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Michigan's 22nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 22nd 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 Lana Theis since 2019, succeeding fellow Republican Joe Hune. [4]
The Senate Chamber is located in the south wing of the State Capitol building. As of 2023, Democrats hold the majority in the Senate with 20 seats; Republicans hold the minority with 18 seats. [4] Under the Michigan Constitution, the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan serves as President of the Senate, but may only cast a vote in the instance of a ...
The Michigan Senate is composed of 38 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of between approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents. [2] Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census.
4 a.m.: Republican flips 7 th Congressional District. Michigan’s 7 th Congressional District, considered one of the state’s most competitive, flipped from blue to red when former state Sen ...
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) is projected to win the hotly contested Senate race in Michigan, according to Decision Desk HQ, keeping a key swing-state seat in the Democratic column. Slotkin, a three ...
[2] [3] She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives as a Republican from the 42nd district in the November 2014 election, succeeding Bill Rogers, who was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. [3] [a] She was a member of the House from 2015 to 2019. [4] In November 2018, Theis was elected to the Michigan Senate. [1]
Before become a state senator, Hune was in the Michigan House of Representatives from Michigan's 47th district Livingston County Partial. First elected in 2002 to the Michigan House of Representatives at the age of 22, Hune lost by one vote after a re-count. [2] Hune is a vocal supporter of Donald Trump. [3]
Michigan's legislative maps were redrawn in 2021 with data from the 2020 Census, and Bullock's district changed substantially. Bullock and fellow Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow were drawn into the same district, District 8. Bullock's new district represented only 15% of the population of his former district, to McMorrow's 40%.