Michigan's 11th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 11th State
House of Representatives
district
Michigan's 11th State; House of Representatives; district
Representative
	Donavan McKinney; D–Detroit
Demographics	21.7% White; 66.5% Black; 2.7% Hispanic; 4.1% Asian; 0.3% Native American; 0.3% Other; 4.5% Multiracial
Population (2024)	93,272
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Michigan's 11th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 11th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Macomb and Wayne counties.^[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]

Representative

Donavan McKinney
D–Detroit

Demographics21.7% White
66.5% Black
2.7% Hispanic
4.1% Asian
0.3% Native American
0.3% Other
4.5% Multiracial

Population(2024)93,272

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Representative		Dates	Residence	Notes
Thomas W. White	Democratic	1965–1968	Detroit	^[4]
Nelis J. Saunders	Democratic	1969–1972	Detroit	^[5]
Thaddeus C. Stopczynski	Democratic	1973–1982	Detroit	^[6]
Stanley Stopczynski	Democratic	1983–1992	Detroit	^[7]
Morris Hood Jr.	Democratic	1993–1998	Detroit	Died in office.^[8]
Irma Clark-Coleman	Democratic	1999–2002	Detroit	^[9]
Morris Hood III	Democratic	2003–2008	Detroit	^[10]
David Nathan	Democratic	2009–2012	Detroit	^[11]
David Knezek	Democratic	2013–2014	Dearborn Heights	^[12]
Julie Plawecki	Democratic	2015–2016	Dearborn Heights	Died in office.^[13]
Lauren Plawecki	Democratic	2016	Dearborn Heights	^[14]
Jewell Jones	Democratic	2017–2022	Inkster	^[15]
Veronica Paiz	Democratic	2023–2025	Harper Woods	^[16]
Donavan McKinney	Democratic	2025–present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donavan McKinney	28,031	82.31
	Republican	Dale Walker	6,025	17.69
Total votes			34,056
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Veronica Paiz	23,656	66.57
	Republican	Mark Foster	11,882	33.43
Total votes			35,538
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	28,182	65.22
	Republican	James Townsend	15,030	34.78
Total votes			43,212
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	20,702	66.88
	Republican	James Townsend	10,252	33.12
Total votes			30,954
	Democratic hold

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jewell Jones	23,731	65.05%
	Republican	Robert Pope	12,749	34.95%
Total votes			36,480	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lauren Plawecki	24,020	65.79%
	Republican	Robert Pope	10,905	29.87%
	Constitution	Marc Joseph Sosnowski	1,586	4.34%
Total votes			36,511	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Plawecki	15,160	70.49
	Republican	Jim Rhoades	6,346	29.51
Total votes			21,506	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Knezek	27,626	71.75
	Republican	Kathleen Kopczyk	10,875	28.25
Total votes			38,501	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Nathan	16,272	97.08
	Republican	Leonard Mier	489	2.92
Total votes			16,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Nathan	30,815	96.93
	Republican	Leonard Mier	976	3.07
Total votes			31,791	100.0
	Democratic hold

Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[27]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[28]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[29]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[30]
Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[31]
Wayne County (part) Dearborn Heights (part) Garden City Inkster Livonia (part) Westland (part)	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[32]