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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Michigan House District 94

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Ken Sikkema (R) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Jelt Sietsema (D) by 4.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Ken SikkemaRepublican · winner
52.2%12,595
Jelt SietsemaDemocrat · incumbent
47.8%11,533
24,128 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+20.21980D+10.41982D+1.21984R+4.41986R+42.21988R+42.41990

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