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2000Final results

2000 election for Michigan House District 9

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Kwame Kilpatrick (D) won with 96.0% of the vote, defeating Lydia Polley (R) by 93.0 points.

Kwame KilpatrickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
96.0%19,893
Lydia PolleyRepublican
3.0%620
Kenneth VojtechLibertarian
1.0%205
20,718 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+91.01994D+90.71996D+90.81998D+93.02000D+88.92002D+90.02004

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

The candidates

Kwame Kilpatrick (D)Lydia Polley (R)

Also on the ballot: Kenneth Vojtech (Libertarian), 1.0%