Michigan's 11th House of Representatives district

Not to be confused with Michigan's 11th congressional district.

Michigan's 11th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 11th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Macomb and Wayne counties.^[3] The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.^[4]

Michigan's 11th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Veronica Paiz D–Harper Woods
Demographics	66.0% White 27.0% Black 2.8% Hispanic 1.2% Asian 0.6% Other 1.2^[1]% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	92,478^[2]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Thomas W. White		Democratic	1965–1968	Detroit	^[5]
Nelis J. Saunders		Democratic	1969–1972	Detroit	^[6]
Thaddeus C. Stopczynski		Democratic	1973–1982	Detroit	^[7]
Stanley Stopczynski		Democratic	1983–1992	Detroit	^[8]
Morris Hood Jr.		Democratic	1993–1998	Detroit	Died in office.^[9]
Irma Clark-Coleman		Democratic	1999–2002	Detroit	^[10]
Morris Hood III		Democratic	2003–2008	Detroit	^[11]
David Nathan		Democratic	2009–2012	Detroit	^[12]
David Knezek		Democratic	2013–2014	Dearborn Heights	^[13]
Julie Plawecki		Democratic	2015–2016	Dearborn Heights	Died in office.^[14]
Lauren Plawecki		Democratic	2016	Dearborn Heights	^[15]
Jewell Jones		Democratic	2017–2022	Inkster	^[16]
Veronica Paiz		Democratic	2023–present	Harper Woods	^[17]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	20,702	66.88
	Republican	James Townsend	10,252	33.12
Total votes			30,954
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	23,731	65.05%
	Republican	Robert Pope	12,749	34.95%
Total votes			36,480	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives special election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lauren Plawecki	24,020	65.79%
	Republican	Robert Pope	10,905	29.87%
	Constitution	Marc Joseph Sosnowski	1,586	4.34%
Total votes			36,511	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Plawecki	15,160	70.49
	Republican	Jim Rhoades	6,346	29.51
Total votes			21,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Knezek	27,626	71.75
	Republican	Kathleen Kopczyk	10,875	28.25
Total votes			38,501	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Nathan	16,272	97.08
	Republican	Leonard Mier	489	2.92
Total votes			16,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Nathan	30,815	96.93
	Republican	Leonard Mier	976	3.07
Total votes			31,791	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[25]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[26]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[27]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[28]
	Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[29]
	Wayne County (part) Dearborn Heights (part) Garden City Inkster Livonia (part) Westland (part)	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[30]

References

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