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1970Final results

1970 election for Michigan House District 61

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Loren D. Anderson (R) won re-election with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Ronald Herron (D) by 13.7 points.

Loren D. AndersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.9%15,502
43.1%11,766
27,268 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

The seat's recent races

EvenR+21.41968R+13.71970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)