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1998Final results

1998 election for Michigan House District 9

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Kwame Kilpatrick (D) won with 95.4% of the vote, defeating Kimberly Carpenter (R) by 90.8 points.

Kwame KilpatrickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.4%15,877
4.6%766
16,643 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+88.91992D+91.01994D+90.71996D+90.81998D+93.02000D+88.92002

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