1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Michigan Senate District 11
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
James Berryman (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Norman Shinkle (R) by 3.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James BerrymanDemocrat · winner
51.5%29,370
Norman ShinkleRepublican · incumbent
48.5%27,625
56,995 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET