2006Final results
2006 election for Michigan Senate District 8
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Raymond Basham (D) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Fred W. Kalsic (R) by 44.6 points.
Raymond BashamDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.0%58,501
Fred W. KalsicRepublican
26.4%21,727
Loel GnadtLibertarian
2.7%2,197
82,425 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