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2008Final results

2008 election for Michigan House District 73

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Tom Pearce (R) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Bruce A. Hawley (D) by 20.7 points.

Tom PearceRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.9%31,757
Bruce A. HawleyDemocrat
38.3%20,624
Larry OrcuttLibertarian
2.8%1,516
53,897 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+41.72002R+31.72004R+31.42006R+20.72008R+48.52010R+31.22012

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

The candidates

Tom Pearce (R)Bruce A. Hawley (D)

Also on the ballot: Larry Orcutt (Libertarian), 2.8%