Michigan's 46th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 46th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 46th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Jackson and Washtenaw 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 46th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Kathy Schmaltz R–Jackson
Demographics	90.1% White 1.7% Black 3.9% Hispanic 2.5% Asian 0.2% Other 1.6^[1]% remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)	93,871^[2]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Homer Arnett		Republican	1965–1966	Kalamazoo	^[5]
William V. Weber		Republican	1967–1972	Kalamazoo	^[6]
Howard Wolpe		Democratic	1973–1976	Kalamazoo	^[7]
Mary Brown		Democratic	1977–1992	Kalamazoo	^[8]
Tom F. Middleton		Republican	1993–1998	Ortonville	^[9]
Ruth Johnson		Republican	1999–2004	Holly Township	^[10]
James Marleau		Republican	2005–2010	Lake Orion	^[11]
Bradford Jacobsen		Republican	2011–2016	Oxford Township	^[12]
John Reilly		Republican	2017–2022	Oakland Township	^[13]
Kathy Schmaltz		Republican	2023–present	Jackson	^[14]

Recent Elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reilly	26,786	59.95
	Democratic	Mindy Denninger	17,898	40.05
Total votes			44,684	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Reilly	33,073	69.31%
	Democratic	David Jay Lillis	14,642	30.69%
Total votes			47,715	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradford Jacobsen	21,513	69.15
	Democratic	David Lillis	9,597	30.85
Total votes			31,110	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradford Jacobsen	27,764	63.72
	Democratic	Daniel Sargent	15,810	36.28
Total votes			43,574	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradford Jacobsen	24,364	72.5
	Democratic	David Jay Lillis	9,240	27.5
Total votes			33,604	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Marleau	29,263	60.58
	Democratic	Katherine Houston	19,045	39.42
Total votes			48,308	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Kalamazoo County (part) Kalamazoo (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[21]
	Kalamazoo County (part) Kalamazoo (part) Kalamazoo Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[22]
	Kalamazoo County (part) Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Township (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[23]
	Oakland County (part) Brandon Township Groveland Township Highland Township Holly Township Rose Township Independence Township Springfield Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[24]
	Oakland County (part) Addison Township Brandon Township Groveland Township Holly Township Orion Township Oxford Township Rose Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[25]
	Oakland County (part) Addison Township Brandon Township Oakland Charter Township (part) Orion Township Oxford Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[26]

References

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3. "Hickory_House". Michigan. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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26. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.