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2000Final results

2000 election for Michigan House District 22

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Raymond Basham (D) won with 73.6% of the vote, defeating Robert Chmielewski (R) by 50.6 points.

Raymond BashamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.6%19,627
22.9%6,115
Kenneth ReyesLibertarian
3.5%941
26,683 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+27.21994D+54.11996D+42.31998D+50.62000D+40.92002D+44.32004

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

The candidates

Raymond Basham (D)Robert Chmielewski (R)

Also on the ballot: Kenneth Reyes (Libertarian), 3.5%