1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Michigan House District 41
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Nick Smith (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Paul Porter (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nick SmithRepublican · winner
56.6%14,209
Paul PorterDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%10,906
25,117 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET