1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Michigan House District 61
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Mat Dunaskiss (R) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Alice Tomboulian (D) by 20.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mat DunaskissRepublican · winner
60.3%19,559
Alice TomboulianDemocrat · incumbent
39.7%12,885
32,446 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET