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1988 election for Michigan House District 31

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Bill Runco (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Agnes Dobronski (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bill RuncoRepublican · winner
52.7%22,112
Agnes DobronskiDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%19,569
Heather SullivanWorking Families
0.6%270
41,951 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+3.11982R+21.11984D+1.31986R+6.11988D+4.31990D+31.81992

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

The candidates

Bill Runco (R)Agnes Dobronski (D)

Also on the ballot: Heather Sullivan (Working Families), 0.6%