1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Michigan House District 71
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Doug Cruce (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Sal Rocca (D) by 5.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Doug CruceRepublican · winner
52.7%29,654
Sal RoccaDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%26,578
56,234 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