2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsSpecial election
2010 special election for Michigan House District 65
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Mike Shirkey (R) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Janet Rochefort (D) by 26.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Mike ShirkeyRepublican · winner
63.2%17,489
Janet RochefortDemocrat
36.8%10,192
27,681 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)