1974Final results
1974 election for Michigan House District 42
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Deforrest Strang (R) won re-election with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Laurence S. McBride (D) by 8.7 points.
Deforrest StrangRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.4%11,321
Laurence S. McBrideDemocrat
45.6%9,501
20,825 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)