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2006Final results

2006 election for Michigan Senate District 5

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Tupac Hunter (D) won with 85.3% of the vote, defeating David Malhalab (R) by 72.9 points.

Tupac HunterDemocrat · winner
85.3%56,252
David MalhalabRepublican
12.4%8,164
2.3%1,510
65,926 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

EvenD+81.71994D+82.21998D+65.62002D+72.92006D+66.52010D+63.62014

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

The candidates