1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Michigan House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Michigan House of Representatives district in the 1982 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 63 · R 47
Races110
Changed party0
Unopposed16%18 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 63 · R 47

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Michael Bennane (D)Unopposed
HD-2Burton Leland (D)61.2
HD-3Matthew McNeely (D)54.1
HD-4Alma Stallworth (D)Unopposed
HD-5Teola Hunter (D)Unopposed
HD-6Morris Hood Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-7Nelson Saunders (D)91.8
HD-8Carolyn Kilpatrick (D)Unopposed
HD-9Ethel Terrell (D)76.7
HD-10Virgil C. Smith Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-11Stanley Stopczynski (D)Unopposed
HD-12Curtis Hertel Jr. (D)57.7
HD-13William Bryant Jr. (R)41.5
HD-14Joe Young Sr. (D)81.7
HD-15Joe Young Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-16Juanita Watkins (D)87.3
HD-17Raymond Murphy (D)83.2
HD-18Sidney Ouwinga (R)7.1
HD-19Donald Vansingel (R)32.4
HD-20Rudy Nichols (R)2.4
HD-21Richard F. Sullivan (D)11.6
HD-22Gary Owen (D)Unopposed
HD-23Phillip E. Huffman (R)0.9
HD-24Robert D. McGee (R)14.1
HD-25Dennis Dutko (D)47.8
HD-26Mary Ellen Parrott (D)3.6
HD-27Vincent Porreca (D)34.8
HD-28Robert Demars (D)Unopposed
HD-29Rick Sitz (D)Unopposed
HD-30Jeffrey D. Padden (D)50.5
HD-31Bill Runco (R)3.1Incumbent lost
HD-32Richard Young (D)79.5
HD-33William Keith (D)94.4
HD-34John Bennett (D)Unopposed
HD-35Jack E. Kirksey (R)Unopposed
HD-36Gerald Law (R)15.9
HD-37Edward E. Mahalak (D)36.5
HD-38Justine Barns (D)6.3Incumbent lost
HD-39Jerry Bartnik (D)8.3
HD-40Tim Walberg (R)9.8
HD-41Michael Nye (R)30.9
HD-42Glenn Oxender (R)15.5
HD-43Carl F. Gnodike (R)25.9
HD-44Lad Stacey (R)24.3
HD-45James Middaugh (R)21.3
HD-46Mary Brown (D)16.6
HD-47Paul Wartner (R)17.2
HD-48Donald Gilmer (R)3.4
HD-49Richard Fitzpatrick (D)15.7
HD-50Michael Griffin (D)12.6Incumbent lost
HD-51Frederick Dillingham (R)31.5
HD-52Margaret Oconnor (R)17.6
HD-53Perry Bullard (D)90.0
HD-54Paul Hillegonds (R)35.7
HD-55William Vanregenmorter (R)55.2
HD-56Ernest Nash (R)6.9
HD-57David Hollister (D)34.7
HD-58Debbie Stabenow (D)18.1
HD-59H. Lynn Jondahl (D)2.8
HD-60Willis Bullard (R)18.1
HD-61Mat Dunaskiss (R)7.4Incumbent lost
HD-62Charlie J. Harrison Jr. (D)57.3
HD-63Gordon Sparks (R)27.8
HD-64Maxine Berman (D)41.0
HD-65Ruth B. McNamee (R)59.9
HD-66Wilfred Webb (D)36.8
HD-67Joseph Forbes (D)49.0
HD-68Shirley Johnson (R)14.1Incumbent lost
HD-69Wilbur Brotherton (R)43.1
HD-70Lloyd Weeks (D)56.7
HD-71Sal Rocca (D)30.5
HD-72David Evans (D)9.4
HD-73Nick Ciaramitaro (D)Unopposed
HD-74John Maynard (D)34.7
HD-75Kenneth J. Debeaussaert (D)16.8
HD-76James Docherty (D)4.2
HD-77Dick Allen (R)27.2
HD-78Keith Muxlow (R)24.7
HD-79John Cherry (D)24.0
HD-80Floyd Clack (D)69.5
HD-81Robert Emerson (D)43.3
HD-82Thomas Scott (D)27.4
HD-83Charles Mueller (R)3.7
HD-84John Strand (R)7.0
HD-85James Oneill (D)Unopposed
HD-86Lewis Dodak (D)39.2
HD-87Francis Spaniola (D)Unopposed
HD-88Robert Bender (R)3.9
HD-89Gary Randall (R)23.8
HD-90Victor Krause (R)10.9
HD-91Walter Delange (R)46.0
HD-92Thomas Mathieu (D)37.6
HD-93Vernon Ehlers (R)20.6
HD-94Jelt Sietsema (D)10.4
HD-95James K. Dressel (R)41.9
HD-96Marvin L. M. Knight (R)17.3
HD-97Edgar Geerlings (R)2.7
HD-98Ed Giese (R)23.8
HD-99Colleen Engler (R)6.6
HD-100J. Michael Busch (R)45.4
HD-101Thomas Hickner (D)39.6
HD-102Michael Hayes (R)36.2
HD-103Ralph Ostling (R)15.7
HD-104Thomas Power (R)33.2
HD-105Tom Alley (D)48.0
HD-106John Pridnia (R)1.8
HD-107Pat Gagliardi (D)3.6
HD-108Dominic J. Jacobetti (D)Unopposed
HD-109Jack Gingrass (D)96.2
HD-110Donald W. Koivisto (D)Unopposed

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