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Michigan's 8th
State Senate district
Senator
  Mallory McMorrow
D–Royal Oak
Demographics49% White
42% Black
2% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Other
3% Multiracial
Population (2022)260,994
Notes[1]

Michigan's 8th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The current senator for the district is Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak.[2]

Geography

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District 8 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.[3]

2011 Apportionment Plan

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District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.[4]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 24th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 36th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[5]

List of senators

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Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Alexander M. Arzeno Democratic 1853–1854 Newport [6][7]
William H. Montgomery Democratic 1855–1856 Ida [6][8][9]
William H. Pattison Republican 1857–1858 Saline [6][10][11]
Chester L. Yost Republican 1859–1860 Ypsilanti [6][12]
Nathan Webb Republican 1861–1862 Ypsilanti [6][13]
John J. Robison Democratic 1863–1864 Manchester Elected on a Fusionist ticket.[6][14][15]
J. Webster Childs Republican 1865–1866 Ypsilanti [6][16][17]
Charles Croswell Republican 1867–1868 Adrian [6][18]
John K. Boies Republican 1869–1870 Hudson [6][19]
James P. Cawley Republican 1871–1872 Morenci [6][20][21]
Philip H. Emerson Republican 1873 Battle Creek Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.[6][22]
Willson F. Hewitt Republican 1874 Marshall [6][23]
William Cook Republican 1875–1878 Homer [6][24]
John C. Patterson Republican 1879–1882 Marshall [6][25]
Charles Austin Republican 1883–1886 Battle Creek [6][26]
Warren J. Willits Republican 1887–1888 Three Rivers [6][27]
Peyton Ranney Republican 1889–1890 Kalamazoo [6][28]
Marden Sabin Republican 1891–1892 Centreville [6][29]
Jan W. Garvelink Republican 1893–1894 Allegan County [6][30]
George W. Merriman Republican 1895–1898 Hartford [6][31]
James W. Humphrey Republican 1899–1902 Wayland [6][32]
Jason Woodman Republican 1903–1906 Paw Paw [6][33]
Erastus N. Bates Republican 1907–1910 Moline [6][34]
Milan D. Wiggins Republican 1911–1914 Bloomingdale Died in office.[6][35]
Burrell Tripp Republican 1915–1918 Allegan [6][36]
Bayard G. Davis Republican 1919–1922 Lawton [6][37]
George Leland Republican 1923–1934 Fennville Died in office.[6][38]
Frank R. Mosier Republican 1935–1936 Fennville [6][39]
Earl L. Burhans Republican 1937–1942 Paw Paw [6][40]
Harold D. Tripp Republican 1943–1950 Allegan [6][41]
J. Edward Hutchinson Republican 1951–1960 Fennville [6][42]
Frederic Hilbert Republican 1961–1964 Wayland [6][43]
Michael J. O'Brien Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Died in office.[6][44]
Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1974 Detroit [6][45]
Donald E. Bishop Republican 1975–1982 Rochester [6][46]
Philip Mastin Democratic 1983 Pontiac [6][47]
Rudy J. Nichols Republican 1984–1990 Waterford [6][48]
Mat J. Dunaskiss Republican 1991–1994 Lake Orion [6][49]
Loren N. Bennett Republican 1995–2002 Canton [6][50]
Raymond E. Basham Democratic 2003–2010 Taylor [6][51]
Hoon-Yung Hopgood Democratic 2011–2014 Taylor [6][52]
Jack Brandenburg Republican 2015–2018 Harrison Township [6][53]
Peter Lucido Republican 2019–2020 Shelby Township Resigned after elected Macomb County prosecutor.[6][54]
Doug Wozniak Republican 2021–2022 Shelby Township [6][55]
Mallory McMorrow Democratic 2023–present Royal Oak [56]

Recent election results

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2021

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2021 Michigan Senate special election, District 8[57]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Robert 9,562 70.5
Democratic John Bill 3,999 29.5
Total votes 13,561 100.0
Republican Douglas Wozniak 9,510 35.7
Republican Pamela Hornberger 7,861 29.5
Republican Terence Mekoski 5,553 20.8
Republican Mary Berlingieri 2,050 7.7
Republican Kristi Dean 666 2.5
Republican Bill Carver 645 2.4
Republican Grant Golasa 372 1.4
Total votes 26,657 100.0
General election
Republican Douglas Wozniak 30,555 61.9
Democratic Martin Robert 18,838 38.1
Total votes 49,393 100.0

2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 8[58]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Lucido 24,261 71.7
Republican Ken Goike 9,565 28.3
Total votes 33,826 100
Democratic Paul Francis 10,113 46.6
Democratic Patrick Biange 6,612 30.5
Democratic Raymond Filipek 4,989 23.0
Total votes 21,714 100
General election
Republican Peter Lucido 76,172 61.8
Democratic Paul Francis 47,154 38.2
Total votes 123,326 100
Republican hold

2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 8[58]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Brandenburg (incumbent) 55,304 61.7
Democratic Christine Bell 34,279 38.3
Total votes 89,583 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[59]
2020 President Trump 59.1 – 39.5%
2018 Senate James 54.2 – 44.3%
Governor Schuette 52.9 – 44.6%
2016 President Trump 59.7 – 35.9%
2014 Senate Peters 48.6 – 46.7%
Governor Snyder 59.6 – 38.4%
2012 President Romney 53.5 – 45.6%
Senate Stabenow 54.4 – 42.3%

Historical district boundaries

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Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan [60]
1972 Apportionment Plan [61]
1982 Apportionment Plan [62]
1992 Apportionment Plan [63]
2001 Apportionment Plan [64]
2011 Apportionment Plan [65]

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