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1990Final results

1990 election for Michigan Senate District 9

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Doug Carl (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Richard Notte (D) by 7.5 points.

Doug CarlRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.8%39,256
46.2%33,772
73,028 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

EvenD+5.71978D+3.71982R+6.41986R+7.51990R+32.41994R+27.61998

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