Michigan State Senate elections, 2010

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Michigan State Senate elections, 2010

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Michigan State Senate

Elections for the office of Michigan State Senate were held in Michigan on November 2, 2010. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was May 11, 2010, and the primary Election Day was on August 3, 2010.

Michigan State Senators serve four-year terms concurrent with the governor's term of office. Terms for senators begin on January 1. Senators who have not served more than half of someone else's Senate term are eligible for two full terms (i.e. - eight years).

Although Michigan senators serve four-year terms, the elections are not staggered so that half of the seats are up for election every two years. Rather, all 40 seats are up for election on a 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018...schedule. 38 states have state senates where the terms of senators last for four years. Ten of these 38 states, including Michigan, feature non-staggered elections.

Of the 38 districts up for re-election, incumbents ran in 9 of them. In the remaining 29 districts, every incumbent was ineligible to run because of term limits.

In the 2010 election, Republicans gained four seats and retained a majority in the chamber.

See also: Michigan State Senate and State legislative elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Michigan State Senate:

Michigan State Senate
Party As of November 1, 2010 After the 2010 Election
     Democratic Party 16 12
     Republican Party 22 26
Total 38 38


Term limits

See also: State legislatures with term limits

The Michigan State Senate has been a term-limited state senate since Michigan voters approved Proposal B in 1992. Proposal B created Section 54 of Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, limiting state senators to 2 four-year terms. As with 5 other states, this is a lifetime limit.

There are 38 Michigan State Senators. In 2010, 25 who are current members were ineligible to run for the senate again in November.[1] The turn-over due to term limits applies to more than 65% of the total membership of the state's senate in one election season.[2]

Democrats (19):

Republicans (6):

Campaign contributions

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Michigan in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[3]

Year Number of candidates Total contributions
2010 188 $16,309,515
2008 38 $2,448,421
2006 133 $14,463,621
2004 38 $3,181,627
2002 156 $14,086,340

In 2010, the candidates running for state senate raised a total of $16,309,515 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were:[4]

Donor Amount
Senate Republican Campaign Cmte of Michigan $2,652,845
Michigan Senate Democratic Fund $808,605
Wenke, Lorence $415,100
Trebesh, Michael Frederick $353,093
Mridha, Debasish $344,773
Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association $198,846
Michigan Chamber of Commerce $169,110
Michigan Education Association $163,425
Michigan Bankers Association $149,150
Michigan Association of Realtors $123,450


Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

2010 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

Zero incumbents faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

Primary challenges

Three incumbents faced competition in the August 3 primary. The following 3 incumbents (3 Republicans) won their primaries:

Retiring incumbents

Twenty-nine incumbent senators did not run for re-election, while 9 incumbents (24%) ran for re-election. Of the 29 incumbents who did not seek re-election, 12 are Democratic candidates and 17 are Republican.

Incumbents who retired are:

Qualifications

Section 7 of Article 4 of the Michigan Constitution states, "Each senator and representative must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, and an elector of the district he represents. The removal of his domicile from the district shall be deemed a vacation of the office. No person who has been convicted of subversion or who has within the preceding 20 years been convicted of a felony involving a breach of public trust shall be eligible for either house of the legislature."

List of candidates

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District 1

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Lamar Lemmons (D) 3,815
  • Lisa Nuszkowski (D) 5,706
  • Mary Waters (D) 1,912
  • Coleman Young (D) 8,139 Approveda
  • Dobey Gavin (D) 179
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Coleman Young 40,122 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Dakeisha Harwick 2,895

District 2

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Hans Barbe (D) 403
  • Tracey Blair (D) 275
  • Olivia Boykins (D) 593
  • Ken Daniels (D) 2,286
  • Bert Johnson (D) 5,481 Approveda
  • Carol Kennedy (D) 791
  • Bettie Scott (D) 2,258
  • Kush Shaqiri (D) 2,485
  • Rita Smith (D) 885
  • Steve Smith 271 (D)
Note: Democratic incumbent Martha Scott was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bert Johnson 34,858 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John Chouinard 17,459

District 3

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Morris Hood (D) 8,016 Approveda
  • Mohamed Okdie (D) 2,642
  • William Robinson (D) 7,168
Note: Democratic incumbent Irma Clark-Coleman was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Morris Hood 43,849 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Doug Mitchell 11,994

