1998Final results
1998 election for Michigan Senate District 12
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Dave Jaye (R) won with 61.9% of the vote, defeating Dick Kennedy (D) by 26.0 points.
Dave JayeRepublican · winner
61.9%54,116
Dick KennedyDemocrat
35.8%31,339
Paul SoykLibertarian
2.3%1,983
87,438 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET