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1982Final results

1982 election for Michigan Senate District 28

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Dan Degrow (R) won with 60.1% of the vote, defeating John Prager (D) by 21.9 points.

Dan DegrowRepublican · winner
60.1%46,140
John PragerDemocrat
38.2%29,324
Thomas HoffmanLibertarian
1.7%1,286
76,751 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+13.61974R+14.01978R+21.91982R+34.11986R+22.71990D+23.31994

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

The candidates

Dan Degrow (R)John Prager (D)

Also on the ballot: Thomas Hoffman (Libertarian), 1.7%