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1996Final results

1996 election for Michigan House District 18

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Eileen Dehart (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Dennis Lemaitre (R) by 21.2 points.

Eileen DehartDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.6%15,306
Dennis LemaitreRepublican
39.4%9,959
25,265 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+30.41990D+10.11992D+3.71994D+21.21996D+27.41998D+28.12000

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