District 4

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • George Cushingberry (D) 5,371
  • Michael Garrett (D) 1,584
  • Carron Pinkins (D) 1,434
  • Virgil Smith (D) 10,313 Approveda
Note: Democratic incumbent Buzz Thomas was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Virgil Smith 42,722 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Frederick Robinson II 1,241
Libertarian Party Raymond Warner 329
Grey.png D. Wilcoxon 931

District 5

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Tupac Hunter (D) 14,564 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 5 in 2006.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Tupac Hunter 44,055 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Bonnie Patrick 8,856

District 6

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Glenn Anderson (D) 12,443 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 6 in 2006.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Glenn Anderson 46,471 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John Pastor 37,001

District 7

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Patrick Colbeck (R) 9,293 Approveda
  • Abe Munfakh (R) 6,793
  • Dan Osterman (R) 5,513
  • Deborah Whyman (R) 8,023
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:
Grey.png Independent candidates:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Kathleen Law 43,173
Republican Party Patrick Colbeck 55,284 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Marlin Brandys 1,134
Grey.png Michael Kheibari 734
Grey.png John Stewart 5,508

District 8

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Hoon-Yung Hopgood 37,845 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Ken Larkin 25,280
Libertarian Party Loel Gnadt 1,093
Grey.png Neil Sawicki 4,697

District 9

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Note: Democratic incumbent Dennis Olshove was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Green Party August 3 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Steven Bieda 42,039Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Michael Ennis 33,258
Green Party Richard Kuszmar 2,072

District 10

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Note: Democratic incumbent Mickey Switalski was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Paul Gieleghem 37,369
Republican Party Tory Rocca 44,486 Green check mark transparent.png

District 11

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Jim Ayres (D) 7,338 Approveda
  • Jonathan Garstka (D) 3,433
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Jack Brandenburg (R) 13,562 Approveda
  • Leon Drolet (R) 10,067
  • Kim Meltzer (R) 9,809
  • Colleen Saputo (R) 2,394
Note: Republican incumbent Alan Sanborn did not run for re-election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Jim Ayres 34,166
Republican Party Jack Brandenburg 65,403 Green check mark transparent.png

District 12

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • John Garfield (R) 3,193
  • Lois Golden (R) 1,209
  • James Marleau (R) 10,676 Approveda
  • Copper Rizzo (R) 7,633
  • Kim Russell (R) 8,185
  • Gene Taliercio (R) 2,494

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Casandra Ulbrich 36,526
Republican Party James Marleau 56,894 Green check mark transparent.png

District 13

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Roi Chinn (R) 2,644
  • David Kniffin (R) 5,036
  • John Pappageorge (R) 27,312 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 13 in 2006.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Aaron Bailey 42,830
Republican Party John Pappageorge 62,324 Green check mark transparent.png

District 14

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • David Coulter (D) 7,564
  • Jenifer Franklin (D) 4,099
  • Vincent Gregory (D) 9,200 Approveda
  • Anthony McDonald (D) 753
  • Derhun Sanders (D) 745
  • Howard Worthy (D) 877
Note: Democratic incumbent Gilda Jacobs was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • James Hardin (R) 3,151
  • Michael Peters (R) 7,239 Approveda
  • Robert Vaughan (R) 4,382
Green Party August 3 Green Party primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Vincent Gregory 62,863 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Michael Peters 31,944
Green Party Karen Shelley 2,415

District 15

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Tom Crawford (D) 2,159
  • Pam Jackson (D) 7,368 Approveda
  • Christopher Maloney (D) 2,055
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Kerry Bentivolio (R) 4,972
  • Paul Graves (R) 3,554
  • Mike Kowall (R) 16,818 Approveda
  • John Mohyi (R) 1,318
  • Alan Stephens (R) 2,881
  • Steven Valentini (R) 2,046
Note: Republican incumbent Nancy Cassis was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Pam Jackson 39,233
Republican Party Mike Kowall 65,216 Green check mark transparent.png

District 16

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Cameron Brown was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Doug Spade 26,181
Republican Party Bruce Caswell 47,504 Green check mark transparent.png

District 17

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Al Bain (R) 5,906
  • Randy Richardville (R) 17,406 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 17 in 2007.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John Spencer 32,980
Republican Party Randy Richardville 51,657 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Ronald Muszynski 2,415

District 18

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Rebekah Warren 60,333 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John Hochstetler 31,771

District 19

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Michael Nofs (R) 21,025 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 19 in 2009.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Brenda Abbey 26,657
Republican Party Michael Nofs 46,543 Green check mark transparent.png

District 20

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Tom George was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Robert Jones 34,507
Republican Party Tonya Schuitmaker 47,680 Green check mark transparent.png

