown Republican 1899–1900 Schoolcraft [9][39]
Arthur D. Bangham Republican 1901–1904 Homer [9][40]
Jesse R. Cropsey Republican 1905–1908 Vicksburg [9][41]
Albert C. Kingman Republican 1909–1912 Battle Creek [9][42]
Henry E. Straight Republican 1913–1916 Coldwater [9][43]
George L. Bolen Democratic 1917–1918 Battle Creek [9][44]
James Henry Republican 1919–1925 Battle Creek Died in office.[9][45]
Joseph E. Watson Republican 1925–1928 Bronson [9][46]
Edward L. Branson Republican 1929–1932 Battle Creek [9][47]
Francis A. Kulp Democratic 1933–1934 Battle Creek [9][48]
Joseph A. Baldwin Republican 1935–1936 Albion [9][49]
Mark L. Crawford Democratic 1937–1938 Coldwater [9][50]
Joseph A. Baldwin Republican 1939–1944 Albion [9][49]
Warren G. Hooper Republican 1945 Albion Murdered in office.[9][51]
Robert J. Hamilton Republican 1945–1948 Battle Creek [9][52]
Creighton R. Coleman Republican 1949–1956 Marshall [9][53]
John P. Smeekens Republican 1957–1964 Coldwater [9][54]
Stanley J. Novak Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit [9][55]
Thomas Guastello Democratic 1975–1982 Sterling Heights [9][56]
David M. Serotkin Democratic 1983 Mount Clemens Recalled.[9][57]
Kirby Holmes Republican 1984–1986 Utica [9][58]
Doug Carl Republican 1987–1994 Mount Clemens [9][59]
R. Robert Geake Republican 1995–1998 Northville [9][60]
Thaddeus McCotter Republican 1999–2002 Livonia [9][61]
Dennis Olshove Democratic 2003–2010 Warren [9][62]
Steve Bieda Democratic 2011–2018 Warren [9][63]
Paul Wojno Democratic 2019–2022 Warren [9][64]
Michael Webber Republican 2023–present Rochester Hills [65]

Recent election results

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2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 9[66]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul Wojno 18,488 63.4
Democratic Kristina Lodovisi 10,688 36.6
Total votes 29,176 100
Republican Jeff Bonnell 7,861 52.9
Republican Fred Kuplicki 7,003 47.1
Total votes 14,864 100
General election
Democratic Paul Wojno 65,736 65.9
Republican Jeff Bonnell 34,013 34.1
Total votes 99,749 100
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 9[66]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Steve Bieda (incumbent) 48,146 68.0
Republican Hawke Fracassa 22,699 32.0
Total votes 70,845 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[67]
2020 President Biden 56.9 – 41.6%
2018 Senate Stabenow 60.6 – 37.0%
Governor Whitmer 61.0 – 35.8%
2016 President Clinton 53.4 – 42.3%
2014 Senate Peters 63.6 – 31.4%
Governor Schauer 54.6 – 42.9%
2012 President Obama 62.7 – 36.3%
Senate Stabenow 69.3 – 27.2%

Historical district boundaries

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Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [68]
1972 Apportionment Plan [69]
1982 Apportionment Plan [70]
1992 Apportionment Plan [71]
2001 Apportionment Plan [72]
  2011 Apportionment Plan [73]

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