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2000Final results

2000 election for Michigan House District 70

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Gretchen Whitmer (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Bill Hollister (R) by 13.2 points.

Gretchen WhitmerDemocrat · winner
56.6%17,409
Bill HollisterRepublican
43.4%13,355
30,764 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+13.51994D+27.41996D+16.91998D+13.22000R+31.62002R+31.92004

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