1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Michigan House District 62
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Mark Schauer (D) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Eric Bush (R) by 10.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mark SchauerDemocrat · winner
55.1%17,520
Eric BushRepublican · incumbent
44.9%14,301
31,821 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET