2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Michigan House District 65
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Mike Simpson (D) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Leslie Mortimer (R) by 5.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mike SimpsonDemocrat · winner
52.5%16,723
Leslie MortimerRepublican · incumbent
47.5%15,123
31,846 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET