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Michigan State House of Representatives

Cora B. Anderson House of Representatives Office Building, Downtown Lansing

The Michigan State House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 Representatives, each of whom is elected from districts having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the U.S. Census. Representatives are elected in even-numbered years to 2-year terms, and take office on the first day of January following the election. Each Representative is limited to serving three terms.

Make-up of Michigan State House of Representives

Michigan House Districts

The current party composition of the House of Representatives is:
Affiliation Members
 Republican Party58
 Democratic Party49
 Vacant seats3
 Total
110
 Government Majority
6

Leadership

*Speaker of the House: Craig DeRoche of Novi (R-38)
*House Majority Floor Leader: Chris Ward of Brighton (R-66)
*House Minority Leader: Dianne Byrum of Onondaga Township (D-67)

Members of the Michigan State House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentative Party County(ies) 2006 Candidate/challenger
1Edward GaffneyRepublicanWayne
2Lamar Lemmons, Jr.DemocratWayneLemmons, Jr./
3LaMar Lemmons III
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-1ST SD
DemocratWayne
4Mary Waters
RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
DemocratWayne
5Bill McConico
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-2ND SD
DemocratWayne
6Marsha CheeksDemocratWayne
7Virgil SmithDemocratWayne
8George CushingberryDemocratWayne
9Tupac Hunter
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-5TH SD
DemocratWayne
10Gabe LelandDemocratWayne
11Morris Hood IIIDemocratWayne
12Steve TobocmanDemocratWayne
13Barbara FarrahDemocratWayne
14Ed ClementeDemocratWayne
15Gino PilodoriDemocratWayne
16Jim Plakas
RUNNING FOR DISTRICT COURT-35TH DISTRICT
DemocratWayne
17Andy DillonDemocratWayne
18Glenn Anderson
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-6TH SD
DemocratWayne
19John PastorRepublicanWayne
20John Stewart
TERM LIMITED
RepublicanWayne
21Philip LaJoyRepublicanWayne
22Hoon-Yung HopgoodDemocratWayne
23Kathleen LawDemocratWayne
24Jack BrandenburgRepublicanMacomb
25Steve BiedaDemocratMacomb
26Marie DoniganDemocratOakland
27Andy MeisnerDemocratOakland
28Lisa WojnoDemocratMacomb
29VACANT AS OF 2006--Oakland
30Tory RoccaRepublicanMacomb
31Fred MillerDemocratMacomb
32Daniel AcciavattiRepublicanMacomb, St. Clair
33Leon Drolet
RETIRING
RepublicanMacomb
34Brenda ClackDemocratGenesee
35Paul CondinoDemocratOakland
36Brian PalmerRepublicanOakland
37Aldo VagnozziDemocratOaklandVagnozzi/
38Craig DeRocheRepublicanOaklandDeRoche/Tim Jarrell
39David LawRepublicanOaklandLaw/Lisa Brown
40Shelley Taub
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-13TH SD
RepublicanOakland
41Robert Gosselin
RETIRING
RepublicanOakland
42Frank AccavittiDemocratMacomb
43Fran AmosRepublicanOakland
44John StakoeRepublicanOakland
45John GarfieldRepublicanOakland
46James MarleauRepublicanOakland
47Joe HuneRepublicanLivingston
48John Gleason
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-27TH SD
DemocratGenesee
49Lee GonzalesDemocratGenesee
50Paula Zelenko
TERM LIMITED
DemocratGenesee
51David RobertsonRepublicanGenesee
52Pam ByrnesDemocratWashtenaw
53Chris Kolb
TERM LIMITED
DemocratWashtenaw
54Alma SmithDemocratWashtenaw
55Kathy AngererDemocratMonroe, Washtenaw
56VACANT AS OF JUNE 2006--Monroe
57Dudley SpadeDemocratLenawee
58Bruce CaswellRepublicanBranch, Hillsdale
59Rick ShafferRepublicanCass, St. Joseph
60Alexander Lipsey
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-20TH SD
DemocratKalamazooRobert Jones
61Jacob HoogendykRepublicanKalamazooHoogendyk/Julie Rogers
62Mike NofsRepublicanCalhoun
63Lorence WenkeRepublicanCalhoun, Kalamazoo
64Rick BaxterRepublicanJackson
65Leslie MortimerRepublicanEaton, Jackson, Lenawee
66Chris WardRepublicanLivingston, Oakland
67Dianne Byrum
RETIRING
DemocratInghamBarb Byrum/
68Michael Murphy
TERM LIMITED
DemocratIngham
69VACANT AS OF JUNE 2006--InghamNA/Chris Lewless/Jerry Holister
70Judy EmmonsRepublicanIonia, Montcalm
71Rick JonesRepublicanEaton
72Glenn Steil Jr.RepublicanKent
73Tom PearceRepublicanKent
74William VanRegenmorter
RETIRING
RepublicanKent, Ottawa
75Jerry Kooiman
RETIRING
RepublicanKent
76Michael SakDemocratKent
77Kevin GreenRepublicanKent
78Neal NitzRepublicanBerrien, Cass
79John ProosRepublicanBerrien
80Tonya SchuitmakerRepublicanAllegan, Van Buren
81Philip PavlovRepublicanSt. Clair
82John StahlRepublicanLapeer
83John EspinozaDemocratSanilac, St. Clair
84Tom Meyer
RETIRING
RepublicanHuron, Tuscola
85Richard BallRepublicanClinton, Shiawassee
86Dave HildenbrandRepublicanKent
87Gary Newell
TERM LIMITED
RepublicanBarry, Ionia
88Fulton SheenRepublicanAllegan
89Barb Vander VeenRepublicanOttawa
90Bill HuizengaRepublicanOttawa
91David FarhatRepublicanMuskegon, Ottawa
92Doug BennettDemocratMuskegon
93Scott Hummel
RETIRING
RepublicanClinton, Gratiot
94Roger Kahn
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-32ND SD
RepublicanSaginaw
95Carl M. Williams
RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE-32ND SD
DemocratSaginaw
96Jeff MayesDemocratBay
97Tim MooreRepublicanArenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin
98John MoolenaarRepublicanMidland, Saginaw
99Bill CaulRepublicanIsabella, Midland
100Geoff HansenRepublicanLake, Newaygo, Oceana
101David PalsrokRepublicanBenzie, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason
102Darwin BooherRepublicanMecosta, Osceola, Wexford
103Joel SheltrownDemocratIosco, Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon
104Howard WalkerRepublicanGrand Traverse, Kalkaska
105Kevin ElsenheimerRepublicanAntrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego
106Matthew GillardDemocratAlcona, Alpena, Crawford,
Montmorency, Oscoda, Presque Isle
107Gary McDowellDemocratCheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac
108Tom CaspersonRepublicanDelta, Dickinson, Menominee
109Stephen Adamini
RETIRING
DemocratAlger, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft
110Rich Brown
TERM LIMITED
DemocratBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron,
Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon

See also

*Michigan Senate
*Michigan Legislature

External links

*Michigan House Democratic Caucus
*Michigan House of Representatives



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