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2006Final results

2006 election for Michigan House District 59

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Rick Shaffer (R) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Ed Pawlowski (D) by 32.0 points.

Rick ShafferRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.0%19,028
Ed PawlowskiDemocrat
34.0%9,803
28,831 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+38.52000R+34.42002R+41.42004R+32.02006R+19.72008R+44.02010

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