1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Michigan Senate District 9
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Doug Carl (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Jim Ayres (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Doug CarlRepublican · winner
52.6%30,630
Jim AyresDemocrat
46.2%26,898
Virginia CropseyIndependent
1.2%723
58,257 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET