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The Michigan Senate is composed of 38 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of between approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents. [2] Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census.
Elissa Blair Slotkin (born July 10, 1976) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. [1] The district, numbered as the 8th from 2019 to 2023, stretches from Lansing to the outer northern suburbs of Detroit. A member of the Democratic Party, Slotkin was previously a Central ...
Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters. Carl Levin was Michigan's longest-serving senator (1979–2015). Four Michigan senators have risen to the position of President pro tempore, and one (Thomas W. Ferry) served as President of the Senate from November 22 ...
Paul Sancya/AP. Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has defeated Republican and former Congressman Mike Rogers for the state's open seat in the U.S. Senate, Scripps News and Decision Desk ...
Gretchen Whitmer. Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 49th governor of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan.
The battle for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat came into clearer focus Tuesday night as U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, won their parties ...
Elissa Slotkin ran on an image of political moderation and bipartisanship. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin has dashed Republican hopes of winning a Michigan Senate seat for the ...
A member of the Democratic Party, she became the state's first female U.S. senator after winning the 2000 election. Before her election to the Senate, Stabenow was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001.