Michigan's_16th_Senate_district

Michigan's 16th
State Senate district
Michigan's 16th; State Senate district
Senator
	Joe Bellino; R–Monroe
Demographics	88% White; 6% Black; 3% Hispanic; 1% Asian; 2% Other
Population (2018)	248,327

Michigan's 16th Senate district

American legislative district

Michigan's 16th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 16th 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 Joe Bellino since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Mike Shirkey.^[4]^[5]

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Senator		Dates	Residence	Notes
Joseph C. Leonard	Democratic	1853–1854	Union City	^[9]^[10]
Louis T. N. Wilson	Republican	1855–1856	Coldwater	^[9]^[11]
Frederick Shurtz	Republican	1857–1858	White Pigeon	^[9]^[12]^[13]
Comfort Tyler	Republican	1859–1860	St. Joseph County	^[9]^[14]
Joseph R. Williams	Republican	1861	Constantine	Died in office.^[9]^[15]
Henry H. Riley	Democratic	1862	Constantine	^[9]^[16]
Jonathan G. Wait	Republican	1863–1866	Sturgis	^[9]^[17]^[18]
Warren Chapman	Republican	1867–1868	St. Joseph	^[9]^[19]
Evan J. Bonine	Republican	1869–1870	Niles	^[9]^[20]
Lorenzo P. Alexander	Republican	1871–1872	Buchanan	^[9]^[21]
George M. Dewey	Republican	1873–1874	Hastings	^[9]^[22]
Asa K. Warren	Republican	1875–1876	Olivet	^[9]^[23]^[24]
Porter K. Perrin	Republican	1877–1878	St. Johns	^[9]^[25]
John S. Tooker	Republican	1879–1882	Lansing	^[9]^[26]
Joshua Manwaring	Democratic	1883–1886	Lapeer	^[9]^[27]
Jonathan W. Babcock	Republican	1887–1888	Lexington	^[9]^[28]
Robert L. Taylor	Republican	1889–1892	Lapeer	^[9]^[29]
Peter Doran	Democratic	1893–1894	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[30]
Julius M. Jamison	Republican	1895–1896	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[31]
Robert B. Loomis	Republican	1897–1902	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[32]
David E. Burns	Republican	1903–1904	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[33]
Andrew Fyfe	Republican	1905–1908	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[34]
Carl E. Mapes	Republican	1909–1912	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[35]
Leonard D. Verdier	Republican	1913–1916	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[36]
Harry C. White	Democratic	1917–1918	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[37]
Roy M. Watkins	Republican	1919–1920	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[38]
Eva McCall Hamilton	Republican	1921–1922	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[39]
Charles R. Sligh	Republican	1923–1924	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[40]
Howard F. Baxter	Republican	1925–1928	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[41]
Ernest T. Conlon	Republican	1929–1932	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[42]
Earl W. Munshaw	Republican	1933–1944	Grand Rapids	Died in office.^[9]^[43]
Perry W. Greene	Republican	1945–1962	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[44]
Milton Zaagman	Republican	1963–1964	Grand Rapids	^[9]^[45]
Robert J. Huber	Republican	1965–1970	Birmingham	^[9]^[46]
Donald E. Bishop	Republican	1971–1974	Rochester	^[9]^[47]
Bill Huffman	Democratic	1975–1982	Madison Heights	Resigned.^[9]^[48]
Dana F. Wilson	Democratic	1982	Hazel Park	^[9]^[49]
Doug Cruce	Republican	1983–1991	Troy	Resigned.^[9]^[50]
Michael J. Bouchard	Republican	1991–1994	Birmingham	^[9]^[51]
Mat J. Dunaskiss	Republican	1995–2002	Lake Orion	^[9]^[52]
Cameron S. Brown	Republican	2003–2010	Fawn River Township	^[9]^[53]
Bruce Caswell	Republican	2011–2014	Hillsdale	^[9]^[54]
Mike Shirkey	Republican	2015–2022	Clarklake	^[9]^[55]
Joe Bellino	Republican	2023–present	Monroe	^[56]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shirkey (incumbent)	18,105	63.5
	Republican	Matt Dame	10,389	36.5
Total votes			28,494	100
General election
	Republican	Mike Shirkey (incumbent)	56,980	62.7
	Democratic	Val Cochran Toops	31,129	34.3
	Libertarian	Ronald Muszynski	2,760	3.0
Total votes			90,869	100
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Shirkey	41,667	60.8
	Democratic	Kevin Commet	26,823	39.2
Total votes			68,490	100
	Republican hold

Year	Office	Results^[58]
2020	President	Trump 62.9 – 35.3%
2018	Senate	James 58.7 – 38.9%
2018	Governor	Schuette 56.5 – 40.0%
2016	President	Trump 61.3 – 33.3%
2014	Senate	Land 50.5 – 45.0%
2014	Governor	Snyder 57.9 – 39.6%
2012	President	Romney 55.0 – 43.9%
2012	Senate	Stabenow 49.9 – 46.6%

Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
Oakland County (part) Avon Township Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township Clawson Pontiac Township Royal Oak Southfield Township Troy	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[59]
Oakland County (part) Berkley Clawson Ferndale Hazel Park Madison Heights Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Royal Oak Township (part) Troy (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[60]
Oakland County (part) Berkley Birmingham Clawson Hazel Park Madison Heights Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Troy	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[61]
Oakland County (part) Addison Township Auburn Hills Independence Township Keego Harbor Lake Angelus Oakland Township Orchard Lake Village Orion Township Rochester Hills Springfield Township Sylvan Lake Waterford Township White Lake Township West Bloomfield Township (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[62]
Branch County Hillsdale County Lenawee County St. Joseph County	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[63]
Branch County Hillsdale County Jackson County	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[64]

Michigan's_16th_Senate_district

Michigan's 16th Senate district

Geography

2011 Apportionment Plan

List of senators

Recent election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

Historical district boundaries

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