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2000Final results

2000 election for Michigan House District 42

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Robert Gosselin (R) won with 67.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry Bixby (D) by 34.2 points.

Robert GosselinRepublican · winner · incumbent
67.1%27,104
Jerry BixbyDemocrat
32.9%13,279
40,383 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

EvenR+46.71994R+40.61996R+35.21998R+34.22000D+33.62002D+44.42004

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