District 21

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

Note: Republican incumbent Ron Jelinek was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Scott Elliott 25,062
Republican Party John Proos 49,818 Green check mark transparent.png

District 22

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Joe Hune (R) 26,500 Approveda
  • Paul Rogers (R) 11,152
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Chuck Fellows 29,325
Republican Party Joe Hune 65,170 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Todd Richardson 3,201

District 23

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Gretchen Whitmer (D) 17,686 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 23 in 2006.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Gretchen Whitmer 49,990 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Kyle Haubrich 28,133

District 24

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Patricia Birkholz was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Michelle Disano 30,052
Republican Party Rick Jones 64,039 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Bradley Cook 3,413

District 25

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Todd Courser (R) 11,592
  • Lauren Hager (R) 9,027
  • Phil Pavlov (R) 14,632 Approveda

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John Nugent 26,393
Republican Party Phil Pavlov 53,342 Green check mark transparent.png

District 26

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • Katherine Houston (D) 2,625
  • Jim Slezak (D) 5,386
  • Paula Zelenko (D) 6,907 Approveda
Note: Democratic incumbent Deborah Cherry was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Fran Amos (R) 6,354
  • Michael Matheny (R) 3,604
  • David Robertson (R) 12,940 Approveda
  • Tim Terpening (R) 1,403
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Paula Zelenko 36,231
Republican Party David Robertson 49,700 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Mark Sanborn 4,427

District 27

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
  • John Gleason (D) 16,470 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 27 in 2007.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John Gleason 51,666 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Vernon Molnar 23,920
Libertarian Party Pat Clawson 2,168

District 28

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Mark Jansen (R) 41,027 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 28 in 2006.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Robin Golden 26,276
Republican Party Mark Jansen 74,529 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Jamie Lewis 3,069

District 29

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party David LaGrand 36,830
Republican Party Dave Hildenbrand 41,042 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Bill Gelineau 1,406

District 30

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Arlan Meekhof (R) 25,901 Approveda
  • Timothy Odonnell (R) 4,276
  • Brett Vanderkamp (R) 20,504
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party John Chester 20,061
Republican Party Arlan Meekhof 74,409 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Bruce Campbell 3,058

District 31

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Note: Democratic incumbent Jim Barcia was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Jeff Mayes 36,629
Republican Party Mike Green 51,678 Green check mark transparent.png

District 32

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Gary Dunn (R) 5,239
  • Roger Kahn (R) 18,332 Approveda Incumbent, was first elected to District 32 in 2007.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:
August 3 U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Debasish Mridha 32,692
Republican Party Roger Kahn 43,577 Green check mark transparent.png
Keith Beyerlein 1,618 (US Taxpayers Party of Michigan)
Libertarian Party Albert Chia, Jr. 702

District 33

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Alan Cropsey was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Note: Calley was chosen to run for lieutenant governor after the primary election. Judy Emmons was selected to replace him on the general election ballot.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party James Hoisington 25,206
Republican Party Judy Emmons 50,222 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Joshua Lillie 2,403

District 34

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Gerald VanWoerkom was not eligible for re-election under Michigan's term limits.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Mary Valentine 33,261
Republican Party Goeff Hansen 49,065 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Nicholas Sundquist 2,108

District 35

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
  • Darwin Booher (R) 18,482 Approveda
  • Kevin Davis (R) 6,125
  • Gary Finstrom (R) 10,633
Note: Republican incumbent Michelle McManus was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.
Libertarian Party August 3 Libertarian primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Roger Dunigan 30,819
Republican Party Darwin Booher 56,318 Green check mark transparent.png
Libertarian Party Allitta Hren 2,521

District 36

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

Note: Republican incumbent Tony Stamas did not run for re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Andy Neumann 32,154
Republican Party John Moolenaar 56,634 Green check mark transparent.png

District 37

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:
Note: Republican incumbent Jason Allen did not run for re-election due to Michigan term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bob Carr 34,122
Republican Party Howard Walker 62,697 Green check mark transparent.png

District 38

Democratic Party August 3 Democratic primary result:
Note: Democratic incumbent Mike Prusi was not eligible for re-election due to Michigan's term limits.
Republican Party August 3 GOP primary result:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Michael Lahti 39,320
Republican Party Tom Casperson 49,868 Green check mark transparent.png

See also

External links

Footnotes


Current members of the Michigan State Senate
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
Sue Shink (D)
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
Sam Singh (D)
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
Democratic Party (20)
Republican Party (18)