Michigan's 15th Senate district

Michigan's 15th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jeff Irwin
D–Ann Arbor
Demographics66% White
14% Black
6% Hispanic
8% Asian
5% Multiracial
Population (2022)270,378
Notes[1]

Michigan's 15th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 15th 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 Democrat Jeff Irwin since 2023, succeeding Republican Jim Runestad.[4][5]

Geography

District 15 encompasses parts of Lenawee, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties.[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 15, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered western Oakland County in the outer suburbs of Detroit, including the communities of Novi, West Bloomfield Township, Commerce Township, White Lake Township, Wixom, Lyon Township, South Lyon, Walled Lake, and most of Northville.[7]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 11th and 14th congressional districts, and with the 29th, 38th, 39th, 40th, and 44th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8]

List of senators

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Ransom Gardner Whig 1853–1854 Jonesville [9][10]
Alonzo Cressy Republican 1855–1856 Hillsdale [9][11][12]
Asahel Brown Republican 1857–1860 Coldwater Lived in Algansee until around 1859.[9][13]
Darius Monroe Republican 1861–1864 Bronson [9][14]
Cyrus G. Luce Republican 1865–1866 Gilead [9][15]
Charles W. Clisbee Republican 1867–1868 Cassopolis [9][16]
Amos Smith Republican 1869–1870 Vandalia [9][17]
Uzziel Putnam Jr. Republican 1871–1872 Pokagon [9][18]
James N. Neasmith Republican 1873–1874 Schoolcraft Township [9][19]
Thomas S. Cobb Democratic 1875–1876 Kalamazoo [9][20]
David R. Cook Republican 1877–1878 Hastings [9][21]
Jacob L. McPeek Republican 1879–1880 Grand Ledge [9][22]
Lewis Durkee Republican 1881 Nashville Died in office.[9][23]
David R. Cook Republican 1881–1882 Hastings [9][24][21]
John M. Norton Greenback 1883–1884 Rochester [9][25]
Samuel William Smith Republican 1885–1886 Pontiac [9][26]
John E. Barringer Democratic 1887–1890 Armada Elected on a fusion ticket in 1886, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[9][27]
Martin Crocker Democratic 1891–1892 Mount Clemens [9][28]
Samuel M. Wilkins Republican 1893–1894 Eaton Rapids [9][29]
Arthur D. Hughes Democratic 1897–1898 Irving Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket.[9][30]
William W. Potter Republican 1899–1900 Hastings [9][31]
Cassius L. Glasgow Republican 1903–1906 Nashville [9][32]
Karl D. Keyes Republican 1907–1908 Olivet [9][33]
Luren D. Dickinson Republican 1909–1910 Charlotte [9][34]
Coleman C. Vaughan Republican 1911–1912 St. Johns [9][35]
William M. Smith Republican 1913–1914 St. Johns [9][36]
Elbert V. Smith Republican 1915–1918 Nashville [9][37]
Murl H. DeFoe Republican 1919–1920 Charlotte [9][38]
G. Elmer McArthur Republican 1921–1922 Eaton Rapids [9][39]
George G. Hunter Republican 1923–1926 St. Johns [9][40]
Seth Q. Pulver Republican 1927–1928 Owosso [9][41]
Leon F. Miner Republican 1929–1930 Owosso [9][42]
John B. Davidson Republican 1931–1932 Eaton Rapids [9][43]
Henry C. Glasner Democratic 1933–1934 Charlotte [9][44]
Edward W. Fehling Republican 1935–1938 St. Johns [9][45]
Herman H. Dignan Republican 1939–1942 Owosso [9][46]
Murl H. DeFoe Republican 1943–1946 Charlotte [9][38]
Bion L. Bates Republican 1947–1950 Ovid [9][47]
James M. Teahen Jr. Republican 1951–1954 Owosso [9][48]
Donald E. Smith Republican 1955–1958 Owosso [9][49]
John Warner Fitzgerald Republican 1959–1964 Grand Ledge [9][50]
Sander M. Levin Democratic 1965–1970 Berkley [9][51]
Daniel S. Cooper Democratic 1971–1978 Oak Park [9][52]
Doug Ross Democratic 1979–1982 Oak Park [9][53]
Jack Faxon Democratic 1983–1994 Detroit [9][54]
David M. Honigman Republican 1995–1996 West Bloomfield Resigned due to poor health.[9][55][56]
Bill Bullard Jr. Republican 1996–2002 Highland Township Also resided in Milford.[9][57]
Nancy Cassis Republican 2003–2010 Novi [9][58]
Mike Kowall Republican 2011–2018 White Lake [9][59]
Jim Runestad Republican 2019–2022 White Lake [9][60]
Jeff Irwin Democratic 2023–present Ann Arbor [61]

Recent election results

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 15[62]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Runestad 25,757 89.5
Republican Michael Saari 3,013 10.5
Total votes 28,770 100
General election
Republican Jim Runestad 67,352 51.7
Democratic Julia Pulver 62,936 48.3
Total votes 130,288 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 15[62]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Kowall (incumbent) 11,344 49.8
Republican Matt Maddock 9,721 42.7
Republican Ron Molnar 1,707 7.5
Total votes 22,722 100
Democratic Michael Smith 6,867 61.3
Democratic Tom Crawford 4,332 38.7
Total votes 11,199 100
General election
Republican Mike Kowall (incumbent) 52,797 58.5
Democratic Michael Smith 37,489 41.5
Total votes 90,286 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[63]
2020 President Biden 50.7 – 48.0%
2018 Senate Stabenow 51.0 – 47.7%
Governor Whitmer 52.2 – 45.7%
2016 President Trump 49.8 – 45.7%
2014 Senate Peters 50.2 – 46.1%
Governor Snyder 62.6 – 35.9%
2012 President Romney 52.6 – 46.8%
Senate Stabenow 51.3 – 45.6%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [64]
1972 Apportionment Plan [65]
1982 Apportionment Plan [66]
1992 Apportionment Plan [67]
2001 Apportionment Plan [68]
2011 Apportionment Plan [69]

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