Michigan's 32nd Senate district

Summary

Michigan's 32nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 32nd 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 Jon Bumstead since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Kenneth Horn.

Michigan's 32nd
State Senate district

Senator
  Jon Bumstead
RNorth Muskegon
Demographics75% White
14% Black
7% Hispanic
1% Asian
2% Other
Population (2018)258,279[1]

Geography edit

District 32 encompasses all of Benzie, Mason, Muskegon, and Oceana counties, as well as part of Manistee County.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan edit

District 32, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Saginaw, covering all of Saginaw County and parts of western Genesee County. Other communities in the district include Bridgeport, Buena Vista, Freeland, Shields, Frankenmuth, Flushing, Linden, Saginaw Township, Fenton Township, and Flushing Township.[5]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 4th and 5th congressional districts, and with the 48th, 49th, 51st, 85th, 94th, and 95th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]

List of senators edit

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Luther W. Clarke Democratic 1853-1854 Eagle River [7][8]
A. I. Upson Democratic 1855-1856 Eagle Harbor [7][9][10]
Robert J. Graveraet Democratic 1857-1858 Marquette [7][11][12]
William Edmund Dickinson Republican 1859-1860 Clifton [7][13]
Joseph Coulter Democratic 1861-1862 Ontonagon [7][14][15]
Elijah S. Northrop Democratic 1863 Hancock Died in office.[7][16]
John H. Forster Democratic 1865-1866 Houghton [7][17]
Thomas J. Brown Democratic 1867-1868 Houghton [7][18][19]
William Willard Jr. Democratic 1869-1870 Ontonagon [7][20][21]
Frank G. White Republican 1871-1872 Calumet [7][22]
Edwin B. Isham Republican 1873-1874 Negaunee [7][23]
Peter White Democratic 1875-1876 Marquette [7][24][25]
Reuben H. Osburn Republican 1877-1878 Calumet [7][26]
Seth D. North Republican 1879-1880 Hancock [7][27]
Joseph H. Chandler Republican 1881-1882 Hancock [7][28]
James Mercer Republican 1883-1884 Ontonagon [7][29]
Jay Abel Hubbell Republican 1885-1888 Houghton [7][30]
Thomas B. Dunstan Republican 1889-1890 Hancock [31][32]
John H. D. Stevens Republican 1891-1892 Ironwood [7][33][34]
Willis F. Sawyer Republican 1893-1894 Ontonagon [7][35]
Carlos D. Shelden Republican 1895-1896 Houghton [7][36]
Orrin W. Robinson Republican 1897-1898 Chassell [7][37]
Charles Smith Republican 1899-1910 Houghton County [7][38]
W. Frank James Republican 1911-1914 Hancock [7][38]
George Williams Republican 1915-1916 Calumet [7][39]
James M. Wilcox Republican 1917-1928 Calumet [7][40][41][42]
Adolph F. Heidkamp Republican 1929-1936 Lake Linden [7][43]
Henry F. Shea Democratic 1937-1940 Laurium [7][44]
William C. Birk Republican 1941-1942 Baraga [7][45]
Fred W. Burritt Republican 1943-1948 Houghton Died in office.[7][46]
Leo H. Roy Republican 1949-1958 Hancock [7][47]
Charles O. McManiman Democratic 1959-1964 Houghton [7][48]
Milton Zaagman Republican 1965-1974 Grand Rapids [7][49]
John R. Otterbacher Democratic 1975-1978 Grand Rapids [7][50]
Stephen V. Monsma Democratic 1979-1982 Grand Rapids [7][51]
Paul B. Henry Republican 1983-1984 Grand Rapids Resigned after elected to U.S. House of Representatives.[7][52][53]
Vern Ehlers Republican 1985-1993 Grand Rapids Resigned after elected to U.S. House of Representatives.[7][54][55][56]
Glenn Steil Sr. Republican 1994 Grand Rapids [7][57][54][58]
Leon Stille Republican 1995–2002 Crockery Township Lived in Ferrysburg from around 1995 to 2000.[7][59][60][61]
Michael Goschka Republican 2003–2006 Brant [7][62][63][64]
Roger Kahn Republican 2007–2014 Saginaw [7][65]
Kenneth Horn Republican 2015–2022 Frankenmuth [66][67][68]
Jon Bumstead Republican 2023–present North Muskegon [69]

Recent election results edit

2018 edit

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 32[70]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phil Phelps 14,152 58.7
Democratic Henry Gaudreau 9,938 41.3
Total votes 24,090 100
General election
Republican Ken Horn (incumbent) 62,375 55.5
Democratic Phil Phelps 50,058 44.5
Total votes 112,433 100
Republican hold

2014 edit

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 32[70]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stacy Erwin Oakes (incumbent) 11,257 61.8
Democratic Garnet Lewis 6,959 38.2
Total votes 18,216 100
General election
Republican Ken Horn 49,452 54.3
Democratic Stacy Erwin Oakes 41,539 45.7
Total votes 90,911 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results edit

Year Office Results[71]
2020 President Trump 51.6 – 46.9%
2018 Senate Stabenow 49.2 – 48.9%
Governor Whitmer 51.0 – 46.4%
2016 President Trump 50.7 – 44.5%
2014 Senate Peters 57.8 – 38.6%
Governor Schauer 50.9 – 46.8%
2012 President Obama 53.6 – 45.5%
Senate Stabenow 60.4 – 36.8%

Historical district boundaries edit

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [72]
1972 Apportionment Plan [73]
1982 Apportionment Plan [74]
1992 Apportionment Plan [75]
2001 Apportionment Plan [76]
  2011 Apportionment Plan [77]

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