1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Michigan House District 98
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Ed Giese (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Jeff Dongvillo (D) by 11.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ed GieseRepublican · winner
55.5%23,551
Jeff DongvilloDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%18,869
42,420 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