State: | Michigan |
District: | 18 |
Chamber: | Senate |
Representative: | Thomas Albert |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Lowell |
Percent White: | 84 |
Percent Black: | 5 |
Percent Hispanic: | 5 |
Percent Asian: | 2 |
Percent Multiracial: | 4 |
Population: | 267,620 |
Population Year: | 2022 |
Notes: | [1] |
Michigan's 18th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 18th 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 Thomas Albert since 2023, succeeding Democrat Jeff Irwin.[4] [5]
District 18 encompasses all of Barry County, as well as parts of Allegan, Calhoun, Ionia, Kalamazoo, and Kent counties.[6]
District 18, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in the city of Ann Arbor – home to the University of Michigan – also covering the nearby Washtenaw County communities of Ypsilanti, Saline, Pittsfield Township, Ypsilanti Township, and Superior Township.[7]
The district was largely located within Michigan's 12th congressional district, with a small portion extending into the 7th district. It overlapped with the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8]
Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
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Jesse G. Beeson | bgcolor= | Whig | 1853–1854 | Dowagiac | [9] [10] | ||
James Sullivan | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Dowagiac | [11] [12] | ||
Alexander H. Morrison | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1858 | St. Joseph | [13] | ||
Franklin Muzzy | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1859–1860 | Niles | [14] [15] | ||
Elijah Lacey | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Niles | Died in office.[16] [17] | ||
Rufus W. Landon | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Niles | [18] | ||
Warren Chapman | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1868 | St. Joseph | [19] | ||
Nathan H. Bitely | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1870 | Lawton | [20] | ||
George Hannahs | bgcolor= | Republican | 1871–1872 | South Haven | [21] | ||
James M. Goodell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Corunna | [22] | ||
Charles M. Wood | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1875–1876 | Pinckney | [23] | ||
Elliot R. Wilcox | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1877–1878 | Pontiac | [24] | ||
Peter Dow | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1882 | Pontiac | [25] | ||
Joel W. McMahon | bgcolor= | Republican | 1883–1884 | Marlette | [26] | ||
Carl Heisterman | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Bad Axe | [27] | ||
Chauncey W. Wisner | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1887–1892 | East Saginaw | [28] | ||
J. Milton Earl | bgcolor= | Republican | 1893–1896 | Belding | [29] | ||
Edgar S. Wagar | bgcolor= | Republican | 1897–1900 | Edmore | [30] | ||
George E. Nichols | bgcolor= | Republican | 1901–1902 | Ionia | [31] | ||
Charles H. Laflamboy | bgcolor= | Republican | 1903–1904 | McBride | [32] | ||
Walter Yeomans | bgcolor= | Republican | 1905–1908 | Ionia | [33] | ||
William H. Bradley | bgcolor= | Republican | 1909–1912 | Greenville | [34] | ||
Herbert E. Powell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1916 | Ionia | [35] | ||
George W. Miller | bgcolor= | Republican | 1917–1920 | Greenville | [36] | ||
Foss O. Eldred | bgcolor= | Republican | 1921–1924 | Ionia | [37] | ||
Charles R. Herrick | bgcolor= | Republican | 1925–1926 | Fenwick | [38] | ||
Harold E. Stoll | bgcolor= | Republican | 1927–1928 | Detroit | [39] | ||
Claude H. Stevens | bgcolor= | Republican | 1929–1932 | Highland Park | [40] | ||
John W. Reid | bgcolor= | Republican | 1933–1936 | Highland Park | [41] | ||
Thomas Burke | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Detroit | [42] | ||
Clyde V. Fenner | bgcolor= | Republican | 1939–1940 | Highland Park | [43] | ||
Clarence A. Reid | bgcolor= | Republican | 1941–1948 | Detroit | |||
James P. Hannan | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1949–1950 | Detroit | [44] | ||
Clarence A. Reid | bgcolor= | Republican | 1951–1952 | Detroit | [45] | ||
Allen H. Blondy | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1953–1954 | Detroit | [46] | ||
John B. Swainson | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1955–1958 | Detroit | [47] | ||
Raymond D. Dzendzel | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1959–1964 | Detroit | [48] | ||
Gilbert E. Bursley | bgcolor= | Republican | 1965–1978 | Ann Arbor | [49] | ||
Edward C. Pierce | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1979–1982 | Ann Arbor | [50] | ||
Lana Pollack | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1983–1994 | Ann Arbor | [51] | ||
Alma Wheeler Smith | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Salem Township | Also resided in South Lyon.[52] | ||
Elizabeth Brater | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Ann Arbor | [53] | ||
Rebekah Warren | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2011–2018 | Ann Arbor | [54] | ||
Jeff Irwin | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2019–2022 | Ann Arbor | [55] [56] | ||
Thomas Albert | bgcolor= | Republican | 2023–present | Lowell | [57] [58] |
Year | Office | Results[59] |
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2020 | President | Biden 77.2 – 21.5% |
2018 | Senate | Stabenow 75.6 – 22.9% |
Governor | Whitmer 76.4 – 21.4% | |
2016 | President | Clinton 73.2 – 22.2% |
2014 | Senate | Peters 71.9 – 24.9% |
Governor | Schauer 61.6 – 36.5% | |
2012 | President | Obama 72.2 – 26.7% |
Senate | Stabenow 73.1 – 23.5% |