2000Final results
2000 election for Michigan House District 86
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Valde Garcia (R) won with 63.7% of the vote, defeating Teresa Patterson (D) by 30.0 points.
Valde GarciaRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.7%24,525
Teresa PattersonDemocrat
33.7%12,988
David BrownLibertarian
2.6%991
38,504 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET