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1988Final results

1988 election for Michigan House District 5

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Teola Hunter (D) won with 95.7% of the vote, defeating Samuel Lamar (R) by 91.5 points.

Teola HunterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.7%18,495
Samuel LamarRepublican
4.3%821
19,316 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

EvenD+90.61980D+88.51984D+85.61986D+91.51988D+73.61992D+82.21994

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