Michigan's 23rd House of Representatives district

Michigan's 23rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 23rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Livingston, Washtenaw, 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 23rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Jason Morgan D–Ann Arbor
Demographics	86.4% White 4.2% Black 5.1% Hispanic 2.4% Asian 0.4% Other 1.6^[1]% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	92,098^[2]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Maxcine Young		Democratic	1965–1966	Detroit	^[5]
Jackie Vaughn III		Democratic	1967–1972	Detroit	^[6]
Hal Ziegler		Republican	1973–1974	Jackson	^[7]
Michael H. Conlin		Republican	1975–1978	Jackson	^[8]
Mary Keith Ballantine		Republican	1979–1982	Jackson	^[9]
Philip E. Hoffman		Republican	1983–1992	Horton	^[10]
Vincent Porreca		Democratic	1993–1996	Trenton	^[11]
George Mans		Democratic	1997–2002	Trenton	^[12]
Kathleen Law		Democratic	2003–2008	Gibraltar	^[13]
Deb Kennedy		Democratic	2009–2010	Brownstown	^[14]
Pat Somerville		Republican	2011–2016	New Boston	^[15]
Darrin Camilleri		Democratic	2017–2022	Brownstown	^[16]
Jason Morgan		Democratic	2023–present	Ann Arbor	^[17]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrin Camilleri	23,416	56.26
	Republican	Michael Frazier	16,365	43.74
Total votes			42,528	100%
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrin Camilleri	24,100	50.34%
	Republican	Robert Howey	23,777	49.66%
Total votes			47,877	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Somerville	16,060	52.12
	Democratic	David Haener	14,754	47.88
Total votes			30,814	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Somerville	22,810	50.49
	Democratic	Tom Boritzki	22,371	49.51
Total votes			45,181	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Somerville	15,742	53.55
	Democratic	Deb Kennedy	13,657	46.45
Total votes			29,399	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Kennedy	26,985	59.49
	Republican	Neil DeBlois	18,375	40.51
Total votes			45,360	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[24]
	Ingham County (part) Stockbridge Township Jackson County (part) Excluding Blackman Township Concord Township Hanover Township Jackson (part) Leoni Township Napoleon Township Parma Township Pulaski Township Sandstone Township Spring Arbor Township (part) Springport Township Summit Township (part) Tompkins Township Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor (part) Bridgewater Township Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township Lyndon Township Manchester Township Northfield Township Saline Township Scio Township Sharon Township Sylvan Township Webster Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[25]
	Ingham County (part) Leslie Leslie Township Jackson County (part) Blackman Township Columbia Township Grass Lake Township Hanover Township Henrietta Township Leoni Township Liberty Township Napoleon Township Norvell Township Rives Township Sandstone Township Tompkins Township Waterloo Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[26]
	Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Flat Rock Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Huron Township Rockwood Taylor (part) Trenton Woodhaven	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[27]
	Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Flat Rock Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Huron Township Rockwood Sumpter Township Woodhaven	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[28]
	Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Huron Township Trenton Woodhaven	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[29]

References

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