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1998Final results

1998 election for Michigan Senate District 34

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Joel Gougeon (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Tom Alley (D) by 16.4 points.

Joel GougeonRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.2%47,404
Tom AlleyDemocrat
41.8%34,073
81,477 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+37.61982D+40.81990R+23.01994R+16.41998R+1.12002R+1.32006

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