1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Michigan House District 26
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Dave Jaye (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Bill Browne (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dave JayeRepublican · winner
52.5%21,808
Bill BrowneDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%19,090
David WeidnerLibertarian
1.5%615
41,514 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET