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1996Final results

1996 election for Michigan House District 97

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Howard Wetters (D) won with 74.4% of the vote, defeating Andrew Woods (R) by 48.8 points.

Howard WettersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.4%24,261
Andrew WoodsRepublican
25.6%8,355
32,616 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+10.11990D+20.51992D+38.71994D+48.81996D+30.11998D+35.62000

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