2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Michigan House District 23
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Pat Somerville (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Deb Kennedy (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat SomervilleRepublican · winner
53.4%15,927
Deb KennedyDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%13,877
29,804 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET