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2002Final results

2002 election for Michigan Senate District 5

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Burton Leland (D) won with 82.8% of the vote, defeating Bonnie Patrick (R) by 65.6 points.

Burton LelandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.8%49,780
Bonnie PatrickRepublican
17.2%10,334
60,114 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+74.71986D+81.71994D+82.21998D+65.62002D+72.92006D+66.52010

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