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Michigan's 7th Senate district

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Michigan's 7th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Jeremy Moss since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Dayna Polehanki.[2][3]

Senator
  Jeremy Moss
D–Southfield
Demographics38.7% White
42% Black
8.4% Hispanic
4.7% Asian
0.1% Native American
0.5% Other
5.6% Multiracial
Population(2024)263,760
Notes[1]
Quick facts Michigan's 7th State Senate district, Senator ...
Michigan's 7th
State Senate district
Senator
  Jeremy Moss
D–Southfield
Demographics38.7% White
42% Black
8.4% Hispanic
4.7% Asian
0.1% Native American
0.5% Other
5.6% Multiracial
Population (2024)263,760
Notes[1]
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Geography

District 7 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 7, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the immediate western suburbs of Detroit in Wayne County, including Livonia, Northville, the city and township of Plymouth, Canton, and Wayne.[5]

The district was largely located within Michigan's 11th congressional district, also extending into the 13th district. It overlapped with the 11th, 16th, 19th, 20th, and 21st districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]

List of senators

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Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
Vincent L. Bradford Democratic 1839 Niles [7][8][9]
Samuel Etheridge Democratic 1839–1840 Coldwater [7][10]
Elijah Lacey Unknown 1840–1841 Niles [7][11]
John S. Barry Democratic 1841 Constantine [7][12]
Ephraim B. Danforth Democratic 1847–1848 Mason [7][13][14]
Rix Robinson Democratic 1847–1849 Ada [7][15]
Adam L. Roof Democratic 1849–1850 Lyons [7][16]
John Bowne Democratic 1850–1852 Hickory Corners [7][17]
David Sturgis Democratic 1851–1852 DeWitt [7][18]
The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district.[19][20]
Daniel Hixon Democratic 1853–1854 Clinton [7][21]
William H. Pattison Republican 1855–1856 Saline [7][22][23]
Sylvester Abel Republican 1857–1858 Ann Arbor [7][24][25]
Elihu B. Pond Democratic 1859–1860 Ann Arbor [7][26]
Thomas D. Lane Republican 1861–1862 Washtenaw County [7][27][28]
William Jay Republican 1863–1865 Whitmore Lake [7][29]
George Peters Republican 1867–1868 Petersburg [7][30]
Edward G. Morton Democratic 1869–1872 Monroe [7][31]
Nathan G. King Republican 1873–1874 Brooklyn [7][32]
Lucius D. Hawkins Democratic 1875–1876 Parma [7][33]
Michael Shoemaker Democratic 1877–1878 Jackson [7][34]
Hiram C. Hodge Greenback 1879–1880 Concord [7][35]
William F. Goodwin Republican 1881–1882 Concord [7][36]
Michael Shoemaker Democratic 1883–1886 Jackson In 1882 and 1884, Shoemaker was elected on a Fusionist ticket.[7][34][37][38]
Perry Mayo Republican 1887–1888 Battle Creek [7][39]
Alfred Milnes Republican 1889–1892 Coldwater [7][40]
Augustus Jewell Republican 1893–1896 Dowagiac [7][41]
Edwin A. Blakeslee Republican 1897–1900 Galien [7][42]
Frederick F. Sovereign Republican 1901–1904 Three Oaks [7][43]
James G. Hayden Republican 1905–1906 Cassopolis [7][44]
James H. Kinnane Republican 1907–1908 Dowagiac [7][45]
Charles E. White Republican 1909–1912 Niles [7][46]
Leon D. Case Democratic 1913–1914 Watervliet [7][47]
Edgar A. Planck Republican 1915–1918 Union [7][48]
Roy Clark Republican 1919–1922 Eau Claire [7][49]
Harry H. Whiteley Republican 1923–1926 Dowagiac [7][50]
George S. Barnard Republican 1927–1930 Benton Harbor [7][51]
James G. Bonine Republican 1931–1932 Cassopolis [7][52]
Leon D. Case Democratic 1933–1936 Watervliet [7][47]
Carroll B. Jones Democratic 1937–1938 Marcellus [7][53]
John T. Hammond Republican 1939–1942 Benton Harbor [7][54]
G. Elwood Bonine Republican 1943–1952 Vandalia [7][55]
Robert E. Faulkner Republican 1953–1958 Coloma [7][56]
Harry Litowich Republican 1959–1964 Benton Harbor [7][57]
Raymond D. Dzendzel Democratic 1965–1970 Detroit [7][58]
Jack Faxon Democratic 1971–1982 Detroit [7][59]
James R. DeSana Democratic 1983–1986 Wyandotte [7][60]
Christopher D. Dingell Democratic 1987–2002 Trenton [7][61]
Bruce Patterson Republican 2003–2010 Canton [7][62]
Patrick Colbeck Republican 2011–2018 Canton [7][63]
Dayna Polehanki Democratic 2019–2022 Livonia [7][64]
Jeremy Moss Democratic 2023–present Royal Oak [65]
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Recent election results

2022

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2022 Michigan Senate election, District 7[66]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeremy Moss (incumbent) 32,022 82.9
Democratic Ryan Foster 6,584 17.1
Total votes 38,606 100
General election
Democratic Jeremy Moss (incumbent) 80,597 74.2
Republican Corinne Khederian 28,008 25.8
Total votes 108,605 100
Democratic hold
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2018

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2018 Michigan Senate election, District 7[66]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dayna Polehanki 27,826 73.5
Democratic Ghulam Qadir 10,016 26.5
Total votes 37,842 100
General election
Democratic Dayna Polehanki 69,434 50.6
Republican Laura Cox 65,001 47.3
Libertarian Joseph LeBlanc 2,892 2.1
Total votes 137,327 100
Democratic gain from Republican
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2014

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2014 Michigan Senate election, District 7[66]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Patrick Colbeck (incumbent) 14,494 75.1
Republican Matthew Edwards 4,807 24.9
Total votes 19,301 100
General election
Republican Patrick Colbeck (incumbent) 52,567 52.7
Democratic Dian Slavens 47,110 47.3
Total votes 99,677 100
Republican hold
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Federal and statewide results

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Year Office Results[67]
2020 President Biden 54.8 – 43.7%
2018 Senate Stabenow 54.2 – 44.5%
Governor Whitmer 55.2 – 42.7%
2016 President Clinton 48.4 – 46.6%
2014 Senate Peters 51.4 – 44.8%
Governor Snyder 59.4 – 39.0%
2012 President Obama 49.7 – 49.6%
Senate Stabenow 54.6 – 42.3%
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Historical district boundaries

More information Map, Description ...
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan[68]
1972 Apportionment Plan[69]
1982 Apportionment Plan[70]
1992 Apportionment Plan[71]
2001 Apportionment Plan[72]
2011 Apportionment Plan[73]
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