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1996Final results

1996 election for Michigan House District 57

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Tim Walberg (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Doug Spade (D) by 0.7 points.

Tim WalbergRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.4%16,843
Doug SpadeDemocrat
49.6%16,596
33,439 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

EvenD+32.21990R+15.41992R+29.41994R+0.71996D+0.91998D+47.42000

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