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1998Final results

1998 election for Michigan Senate District 29

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Robert Emerson (D) won with 72.4% of the vote, defeating Mercedes Kinnee (R) by 44.8 points.

Robert EmersonDemocrat · winner
72.4%53,673
Mercedes KinneeRepublican
27.6%20,472
74,145 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+38.91986D+23.31990D+41.01994D+44.81998R+9.12002R+6.42006

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