Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district

Michigan's 3rd State
House of Representatives
district
Michigan's 3rd State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Alabas Farhat; D–Dearborn
Demographics	34% White; 52% Black; 8% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 1% Other; 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	90,939
Notes

Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 3rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in the northeastern portion of Wayne County, Michigan, including much of Detroit's East Side.^[2] 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.^[3]

Demographics34% White
52% Black
8% Hispanic
2% Asian
1% Other
4% Multiracial

Population(2022)90,939

Notes^[1]

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Representative		Dates	Residence	Notes
William A. Ryan	Democratic	1965-72	Detroit^[4]	Redistricted from the former Wayne County, 3rd district
Casmer P. Ogonowski	Democratic	1973-82	Detroit	Resigned March 15, 1982^[5] after pleading guilty to extortion;^[6] redistricted from the 19th district
Clem Bykowski	Democratic	1982	Detroit	Elected in special election around June 1982^[7]
Matthew McNeely	Democratic	1983-86	Detroit	Redistricted from the 16th district
Ilona Varga	Democratic	1987-92	Detroit^[8]
Joe Young, Sr.	Democratic	1993-94	Detroit	Died April 1994;^[9] redistricted from the 15th district
Mary Lou Parks	Democratic	1994-98	Detroit	Elected in special election to fill vacancy^[10]
Artina Tinsley Hardman	Democratic	1999-04	Detroit^[11]	Term limited
LaMar Lemmons III	Democratic	2005-06	Detroit^[12]	Not to be confused with his father, LaMar Lemmons, Jr., a fellow state representative
Bettie Cook Scott	Democratic	2007-10	Detroit	Later served in the 2nd district
Alberta Tinsley Talabi	Democratic	2011-12	Detroit	Redistricted to the 2nd district
John Olumba	Democratic	2013	Detroit^[13]	Departed Democratic caucus to join the Independent Urban Democracy Caucus, February 19, 2013
John Olumba	Independent	2013-14	Detroit^[13]
Wendell Byrd	Democratic	2015-20.	Detroit^[14]
Shri Thanedar	Democratic	2021-22	Detroit^[15]	^[16]
Alabas Farhat	Democratic	2023-pres.	Dearborn	^[17]

Years	County	Municipalities	Notes
2013–present	Wayne	Detroit (Upper East Side and much of the area around Palmer Park)
2003-12	Wayne	Detroit (Lower East Side)
1993-2002	Wayne	Detroit (Lower East Side)
2011-2022	Wayne	Detroit (part)	^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shri Thanedar	28,575	93.32
	Republican	Anita Vinson	1,234	4.03
	Green	Stephen Boyle	813	2.65
Total votes			30,622
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	28,766	96.79
	Republican	John Brodersen	955	3.21
Turnout			29,721
	Democratic hold		Swing

List of representatives

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	19,481	97.09
	Republican	Dolores Brodersen	583	2.91
	Democratic Write-in	Damian Christian Mitchell	0	0.00
Turnout			20,064
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Olumba	33,938	95.86
	Republican	Dolores I. Brodersen	1,029	2.91
	Green	Louis M. Novak	436	1.23
Turnout			35,403
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley Talabi	13,200	93.99
	Republican	Daniel J. Lamar	522	3.72
	Green	Fred Vitale	322	2.29
Turnout			14,044
	Democratic hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	27,828	97.04
	Green	Fred Vitale	468	1.63
	Libertarian	Tim Beck	381	1.33
Turnout			26,677
	Democratic hold		Swing