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1986 general · November 4, 1986

1986 Michigan State Senate election results, district by district

Every Michigan State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 38 seats

After the electionD 18 · R 20
Races38
Changed party2
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 18 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1John Kelly (D)39.9
SD-2Basil Brown (D)68.7
SD-3Jackie Vaughn III (D)88.0
SD-4David Holmes Jr. (D)80.1
SD-5Michael Obrien (D)74.7
SD-6R. Robert Geake (R)22.5
SD-7Christopher Dingell (D)45.4
SD-8Rudy Nichols (R)11.1Flipped
SD-9Doug Carl (R)6.4Flipped
SD-10George Hart (D)4.1
SD-11Norman Shinkle (R)10.7
SD-12William Faust (D)51.4
SD-13John A. Welborn (R)19.1
SD-14Jerome Hart (D)13.3
SD-15Jack Faxon (D)25.2
SD-16Doug Cruce (R)15.3
SD-17Richard Fessler (R)30.4
SD-18Lana Pollack (D)28.0
SD-19Nick Smith (R)34.7
SD-20John Schwarz (R)3.1
SD-21Harmon Cropsey (R)9.6
SD-22Harry Gast (R)37.2
SD-23Ed Fredricks (R)39.3
SD-24William A. Sederberg (R)15.8
SD-25Joe Conroy (D)60.1
SD-26Gilbert J. Dinello (D)80.6
SD-27Arthur J. Miller Jr. (D)50.2
SD-28Dan Degrow (R)34.1
SD-29John Cherry (D)38.9
SD-30Frederick Dillingham (R)5.9
SD-31Dick Posthumus (R)42.9
SD-32Vernon Ehlers (R)37.9
SD-33Phil Arthurhultz (R)35.7
SD-34James Barcia (D)Unopposed
SD-35John Engler (R)18.4
SD-36Connie Binsfeld (R)25.4
SD-37Mitch Irwin (D)43.4
SD-38Joseph Mack (D)37.8

Michigan State Senate

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