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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Michigan State Senate election results, district by district

Every Michigan State Senate district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 38 seats

After the electionD 24 · R 14
Races38
Changed party0
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 24 · R 14

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1William B. Fitzgerald (D)39.9
SD-2John C. Hertel (D)62.5
SD-3Basil Brown (D)93.0
SD-4David Holmes Jr. (D)72.6
SD-5Arthur Cartwright (D)84.2
SD-6Michael Obrien (D)63.9
SD-7Jack Faxon (D)61.7
SD-8Donald E. Bishop (R)37.6
SD-9Thomas Guastello (D)5.0
SD-10Patrick McCollough (D)55.2
SD-11John E. McCauley (D)16.9
SD-12David A. Plawecki (D)56.3
SD-13William Faust (D)51.0
SD-14Carl Pursell (R)25.6
SD-15Daniel S. Cooper (D)27.6
SD-16Bill S. Huffman (D)15.2
SD-17Kerry Kenneth Kammer (D)27.7Incumbent lost
SD-18Gilbert E. Bursley (R)8.0
SD-19Hal W. Ziegler (R)1.2
SD-20Harry A. Demaso (R)24.2
SD-21John A. Welborn (R)11.8
SD-22Charles O. Zollar (R)12.6
SD-23Gary Byker (R)29.2
SD-24Earl E. Nelson (D)20.2Incumbent lost
SD-25Gary G. Corbin (D)25.3Incumbent lost
SD-26Joseph M. Snyder (D)38.3
SD-27John T. Bowman (D)47.4
SD-28Alvin J. Degrow (R)13.6
SD-29Dale E. Kildee (D)49.4
SD-30Richard J. Allen (R)4.3
SD-31Robert Vanderlaan (R)33.9
SD-32John R. Otterbacher (D)22.4Incumbent lost
SD-33Tony A. Derezinski (D)28.8Incumbent lost
SD-34Jerome Hart (D)Unopposed
SD-35Robert D. Young (R)21.1
SD-36John R. Toepp (R)18.7
SD-37Robert Davis (R)1.6
SD-38Joseph Mack (D)34.2

Michigan State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner