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1970Final results

1970 election for Michigan Senate District 5

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Arthur Cartwright (D) won with 83.9% of the vote, defeating Edward Mack (R) by 67.9 points.

Arthur CartwrightDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.9%26,077
Edward MackRepublican
16.1%4,986
31,063 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+74.71986D+81.71994D+82.21998D+65.62002D+72.92006D+66.52010

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