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1984Final results

1984 election for Michigan House District 8

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) won with 97.2% of the vote, defeating Sandra Gassaway (R) by 94.4 points.

Carolyn KilpatrickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
97.2%25,586
Sandra GassawayRepublican
2.8%736
26,322 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

EvenD+94.71972D+94.41984D+91.31986D+94.71990D+72.41992D+76.61994

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