| State: | Michigan |
| District: | 26 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Kevin Daley |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Lum |
| Percent White: | 88 |
| Percent Black: | 3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 5 |
| Percent Multiracial: | 3 |
| Population: | 260,620 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Notes: | [1] |
Michigan's 26th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 26th 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 Kevin Daley since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Aric Nesbitt.
District 26 encompasses parts of Genesee, Lapeer, Saginaw, and Tuscola counties.[4]
District 26, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, stretched along the Lake Michigan coast in Allegan and Van Buren Counties and parts of Kent County. Communities within the district included Kentwood, South Haven, Hartford, Paw Paw, Allegan, Otsego, Plainwell, Wayland, Antwerp Township, Gaines Township, and southern Holland.[5]
The district was located largely within Michigan's 6th congressional district, also extending into the 2nd and 3rd districts. It overlapped with the 66th, 72nd, and 80th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]
| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Gould | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Owosso | [7] | ||
| Charles P. Bush | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Lansing | [8] | ||
| Omar D. Conger | bgcolor= | Republican | 1857–1860 | Port Huron | [9] [10] | ||
| Ezra Hazen | bgcolor= | Republican | 1861–1862 | Dryden | [11] | ||
| John Merritt Lamb Sr. | bgcolor= | Republican | 1863–1864 | Memphis | [12] | ||
| William R. Nims | bgcolor= | Republican | 1865–1866 | Lexington | [13] | ||
| David Jerome | bgcolor= | Republican | 1867–1868 | Saginaw | [14] | ||
| Alfred B. Wood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1869–1872 | East Saginaw | [15] | ||
| Ralph Ely | bgcolor= | Republican | 1873–1874 | Alma | [16] | ||
| Isaac A. Fancher | bgcolor= | Republican | 1875–1876 | Mount Pleasant | [17] | ||
| Charles D. Nelson | bgcolor= | Republican | 1877–1878 | Muskegon | [18] | ||
| George A. Farr | bgcolor= | Republican | 1879–1882 | Grand Haven | [19] | ||
| Shubael F. White | bgcolor= | Republican | 1883–1884 | Ludington | [20] | ||
| Edward E. Edwards | bgcolor= | Republican | 1885–1886 | Fremont | [21] | ||
| Andrew Harshaw | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1887–1890 | Alpena | Elected on a fusion ticket in 1886, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[22] | ||
| Charles A. Fridlender | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Oscoda | [23] | ||
| Enoch T. Mugford | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1893–1894 | Hart | [24] | ||
| A. Oren Wheeler | bgcolor= | Republican | 1895–1896 | Manistee | [25] | ||
| James K. Flood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1897–1900 | Hart | [26] | ||
| Augustine W. Farr | bgcolor= | Republican | 1901–1906 | Onekama | [27] | ||
| Earl Fairbanks | bgcolor= | Republican | 1907–1910 | Luther | [28] | ||
| Charles E. Cartier | bgcolor= | Republican | 1911–1912 | Ludington | [29] | ||
| Samuel Odell | bgcolor= | Republican | 1913–1916 | Shelby | [30] | ||
| Charles W. Tufts | bgcolor= | Republican | 1917–1922 | Ludington | [31] | ||
| Orville E. Atwood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1923–1926 | Newaygo | |||
| Thomas Read | bgcolor= | Republican | 1927–1928 | Shelby | [32] | ||
| Orville E. Atwood | bgcolor= | Republican | 1929–1930 | Newaygo | [33] | ||
| Frank A. Smith | bgcolor= | Republican | 1931–1932 | Luther | [34] [35] | ||
| George Cutler | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Luther | [36] | ||
| Don VanderWerp | bgcolor= | Republican | 1935–1956 | Fremont | [37] | ||
| Lloyd A. Stephens | bgcolor= | Republican | 1957–1964 | Scottville | [38] | ||
| John T. Bowman | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1965–1974 | Roseville | [39] | ||
| Joseph M. Snyder | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1975–1978 | St. Clair Shores | [40] | ||
| Gilbert DiNello | bgcolor= | Democratic | 1979–1992 | East Detroit | [41] | ||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1992–1994 | |||||
| Mike Rogers | bgcolor= | Republican | 1995–2000 | Howell | Resigned after elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.[42] | ||
| Valde Garcia | bgcolor= | Republican | 2001–2002 | St. Johns | [43] | ||
| Deborah Cherry | bgcolor= | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Burton | [44] | ||
| Tonya Schuitmaker | bgcolor= | Republican | 2011–2018 | Lawton | [45] | ||
| Aric Nesbitt | bgcolor= | Republican | 2019–2022 | Lawton | [46] [47] [48] | ||
| Kevin Daley | bgcolor= | Republican | 2023–present | Lum | [49] | ||
| Year | Office | Results[50] |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Trump 55.0 – 43.1% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 54.8 – 42.9% |
| Governor | Schuette 52.5 – 44.2% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 55.3 – 38.6% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 52.8 – 42.3% |
| Governor | Snyder 62.2 – 35.2% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 54.8 – 44.1% |
| Senate | Hoekstra 50.4 – 46.3% |
| Map | Description | Apportionment Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Apportionment Plan | [51] | ||
| 1972 Apportionment Plan | [52] | |
| 1982 Apportionment Plan | [53] | ||
| 1992 Apportionment Plan | [54] | ||
| 2001 Apportionment Plan | [55] | |
| 2011 Apportionment Plan | [56] | ||