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1990 election for Michigan Senate District 24

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Debbie Stabenow (D) won with 67.5% of the vote, defeating Herbert Rudman (R) by 37.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Debbie StabenowDemocrat · winner
67.5%51,854
Herbert RudmanRepublican
30.1%23,111
2.5%1,884
76,849 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

EvenR+2.31978R+12.31982R+15.81986D+37.41990R+30.71994R+31.21998

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

The candidates

Debbie Stabenow (D)Herbert Rudman (R)

Also on the ballot: Robert Stepanovich (Libertarian), 2.5%