List of special elections to the Michigan Senate

The following is a list of special elections for the Michigan Senate.

List of special elections

Date Dist. Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
March 6–7, 1837[1] 1st Conrad Ten Eyck[2] Dem. Benjamin B. Kercheval[1] Dem. Resigned[2]
c. December 1841–January 1842[3][4] 5th John S. Barry[5] Dem. George R. Redfield[3] Dem. Resigned[3]
November 1847[6] 6th Elijah B. Witherbee[7] Whig Alvin N. Hart[8] Dem. Death[9]
1861[10] 16th Joseph R. Williams[11] Rep. Henry H. Riley[10] Dem. Death[11]
1872[12] 4th Gilbert Hatheway[13] Rep. Seymour Brownell[14] Dem. Death[12]
February 23, 1874[15] 8th Philip H. Emerson[16] Rep. William F. Hewitt[15] Dem. Resigned[16]
9th William R. Stoddard[17] Rep. John P. Cook[15] Dem. Death[17]
24th Harrison H. Wheeler[18][19] Rep. John D. Lewis[15][20] Rep. Resigned[18][20]
April 1881[21] 20th John T. Rich[22] Rep. William W. Andrus[23] Rep. Resigned[22]
April 25–26, 1881[24] 15th Lewis Durkee[25] Rep. David R. Cook[24] Rep. Death[25]
April 1, 1895[26] 10th John W. Watts[27] Rep. Charles H. Smith[26] Rep. Death[27]
January 30, 1911[28] 21st Edwin G. Fox[29] Rep. John Conley[28] Dem. Death[29]
April 6, 1925[30] 9th James Henry[31] Rep. Joseph E. Watson[32] Rep. Death[30]
January 26, 1931[33] 2nd Cass J. Jankowski[34] Rep. George G. Sadowski[33] Dem. Death[33]
April 3, 1939[35] 1st James A. Murphy[36] Dem. Carl W. Bischoff[35] Dem. Death[36]
April 2, 1945[37] 9th Warren G. Hooper[38] Rep. Robert J. Hamilton Rep. Murdered[37]
22nd Chester M. Howell[39] Rep. William W. Lee Rep. Resigned[37]
November 6, 1945[40] 6th Carl F. DeLano[41] Rep. John W. Fletcher[40] Rep. Resigned[41]
April 2, 1951[42] 23rd Frank E. McKee[43] Rep. Clyde H. Geerlings Rep. Death[42]
January 5, 1954[44] 27th Felix H. H. Flynn[45] Rep. John Minnema Rep. Death[44]
April 1, 1957[46] 14th Harry F. Hittle[47] Rep. Paul C. Younger Rep. Death[46]
December 11, 1961[48] 28th Charles T. Prescott[49] Rep. Harold B. Hughes Rep. Death[48]
April 2, 1962[50] 30th William E. Miron[51] Dem. Kent T. Lundgren Rep. Death[51]
April 5, 1965[52] 14th Paul M. Chandler[a][53] Rep. Farrell E. Roberts[52] Rep. Death[53]
February 19, 1968[54] 23rd Harold Volkema[55] Rep. Gary Byker Rep. Death[54]
November 5, 1968[b][56] 28th Frank D. Beadle Rep. Alvin J. DeGrow Rep. Resigned[56]
March 19, 1974[57] 2nd Charles N. Youngblood Jr.[58] Dem. John C. Hertel Dem. Resigned[57]
4th Coleman A. Young[59] Dem. David S. Holmes Jr. Dem. Resigned[57]
June 25, 1974[60] 21st Anthony Stamm[61] Rep. Jack Welborn Rep. Death[60]
November 5, 1974[b][62][63] 8th Michael J. O'Brien[64] Dem. Michael J. O'Brien Jr.[62] Dem. Death[62]
January 13, 1976[65] 11th John McCauley[66] Dem. James R. DeSana Dem. Death[65]
March 23, 1977[67] 14th Carl Pursell Rep. R. Robert Geake Rep. Resigned[67]
29th Dale Kildee Dem. Harold J. Scott Dem. Resigned[68]
April 19, 1977[69] 27th John T. Bowman[70] Dem. Art Miller Jr. Dem. Resigned[69]
September 6, 1978[71] 5th Arthur Cartwright[72] Dem. Jackie Vaughn III Dem. Resigned[71]
March 23, 1982[73] 16th Bill Huffman Dem. Dana F. Wilson Dem. Resigned[73]
January 31, 1984[74] 8th Philip Mastin[75] Dem. Rudy J. Nichols Rep. Recalled[74]
9th David M. Serotkin[76] Dem. Kirby Holmes Rep. Recalled[74]
March 26, 1985[77] 32nd Paul B. Henry Rep. Vern Ehlers Rep. Resigned[77]
August 13, 1985[78] 13th Robert A. Welborn Rep. Jack Welborn Rep. Death[79]
March 15, 1988[80] 2nd Basil W. Brown Dem. Virgil C. Smith Dem. Resigned[80]
November 6, 1990[b][81] 38th Joseph Mack[82] Dem. Don Koivisto[81] Dem. Resigned[82]
June 18, 1991[83] 16th Doug Cruce Rep. Mike Bouchard Rep. Resigned[83]
March 15, 1993[84][85] 19th Nick Smith[86] Rep. Philip E. Hoffman Rep. Resigned[85]
34th James Barcia Dem. Joel Gougeon Rep. Resigned[84]
April 26, 1994[87] 32nd Vern Ehlers[88] Rep. Glenn Steil Sr. Rep. Resigned[87]
November 8, 1994[89] 4th David S. Holmes Jr.[90] Dem. Patricia Holmes[91] Dem. Death[89]
June 4, 1996[92] 15th David M. Honigman[93] Rep. Bill Bullard Jr. Rep. Resigned[92]
November 25, 1997[94] 12th Doug Carl[95] Rep. David Jaye Rep. Death[94]
November 3, 1998[b][96] 3rd Henry Stallings II[97] Dem. Raymond M. Murphy[98] Dem. Resigned[97]
March 16, 1999[99] 13th Mike Bouchard Rep. Shirley Johnson Rep. Resigned[99]
March 20, 2001[100] 2nd Virgil C. Smith[101] Rep. Martha G. Scott Dem. Resigned[100]
26th Mike Rogers Rep. Valde Garcia Rep. Resigned[100]
November 6, 2001[102] 12th David Jaye[103] Rep. Alan Sanborn Rep. Expelled[102]
March 14, 2006[104] 23rd Virgil Bernero Dem. Gretchen Whitmer Dem. Resigned[104]
November 3, 2009[105] 19th Mark Schauer Dem. Mike Nofs Rep. Resigned[105]
May 7, 2013[106] 27th John J. Gleason Dem. Jim Ananich Dem. Resigned[106]
November 8, 2016[b][107] 4th Virgil Smith Jr. Dem. Ian Conyers Dem. Resigned[108]
November 6, 2018[b][109] 2nd Bert Johnson Dem. Adam Hollier Dem. Resigned[110]
November 2, 2021[111][112] 8th Peter Lucido Rep. Doug Wozniak Rep. Resigned[111]
28th Peter MacGregor Rep. Mark Huizenga Rep. Resigned[112]
May 5, 2026[113] 35th Kristen McDonald Rivet Dem. TBD Resigned[113]

Notes

  1. ^ Paul M. Chandler died before taking office.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Special election held alongside a general election.

See also

References

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