2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Michigan House District 71
Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan
Tom Barrett (R) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Theresa Abed (D) by 0.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom BarrettRepublican · winner
50.2%17,760
Theresa AbedDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%17,612
35,372 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET