Michigan's 24th Senate district

Michigan's 24th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 24th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.[2][3] It has been represented by Republican Ruth Johnson since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Tom Barrett.

Michigan's 24th
State Senate district

Senator
  Ruth Johnson
RGroveland Township
Demographics89% White
2% Black
4% Hispanic
3% Asian
3% Multiracial
Population (2022)259,144
Notes[1]

Geography

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District 24 encompasses parts of Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb and Oakland counties.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

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District 24, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, surrounded Lansing, and covered all of Clinton, Eaton, and Shiawassee Counties and parts of eastern Ingham County. Communities in the district included Charlotte, Grand Ledge, Eaton Rapids, Potterville, Waverly, DeWitt, St. Johns, Corunna, Durand, Owosso, Williamston, Delta Township, Bath Township, DeWitt Township, and small parts of East Lansing and Lansing proper.[5]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 4th, 7th, and 8th congressional districts, and with the 65th, 67th, 69th, 71st, 85th, and 93rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]

List of senators

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Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Truman H. Lyon Democratic 1853–1854 Grand Rapids [7][8][9]
Wilder D. Foster Republican 1855–1856 Grand Rapids [7][10]
James Seymour Republican 1857–1858 Flushing [7][11]
Alexander P. Davis Republican 1859–1860 Flint [7][12][13]
Elbridge E. Gale Republican 1861–1862 Goodrich [7][14]
Henry H. Crapo Republican 1863–1864 Flint [7][15]
Alexander P. Davis Republican 1865–1866 Flint [7][12][16]
William Sanborn Republican 1867–1868 Port Huron [7][17]
Bela W. Jenks Republican 1869–1872 St. Clair [7][18]
Harrison H. Wheeler Republican 1873–1874 Wenona [7][19]
Townsend North Republican 1875–1876 Vassar [7][20]
Franklin S. Freeman Republican 1877–1878 Ionia [7][21]
Joseph P. Shoemaker Greenback 1879–1880 Montcalm County Endorsed by the Democrats.[7][22][23]
Erastus H. Stanton Republican 1881–1882 Ionia [7][24]
John W. Hance Republican 1883–1884 Mt. Pleasant [7][25]
Henry Woodruff Republican 1885–1886 Farwell [7][26]
Floyd L. Post Republican 1887–1888 Coleman [7][27]
Edbert B. Green Republican 1889–1890 Alma [7][28]
Frank L. Prindle Republican 1891–1892 Gladwin [7][29]
Peter Gilbert Democratic 1893–1894 Sterling [7][30]
Mendel J. Bialy Republican 1895–1896 Bay City [7][31]
Alexander Forsyth Democratic 1897–1898 Standish Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket.[7][32]
Perley C. Heald Republican 1899–1900 Midland [7][33]
Frank L. Westover Republican 1901–1904 Bay City [7][34]
Albert O. Heine Republican 1905–1906 Bay City [7][35]
Frank L. Edinborough Republican 1907–1908 Bay City [7][36]
William A. Collins Republican 1909–1912 Bay City [7][37]
William H. Allswede Progressive 1913–1914 Sanford [7][38]
Augustus H. Gansser Republican 1915–1918 Bay City [7][39]
William J. Bierd Republican 1919–1920 Auburn [7][40]
Ralph William Phillips Republican 1921–1922 Bay City [7][41]
Augustus H. Gansser Republican 1923–1932 Bay City [7][39]
Charles B. Asselin Democratic 1933–1934 Bay City [7][42]
Gerald J. Cotter Republican 1935–1936 Mt. Pleasant [7][43]
Joseph V. Coumans Democratic 1937–1938 Bay City [7][44]
Jerry T. Logie Republican 1939–1944 Bay City Resigned amid criminal charges.[7][45][46]
Frank Heath Republican 1945–1954 Bay City Died in office.[7][47]
Lynn O. Francis Republican 1955–1962 Midland [7][48]
Lester O. Begick Republican 1963–1964 Bay City [7][49]
S. Don Potter Republican 1965–1966 Lansing [7][50]
Harold W. Hungerford Republican 1967–1970 Lansing [7][51]
Philip O. Pittenger Republican 1971–1974 Lansing [7][52]
Earl E. Nelson Democratic 1975–1978 Lansing [7][53]
William A. Sederburg Republican 1979–1990 East Lansing [7][54]
Debbie Stabenow Democratic 1991–1994 Lansing [7][55]
Joe Schwarz Republican 1995–2002 Battle Creek [7][56]
Patricia L. Birkholz Republican 2003–2010 Saugatuck Township [7][57]
Rick Jones Republican 2011–2018 Grand Ledge [7][58]
Tom Barrett Republican 2019–2022 Charlotte Lived in Potterville until around 2021.[7][59][60][61]
Ruth Johnson Republican 2023–present Groveland Township [62]

Recent election results

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2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 24[63]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Barrett 22,127 70.4
Republican Brett Roberts 9,289 29.6
Total votes 31,416 100
General election
Republican Tom Barrett 66,969 53.5
Democratic Kelly Rossman-McKinney 54,352 43.4
Libertarian Katie Nepton 2,064 1.6
U.S. Taxpayers Matthew Shepard 1,711 1.4
Total votes 125,096 100
Republican hold

2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 24[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Jones (incumbent) 55,332 56.4
Democratic Dawn Levey 42,776 43.6
Total votes 98,108 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[64]
2020 President Trump 53.4 – 44.7%
2018 Senate James 49.8 – 48.2%
Governor Whitmer 50.2 – 46.7%
2016 President Trump 52.4 – 41.3%
2014 Senate Peters 52.5 – 43.7%
Governor Snyder 51.5 – 46.5%
2012 President Romney 49.6 – 49.4%
Senate Stabenow 55.2 – 41.5%

Historical district boundaries

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Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [65]
1972 Apportionment Plan [66]
1982 Apportionment Plan [67]
1992 Apportionment Plan [68]
2001 Apportionment Plan [69]
  2011 Apportionment Plan [70]

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