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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Michigan State Senate election results, district by district

Every Michigan State Senate district in the 1978 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 party4
Unopposed13%5 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 24 · R 14

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1John Kelly (D)19.4
SD-2John C. Hertel (D)68.8
SD-3Basil Brown (D)Unopposed
SD-4David Holmes Jr. (D)73.6
SD-5Jackie Vaughn III (D)Unopposed
SD-6Michael Obrien (D)72.5
SD-7Jack Faxon (D)74.9
SD-8Donald E. Bishop (R)47.8
SD-9Thomas Guastello (D)5.7
SD-10George Hart (D)46.6
SD-11James Desana (D)40.6
SD-12David A. Plawecki (D)53.5
SD-13William Faust (D)54.2
SD-14R. Robert Geake (R)28.6
SD-15Doug Ross (D)25.7
SD-16Bill S. Huffman (D)30.9
SD-17Kerry Kenneth Kammer (D)Unopposed
SD-18Edward C. Pierce (D)6.6Flipped
SD-19John S. Mowat Jr. (R)3.9
SD-20Harry A. Demaso (R)Unopposed
SD-21John A. Welborn (R)38.1
SD-22Harry Gast (R)Unopposed
SD-23Ed Fredricks (R)38.4
SD-24William A. Sederberg (R)2.3Flipped
SD-25Gary G. Corbin (D)38.9
SD-26Gilbert J. Dinello (D)29.4
SD-27Arthur J. Miller Jr. (D)46.7
SD-28Alvin J. Degrow (R)14.0
SD-29Harold J. Scott (D)44.5
SD-30Richard J. Allen (R)23.0
SD-31Robert Vanderlaan (R)40.5
SD-32Stephen V. Monsma (D)6.8
SD-33Phil Arthurhultz (R)15.4Flipped
SD-34Jerome Hart (D)17.6
SD-35Robert D. Young (R)39.8
SD-36John Engler (R)34.3
SD-37Mitch Irwin (D)1.6Flipped
SD-38Joseph Mack (D)26.8

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