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2010Final results

2010 election for Michigan Senate District 7

Michigan State Senate · Michigan

Patrick Colbeck (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Kathleen Law (D) by 11.6 points.

Patrick ColbeckRepublican · winner
52.8%55,284
Kathleen LawDemocrat
41.2%43,173
John StewartOther party
5.3%5,508
Michael KheibariOther party
0.7%734
104,699 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

EvenD+37.21998R+12.62002R+3.02006R+11.62010R+5.52014D+3.22018

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

The candidates