2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2010 election for Michigan Senate District 38
Michigan State Senate · Michigan
Tom Casperson (R) won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Michael A. Lahti (D) by 11.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom CaspersonRepublican · winner
55.9%49,868
Michael A. LahtiDemocrat
44.1%39,320
89,188 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