1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1978 election for Michigan Senate District 37
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Mitch Irwin (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating R. L. Brown (R) by 1.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mitch IrwinDemocrat · winner
50.8%46,559
R. L. BrownRepublican
49.2%45,058
91,620 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