1998Final results
1998 election for Michigan Senate District 7
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Christopher Dingell (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Rick Butkowski (R) by 37.2 points.
Christopher DingellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%43,886
Rick ButkowskiRepublican
29.8%19,516
Kristin StonerLibertarian
3.2%2,101
65,503 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