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2012Final results

2012 election for Michigan House District 72

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Ken Yonker (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Scott Urbanowski (D) by 20.6 points.

Ken YonkerRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.5%24,653
37.9%15,982
3.5%1,481
42,116 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+33.92006R+24.92008R+45.82010R+20.62012R+36.42014R+17.02016

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

The candidates