Michigan's 54th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 54th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 54th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Oakland County.^[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 54th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Donni Steele R–Orion
Demographics	55.6% White 30.1% Black 5.6% Hispanic 3.3% Asian 5.0% Other 0.4^[1]% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	88,535^[2]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Edson V. Root Jr.		Republican	1965–1971	Bangor	Died in office.^[5]
Bela E. Kennedy		Republican	1971–1972	Bangor	^[6]
James S. Farnsworth		Republican	1973–1974	Holland	^[7]
Edgar Fredricks		Republican	1975–1978	Holland	^[8]
Paul Hillegonds		Republican	1979–1992	Holland	Lived in Augusta until around 1981.^[9]
Kirk Profit		Democratic	1993–1998	Ypsilanti	^[10]
Ruth Ann Jamnick		Democratic	1999–2004	Ypsilanti	^[11]
Alma Wheeler Smith		Democratic	2005–2010	Salem Township	^[12]
David E. Rutledge		Democratic	2011–2016	Ypsilanti	^[13]
Ronnie Peterson		Democratic	2017–2022	Ypsilanti	^[14]
Donni Steele		Republican	2023–present	Orion	^[15]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronnie D. Peterson	28,500	78.65
	Republican	Colton A. Campbell	7,737	21.35
Total votes			36,237	100
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronnie Peterson	30,148	74.99%
	Republican	Kevin Jardine	10,053	25.01%
Total votes			40,201	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Rutledge	18,608	75.33
	Republican	Ed Moore	6,093	24.67
Total votes			24,701	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Rutledge	29,949	77.45
	Republican	Bill Emmerich	8,722	22.55
Total votes			38,671	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Rutledge	18,146	61.16
	Republican	Richard Deitering	9,708	32.72
	Independent	David Palmer	1,363	4.59
	Constitution	Clifford McKinney	451	1.52
Total votes			29,668	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alma Wheeler Smith	33,501	71.13
	Republican	Tom Banks	12,281	26.07
	Libertarian	David Raaflaub	1,319	2.8
Total votes			47,101	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Allegan County (part) Allegan Allegan Township Casco Township Cheshire Township Clyde Township Ganges Township Holland (part) Laketown Township Lee Township Manlius Township Fennville Saugatuck Township Trowbridge Township Valley Township Watson Township Van Buren County	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[22]
	Allegan County (part) Excluding Cheshire Township Gunplain Township Lee Township Leighton Township Martin Township Otsego Otsego Township Plainwell Trowbridge Township Valley Township Wayland Township Ottawa County (part) Holland (part) Hudsonville Georgetown Township (part) Jamestown Township Zeeland Township Van Buren County (part) South Haven	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[23]
	Allegan County Barry County (part) Thornapple Township Yankee Springs Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[24]
	Washtenaw County (part) Salem Township Superior Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[25]
	Washtenaw County (part) Augusta Township Salem Township Superior Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[26]
	Washtenaw County (part) Superior Township Ypsilanti Ypsilanti Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[27]

References

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