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2016Final resultsSpecial election

2016 special election for Michigan House District 11

Michigan House of Representatives · Michigan

Lauren Plawecki (D) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Pope (R) by 35.9 points.

Lauren PlaweckiDemocrat · winner
65.8%24,020
Robert E. PopeRepublican
29.9%10,905
Marc E. SosnowskiConstitution
4.3%1,586
36,511 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenD+43.52012D+39.62014D+0.62016D+35.92016 special electionD+33.82018

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

Lauren Plawecki (D)Robert E. Pope (R)

Also on the ballot: Marc E. Sosnowski (Constitution), 4.3%