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1996Final results

1996 election for Michigan House District 9

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Kwame Kilpatrick (D) won with 95.3% of the vote, defeating Edward Romanowski (R) by 90.7 points.

Kwame KilpatrickDemocrat · winner
95.3%20,800
4.7%1,017
21,817 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+67.61988D+88.91992D+91.01994D+90.71996D+90.81998D+93.02000

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