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1998Final results

1998 election for Michigan Senate District 8

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Loren Bennett (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Kenneth Warfield (D) by 5.0 points.

Loren BennettRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.5%33,501
47.5%30,289
63,790 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

EvenR+11.11986R+8.21990R+2.71994R+5.01998D+31.82002D+44.62006

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