Michigan's 12th Senate district

Michigan's 12th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 12th 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 Democrat Kevin Hertel since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Rosemary Bayer.[4][5]

Michigan's 12th
State Senate district

Senator
 Kevin Hertel
DSt. Clair Shores
Demographics70% White
15% Black
7% Hispanic
5% Asian
3% Other
Population (2018)268,885[1]

Geography

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District 12 encompasses parts of Macomb, St. Clair, and Wayne counties.[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

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District 12, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered much of central Oakland County in the northern suburbs of Detroit, including Pontiac, Southfield Township, Bloomfield Township, Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor, Orion Township, Oakland Township, Addison Township, Oxford Township, and Independence Township.[7]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 8th, 9th, 11th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 29th, 35th, 40th, 43rd, 45th, and 46th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8]

List of senators

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SenatorPartyDatesResidenceNotes
Moses A. McNaughtonFree Soil1853–1854Jackson[9][10]
Austin BlairRepublican1855–1856Jackson[9][11]
Joseph E. BeebeRepublican1857–1858Jackson[9][12]
Ira C. BackusRepublican1859–1860Jackson[9][13]
Charles V. DeLandRepublican1861–1862Jackson[9][14]
Townsend E. GidleyDemocratic1863–1864ParmaElected on a Fusionist ticket.[9][15][16]
Richard J. CregoRepublican1865–1866Brooklyn[9][17]
George A. SmithRepublican1867–1868Somerset[9][18]
Ezra L. KoonRepublican1869–1870Hillsdale[9][19]
William R. StoddardRepublican1871–1872Litchfield[9][20]
Levi SparksRepublican1873–1874Buchanan[9][21]
Francis H. BerrickDemocratic1875–1876Buchanan[9][22]
William O. PackardRepublican1877–1878Covert[9][23]
James M. ShepardRepublican1879–1880Cassopolis[9][24]
Henry FordRepublican1881–1882Lawton[9][25]
Charles J. MonroeRepublican1883–1886South Haven[9][26]
John HolbrookRepublican1887–1890Lansing[9][27]
Marcus WilcoxDemocratic1891–1892CorunnaEndorsed by both the Democrats and the Patrons of Industry.[a][9][28][29][30]
Harvey MellenDemocratic1893–1894Romeo[9][31]
Fred M. WarnerRepublican1895–1898Farmington[9][32]
George B. DavisRepublican1899–1900Utica[9][33]
Jerome W. NimsRepublican1901–1902Romeo[9][34]
I. Roy WaterburyRepublican1903–1904Highland Station[9][35]
Thaddeus D. SeeleyRepublican1905–1908Pontiac[9][36]
Frank T. NewtonRepublican1909–1912Ypsilanti[9][37]
James E. McGregorDemocratic1913–1914Pontiac[9][38]
Frank L. CovertRepublican1915–1918Pontiac[9][39]
George W. MillenRepublican1919–1920Ann Arbor[9][40]
Charles A. SinkRepublican1921–1922Ann Arbor[9][41]
Andrew B. GlaspieRepublican1923–1924Oxford[9][42]
Elijah B. Howarth Jr.Republican1925–1926Royal Oak[9][43]
Charles A. SinkRepublican1927–1930Ann Arbor[9][41]
James E. LawsonRepublican1931–1932Royal Oak[9][44]
Andrew L. MooreRepublican1933–1935PontiacDied in office.[9][45]
George P. McCallumRepublican1937–1944Ann Arbor[9][46]
George N. HigginsRepublican1945–1946Ferndale[9][47]
Edgar F. DownRepublican1947–1948Pleasant Ridge[9][48]
George N. HigginsRepublican1949–1954Ferndale[9][47]
William BroomfieldRepublican1955–1956Royal Oak[9][49]
L. Harvey LodgeRepublican1957–1960Waterford Township[9][50]
Farrell E. RobertsRepublican1961–1964Pontiac[9][51]
Edward J. RobinsonDemocratic1965–1966Dearborn[9][52]
N. Lorraine BeebeRepublican1967–1970Dearborn[9][53]
David PlaweckiDemocratic1971–1982Dearborn Heights[9][54]
William FaustDemocratic1983–1994Westland[9][55]
Doug CarlRepublican1995–1997Mount ClemensDied in office.[9][56]
David JayeRepublican1998–2001UticaExpelled.[9][57]
Alan SanbornRepublican2001–2002Richmond[9][58]
Mike BishopRepublican2003–2010Rochester[9][59]
Jim MarleauRepublican2011–2018Lake Orion[9][60]
Rosemary BayerDemocratic2019–2022Beverly Hills[9][61]
Kevin HertelDemocratic2023–presentSt. Clair Shores[62]

Recent election results

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2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 12[63]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanMichael McCready 12,524 45.4
RepublicanJim Tedder12,23944.3
RepublicanTerry Whitney2,0737.5
RepublicanVernon Molnar7702.8
Total votes27,606 100
General election
DemocraticRosemary Bayer 59,302 49.4
RepublicanMichael McCready58,36348.6
LibertarianJeff Pittel2,4042.0
Total votes120,071 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 12[63]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJim Marleau (incumbent) 14,617 71.3
RepublicanBob Gray5,87328.7
Total votes20,490 100
DemocraticPaul Secrest 7,649 68.4
DemocraticKenneth VanNorwick3,54031.6
Total votes11,189 100
General election
RepublicanJim Marleau (incumbent) 50,117 57.5
DemocraticPaul Secrest37,06742.5
Total votes87,184 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

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YearOfficeResults[64]
2020PresidentBiden 52.2 – 46.3%
2018SenateStabenow 50.6 – 48.0%
GovernorWhitmer 52.0 – 45.7%
2016PresidentTrump 47.9 – 47.4%
2014SenatePeters 50.1 – 46.5%
GovernorSnyder 60.5 – 37.9%
2012PresidentRomney 49.9 – 49.4%
SenateStabenow 52.7 – 44.2%

Historical district boundaries

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MapDescriptionApportionment PlanNotes
1964 Apportionment Plan[65]
1972 Apportionment Plan[66]
1982 Apportionment Plan[67]
1992 Apportionment Plan[68]
2001 Apportionment Plan[69]
2011 Apportionment Plan[70]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Patrons of Industry were a farming organization founded in Port Huron, Michigan which, by 1890, had begun participating in political action independent of other political parties at the state level.

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