List of majority leaders of the Michigan Senate

The Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate is the leader of the majority party in the upper chamber of the Michigan Legislature. Elected by the members of the majority caucus, the majority leader has the authority under the rules of the Senate to name members to committees, refer legislation to committee, and perform other duties required by the rules or by state law.^[1][2]

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Image	Senator	Party		Hometown	District	Session years
	Frank D. Beadle		Republican	St. Clair	34	1959–1962
	Stanley G. Thayer		Republican	Ann Arbor	33	1963–1964
	Raymond D. Dzendzel		Democratic	Detroit	7	1965–1966
	Emil Lockwood		Republican	St. Louis	30	1967–1970
	Robert VanderLaan		Republican	Kentwood	31	1971–1974
	Milton Zaagman		Republican	Grand Rapids	32	1974
	William B. Fitzgerald Jr.		Democratic	Detroit	1	1975-1976
	William Faust		Democratic	Westland	13	1976–1984
	John Engler		Republican	Mt. Pleasant	35	1984–1990
	Richard Posthumus		Republican	Alto	31	1991–1998
	Dan DeGrow		Republican	Port Huron	27	1999–2002
	Ken Sikkema		Republican	Grandville	28	2003–2006
	Mike Bishop		Republican	Rochester	12	2007–2010
	Randy Richardville		Republican	Monroe	17	2011–2014
	Arlan Meekhof		Republican	Ottawa	30	2015–2018
	Mike Shirkey		Republican	Jackson	16	2019–2022
	Winnie Brinks		Democratic	Grand Rapids	29	2023–

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