1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Michigan House District 97
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Nancy Crandall (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Debbie Farhat (D) by 3.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nancy CrandallRepublican · winner
51.5%16,184
Debbie FarhatDemocrat · incumbent
48.5%15,248
31,432 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