2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Michigan House District 55
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Rick Olson (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Michael Smith (D) by 5.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick OlsonRepublican · winner
52.9%17,295
Michael SmithDemocrat
47.1%15,381
32,676 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