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1970Final results

1970 election for Michigan House District 16

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Josephine Hunsinger (D) won with 67.2% of the vote, defeating Lillian S. Pfeiffer (R) by 34.4 points.

Josephine HunsingerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.2%16,961
32.8%8,282
25,243 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

Races before and after

EvenD+69.81972D+76.51976D+87.31982D+85.01984D+83.51986D+87.31988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET