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1980Final results

1980 election for Michigan House District 55

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Donald Gilmer (R) won with 70.5% of the vote, defeating Susan V. Reyff (D) by 41.0 points.

Donald GilmerRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.5%26,873
29.5%11,232
38,114 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenR+12.01974R+31.01976R+33.71978R+41.01980R+55.21982R+70.41984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET