1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Michigan House District 72
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Bob Perakis (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating David Evans (D) by 9.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob PerakisRepublican · winner
54.2%18,332
David EvansDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%15,255
Rudy ZornikLibertarian
0.7%229
33,816 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET