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1996Final results

1996 election for Michigan House District 51

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Candace Curtis (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Jeffrey Goodrich (R) by 33.9 points.

Candace CurtisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%26,349
33.0%12,995
39,344 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+31.21990D+7.31992D+4.71994D+33.91996D+5.41998D+28.22000

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