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2002Final results

2002 election for Michigan Senate District 26

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Deborah Cherry (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating John Muller (R) by 11.7 points.

Deborah CherryDemocrat · winner
55.8%47,878
John MullerRepublican
44.2%37,852
85,730 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+29.61990R+28.71994R+38.51998D+11.72002D+22.62006R+15.72010

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