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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Michigan House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Michigan House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 110 seats

After the electionD 64 · R 46
Races110
Changed party8
Unopposed18%20 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 64 · R 46

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Michael Bennane (D)Unopposed
HD-2Burton Leland (D)52.8
HD-3Casmer P. Ogonowski (D)55.0
HD-4George Cushingberry (D)Unopposed
HD-5Teola Hunter (D)90.6
HD-6Morris Hood Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-7Raymond W. Hood (D)Unopposed
HD-8Daisy Elliott (D)Unopposed
HD-9Ethel Terrell (D)Unopposed
HD-10Virgil C. Smith Jr. (D)72.0
HD-11Thaddeus Stopczynski (D)52.9
HD-12Curtis Hertel Jr. (D)48.4
HD-13William Bryant Jr. (R)58.1
HD-14William A. Ryan (D)62.7
HD-15Joe Young Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-16Matthew McNeely (D)Unopposed
HD-17Frank V. Wierzbicki (D)Unopposed
HD-18Carolyn Kilpatrick (D)Unopposed
HD-19Stanley Stopczynski (D)Unopposed
HD-20Juanita Watkins (D)Unopposed
HD-21Barbara-Rose Collins (D)80.4
HD-22Gary Owen (D)Unopposed
HD-23Mary Keith Ballantine (R)37.6
HD-24Richard Fessler (R)31.2
HD-25Dennis Dutko (D)28.0
HD-26Kirby Holmes (R)4.6Flipped
HD-27Jeffrey D. Padden (D)21.5
HD-28Thomas J. Anderson (D)Unopposed
HD-29Alfred A. Sheridan (D)26.1
HD-30Joyce Symons (D)33.1
HD-31Lucille McCollough (D)11.3
HD-32Richard Young (D)Unopposed
HD-33William Keith (D)50.9
HD-34John Bennett (D)31.5
HD-35Jack E. Kirksey (R)42.4
HD-36Sylvia M. Skrel (R)4.5
HD-37Thomas H. Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-38Edward E. Mahalak (D)6.1
HD-39Patrick L. Harrington (D)18.6
HD-40James E. Hadden (R)20.0
HD-41Nick Smith (R)35.1
HD-42Mark D. Siljander (R)Unopposed
HD-43Carl F. Gnodike (R)52.2
HD-44Lad Stacey (R)2.2
HD-45Bela E. Kennedy (R)38.9
HD-46Mary Brown (D)11.0
HD-47Robert A. Welborn (R)46.0
HD-48Richard Fitzpatrick (D)25.6
HD-49Everitt F. Lincoln (R)28.1
HD-50Michael Griffin (D)32.5
HD-51Frederick Dillingham (R)47.1
HD-52Roy Smith (R)31.9
HD-53Perry Bullard (D)36.4
HD-54Paul Hillegonds (R)Unopposed
HD-55Donald Gilmer (R)41.0
HD-56Ernest Nash (R)12.9
HD-57David Hollister (D)34.8
HD-58Debbie Stabenow (D)23.0
HD-59H. Lynn Jondahl (D)15.0
HD-60Claude A. Trim (D)25.4
HD-61Mat Dunaskiss (R)20.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-62L. Jean Willoughby (R)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-63Ruth B. McNamee (R)56.0
HD-64Wilbur Brotherton (R)39.5
HD-65James E. Defebaugh (R)61.1
HD-66Gary Vanek (D)31.1
HD-67Joseph Forbes (D)44.7
HD-68Shirley Johnson (R)29.8
HD-69Dana Wilson (D)43.4
HD-70John T. Kelsey (D)32.6
HD-71Doug Cruce (R)5.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-72Nick Ciaramitaro (D)35.2
HD-73Leo R. Lalonde (D)23.8
HD-74John Maynard (D)15.5
HD-75David Evans (D)12.4
HD-76Dan Degrow (R)1.7
HD-77Keith Muxlow (R)51.9
HD-78John G. Sirand (R)10.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-79Joe Conroy (D)40.6
HD-80Thomas Scott (D)Unopposed
HD-81Robert Emerson (D)27.7
HD-82Bobby D. Crim (D)43.0
HD-83Charles Mueller (R)16.8
HD-84Loren S. Armbruster (R)23.1
HD-85James Oneill (D)46.8
HD-86Lewis Dodak (D)44.7
HD-87Francis Spaniola (D)33.9
HD-88Alan Cropsey (R)42.8
HD-89Gary Randall (R)40.1
HD-90Martin D. Buth (R)39.6
HD-91Paul Henry (R)54.1
HD-92Thomas Mathieu (D)23.3
HD-93John R. Otterbacher (D)11.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-94Jelt Sietsema (D)20.2
HD-95James K. Dressel (R)54.8
HD-96Marvin L. M. Knight (R)7.8Flipped
HD-97Edgar Geerlings (R)42.5
HD-98Ed Giese (R)11.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-99Donald Vansingel (R)44.3
HD-100J. Michael Busch (R)48.5
HD-101James Barcia (D)58.8
HD-102Michael Hayes (R)23.1
HD-103Ralph Ostling (R)24.7
HD-104Connie Binsfeld (R)53.2
HD-105Tom Alley (D)32.3
HD-106Steve Andrews (R)37.5
HD-107Charles H. Varnum (R)23.8
HD-108Dominic J. Jacobetti (D)Unopposed
HD-109Jack Gingrass (D)38.6
HD-110Donald W. Koivisto (D)7.0

Michigan House of Representatives

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