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1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Michigan House District 109

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Bart Stupak (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Jim Connors (R) by 6.4 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Bart StupakDemocrat · winner
53.2%19,948
Jim ConnorsRepublican · incumbent
46.8%17,556
37,504 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+5.21984R+3.01986D+6.41988D+13.11990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)