1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Michigan Senate District 17
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Beverly Hammerstrom (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Lynn Owen (D) by 8.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Beverly HammerstromRepublican · winner
54.2%41,859
Lynn OwenDemocrat
45.8%35,353
77,212 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