Michigan's 17th Senate district

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Senator
  Jonathan Lindsey
R–Coldwater
Demographics85% White
4% Black
6% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population(2022)270,220
Notes[1]
Michigan's 17th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jonathan Lindsey
R–Coldwater
Demographics85% White
4% Black
6% Hispanic
1% Asian
4% Multiracial
Population (2022)270,220
Notes[1]

Michigan's 17th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 17th 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 Republican Jonathan Lindsey since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Dale Zorn.[4][5]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 17 encompasses all of Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties, as well as parts of Berrien, Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson counties.[6]

District 17, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered Lenawee and Monroe Counties on the outskirts of Detroit and Toledo, including the communities of Monroe, Adrian, Tecumseh, Carleton, Dundee, Hudson, Morenci, Blissfield, Clinton, Bedford Township, Monroe Township, Frenchtown Township, Berlin Township, Madison Township, and part of Milan.[7]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 7th congressional district, and overlapped with the 17th, 56th, 57th, and 65th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[8] It bordered the state of Ohio, and shared a water border with Canada via Lake Erie.[9]

List of senators

Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Edward S. Moore Democratic 1853–1854 Three Rivers [10][11]
Charles Upson Republican 1855–1856 Centreville [10][12]
Alonzo Garwood Republican 1857–1858 Cassopolis [10][13]
George Meacham Republican 1859–1860 Union [10][14]
Gilman C. Jones Republican 1861–1862 Dowagiac [10][15]
Emmons Buell Republican 1863–1864 Cass County [10][16]
Levi Aldrich Republican 1865–1866 Edwardsburg [10][17]
William B. Williams Republican 1867–1870 Allegan [10][18]
Francis B. Stockbridge Republican 1871–1872 Saugatuck [10][19]
Adam Beattie Republican 1873–1874 Ovid [10][20]
George M. Huntington Democratic 1875–1876 Mason [10][20]
Lorison J. Taylor Republican 1877–1878 Laingsburg [10][21][22]
Horace Halbert Republican 1879–1880 Fowlerville [10][23]
William M. Kilpatrick Republican 1881–1882 Owosso [10][24]
Justin R. Whiting Greenback 1883–1884 St. Clair Also backed by the Democrats.[10][25][26]
William M. Cline Democratic 1885–1886 Port Huron Elected on a fusion ticket in 1884, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party.[10][27][28]
Edwin G. Fox Republican 1887–1890 Mayville [10][29]
John Bastone Patrons[a] 1891 Caro Also endorsed by the Democrats. Resigned.[10][30][31]
Edmund M. Barnard Republican 1893–1898 Grand Rapids [10][32]
Robert D. Graham Republican 1899–1900 Grand Rapids [10][33]
Augustus W. Weekes Republican 1901–1904 Lowell [10][34]
Huntley Russell Republican 1905–1908 Kent County [10][35]
Horace T. Barnaby Jr. Republican 1909–1912 Grand Rapids [10][36]
Thomas H. McNaughton Republican 1913–1914 Ada [10][37]
John Paul Republican 1915–1916 East Grand Rapids [10][38]
Anson R. Harrington Democratic 1917–1918 Comstock Park [10][39]
Thomas H. McNaughton Republican 1919–1924 Ada [10][37]
James C. Quinlan Republican 1925–1928 Grand Rapids [10][40]
James A. Skinner Republican 1929–1932 Cedar Springs [10][41]
J. Neal Lamoreaux Democratic 1933–1934 Comstock Park [10][42]
M. Harold Saur Republican 1935–1936 Kent City [10][43]
J. Neal Lamoreaux Democratic 1937–1938 Comstock Park [10][42]
M. Harold Saur Republican 1939–1946 Kent City [10][43]
James C. Quinlan Republican 1947–1948 Grand Rapids Died in office.[10][40]
John B. Martin Jr. Republican 1949–1950 Grand Rapids [10][44]
Charles R. Feenstra Republican 1951–1962 Grand Rapids [10][45]
Robert VanderLaan Republican 1963–1964 Grand Rapids [10][46]
Carl W. O'Brien Democratic 1965–1966 Pontiac [10][47]
L. Harvey Lodge Republican 1967–1974 Waterford [10][48][49]
Kerry K. Kammer Democratic 1975–1982 Pontiac [10][50]
Richard D. Fessler Republican 1983–1990 Union Lake [10][51]
Jim Berryman Democratic 1995–1998 Adrian [10][52]
Beverly S. Hammerstrom Republican 1999–2006 Temperance [10][53]
Randy Richardville Republican 2007–2014 Monroe [10][54]
Dale Zorn Republican 2015–2022 Ida [10][55]
Jonathan Lindsey Republican 2023–present Coldwater [56]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 17[57]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jonathan Lindsey 21,717 61.4
Republican Kim LaSata (incumbent) 13,631 38.6
Total votes 35,348 100
General election
Republican Jonathan Lindsey 66,134 65.4
Democratic Scott Rex Starr 35,011 34.6
Total votes 101,145 100
Republican hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 17[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dale Zorn (incumbent) 57,771 57.8
Democratic Bill LaVoy 39,196 39.2
Libertarian Chad McNamara 2,903 2.9
Total votes 99,870 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 17[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dale Zorn 38,442 51.1
Democratic Doug Spade 34,706 46.2
Constitution Chad McNamara 2,039 2.7
Total votes 75,187 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year Office Results[58]
2020 President Trump 59.9 – 38.3%
2018 Senate James 54.8 – 43.1%
Governor Schuette 52.7 – 44.3%
2016 President Trump 58.1 – 36.3%
2014 Senate Land 47.9 – 47.6%
Governor Snyder 52.4 – 44.8%
2012 President Obama 49.5 – 49.4%
Senate Stabenow 54.9 – 41.4%

Historical district boundaries

Notes

References

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