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2004Final results

2004 election for Michigan House District 59

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Rick Shaffer (R) won with 70.7% of the vote, defeating Ed Pawlowski (D) by 41.4 points.

Rick ShafferRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.7%27,044
Ed PawlowskiDemocrat
29.3%11,211
38,255 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenR+38.81998R+38.52000R+34.42002R+41.42004R+32.02006R+19.72008

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