2006 Michigan Senate election

The 2006 Michigan Senate elections took place on November 7, 2006, with partisan primaries to select the parties' candidates in the various districts on August 6, 2006.[1]

2006 Michigan Senate elections

November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)
38 seats in the Michigan Senate 20 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ken Sikkema Robert L. Emerson Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 1, 2003 Leader's seat 27th–Flint Seats before 22 15 Seats after 21 17 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,619,980 1,967,404 Percentage 44.63% 54.20%
Majority Leader before election Ken Sikkema Republican Majority Leader Mike Bishop Republican

Results

Districts 1-19

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hansen Clarke	52,175	95.5
	Republican	Cynthia Cassell	2,456	4.5
Total votes			54,631	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martha Scott	47,223	73.41
	Republican	Michael Hoehn	17,104	26.59
Total votes			64,327	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Irma Clark-Coleman	57,746	82.39
	Republican	Paul Sophiea	12,345	17.61
Total votes			70,091	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Buzz Thomas	54,713	96.09
	Republican	Karen Mastney Fobbs	2,225	3.91
Total votes			56,938	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tupac Hunter	55,674	85.22
	Republican	David Malhalab	8,153	12.48
	Green	James Wolbrink	1,504	2.3
Total votes			65,331	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Anderson	52,492	52.45
	Republican	Laura M. Toy	47,590	47.55
Total votes			100,082	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

7th District
(Wayne (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	Bruce Patterson	59,638	51.51
	Democratic	Mark Slavens	56,148	48.49
Total votes			115,786	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Basham	58,487	70.97
	Republican	Fred Kalsic	21,723	26.36
	Libertarian	Loel Gnadt	2,196	2.66
Total votes			82,406	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Olshove	60,775	66.4
	Republican	Jeremy Nielson	27,297	29.82
	Libertarian	James Allison	2,159	2.36
	Green	Richard Kuszmar	1,300	1.42
Total votes			91,531	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Switalski	62,737	65.76
	Republican	John Horton	30,065	31.52
	Libertarian	John Bonnell	2,596	2.72
Total votes			95,398	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Sanborn	65,541	59.19
	Democratic	Kenneth Jenkins	42,278	38.18
	Libertarian	Lauren Zemens	2,903	2.62
Total votes			110,722	100.0
	Republican hold

12th District
(Oakland (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	Mike Bishop	59,619	56.22
	Democratic	Joseph Barrera	43,365	40.89
	Libertarian	Brian Kelly	3,057	2.88
Total votes			106,041	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Pappageorge	56,990	48.99
	Democratic	Andy Levin	56,214	48.33
	Green	Kyle McBee	3,118	2.68
Total votes			116,322	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	Gilda Jacobs	78,346	72.52
	Republican	Tara Bellingar	26,569	24.59
	Green	William Opalicky	1,312	1.21
Total votes			106,227	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	Nancy Cassis	67,068	57.7
	Democratic	Ray Raczkowski	46,063	39.63
	Libertarian	Nathan Allen	3,110	2.68
Total votes			116,241	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cameron Brown	52,664	65.37
	Democratic	Timothy Christner	27,894	34.63
Total votes			80,558	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	52,113	53.42
	Democratic	Bob Schockman	45,442	46.58
Total votes			97,555	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	Liz Brater	72,765	71.45
	Republican	John Kopinski	29,074	28.55
Total votes			101,839	100.0
	Democratic hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Schauer	50,602	61.2
	Republican	Elizabeth Fulton	32,079	38.8
Total votes			82,681	100.0
	Democratic hold

Districts 20-38

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom George	51,554	51.6
	Democratic	Alexander Lipsey	48,352	48.4
Total votes			99,906	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Jelinek	50,182	58.18
	Democratic	Valerie Janowski	36,077	41.82
Total votes			86,259	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Valde Garcia	65,792	59.07
	Democratic	Donna Anderson	43,423	38.99
	Constitution	Michael Nikitin	2,159	1.94
Total votes			111,374	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	64,393	100
Total votes			64,393	100.0
	Democratic hold

24th District
(Allegan, Barry, Eaton)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia Birkholz	64,540	58.15
	Democratic	Suzzette Royston	46,446	41.85
Total votes			110,986	100.0
	Republican hold

25th District
(Lapeer, St. Clair)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jud Gilbert	49,266	51.49
	Democratic	Gary Orr	43,965	45.95
	Constitution	Howard Shepherd	2,456	2.57
Total votes			95,687	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	%
	Democratic	Deborah Cherry	65,711	61.33
	Republican	Brian Seiferlein	41,439	38.67
Total votes			107,150	100.0
	Democratic hold

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	71,385	75.79
	Republican	Bob Longlois	22,797	24.21
Total votes			94,182	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	78,240	63.55
	Democratic	Albert Abbasse	42,235	34.3
	Libertarian	Jamie Lewis	2,648	2.15
Total votes			123,123	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Hardiman	51,959	52.49
	Democratic	David LaGrand	45,595	46.06
	Libertarian	Bill Gelineau	1,431	1.45
Total votes			98,985	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Kuipers	83,232	71.27
	Democratic	Scott Vanderstoep	31,324	26.82
	Libertarian	Marcia Ortquist	2,222	1.9
Total votes			116,778	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Barcia	78,904	75.93
	Republican	Zachary Nuncio	23,565	22.68
	Libertarian	Reinhold Ploep	1,441	1.39
Total votes			103,910	100.0
	Democratic hold

32nd District
(Gratiot, Saginaw)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Kahn	46,313	49.04
	Democratic	Carl Williams	45,793	48.49
	Green	Lloyd Clarke	2,326	2.46
Total votes			94,432	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Cropsey	48,942	53.72
	Democratic	Nancy White	40,208	44.13
	Libertarian	Devon Smith	1,954	2.14
Total votes			91,104	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Van Woerkom	53,077	50.68
	Democratic	Julie Dennis	51,649	49.32
Total votes			104,726	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michelle McManus	62,195	59.02
	Democratic	Antoinette Schippers	41,033	38.94
	Libertarian	Thomas Hren	2,148	2.04
Total votes			105,376	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Stamas	65,106	62.09
	Democratic	Paul Reid	39,756	37.91
Total votes			104,862	100.0
	Republican hold

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Allen	63,495	59.21
	Democratic	Sharon Unger	43,743	40.79
Total votes			107,238	100.0
	Republican hold

38th District
(Upper Peninsula (excluding Mackinac, Chippewa))

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Prusi	66,273	70.32
	Republican	Pete Mackin	27,973	29.68
Total votes			94,246	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• Michigan House of Representatives election, 2006

References

1. Gongwer News Service: 2006 General Election—Michigan Senate Results