Michigan's 15th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 15th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. It has been represented by Democrat Jeff Irwin since 2023, succeeding Republican Jim Runestad.
Geography District 15 encompasses parts of Lenawee, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties.
2011 Apportionment Plan District 15, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered western Oakland County in the outer suburbs of Detroit, including the communities of Novi, West Bloomfield Township, Commerce Township, White Lake Township, Wixom, Lyon Township, South Lyon, Walled Lake, and most of Northville.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 11th and 14th congressional districts, and with the 29th, 38th, 39th, 40th, and 44th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.
List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Ransom Gardner Whig 1853–1854 Jonesville Alonzo Cressy Republican 1855–1856 Hillsdale Asahel Brown Republican 1857–1860 Coldwater Lived in Algansee until around 1859. Darius Monroe Republican 1861–1864 Bronson Cyrus G. Luce Republican 1865–1866 Gilead Charles W. Clisbee Republican 1867–1868 Cassopolis Amos Smith Republican 1869–1870 Vandalia Uzziel Putnam Jr. Republican 1871–1872 Pokagon James N. Neasmith Republican 1873–1874 Schoolcraft Township Thomas S. Cobb Democratic 1875–1876 Kalamazoo David R. Cook Republican 1877–1878 Hastings Jacob L. McPeek Republican 1879–1880 Grand Ledge Lewis Durkee Republican 1881 Nashville Died in office. David R. Cook Republican 1881–1882 Hastings John M. Norton Greenback 1883–1884 Rochester Samuel William Smith Republican 1885–1886 Pontiac John E. Barringer Democratic 1887–1890 Armada Elected on a fusion ticket in 1886, backed by both the Democrats and the Greenback Party. Martin Crocker Democratic 1891–1892 Mount Clemens Samuel M. Wilkins Republican 1893–1894 Eaton Rapids Arthur D. Hughes Democratic 1897–1898 Irving Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. William W. Potter Republican 1899–1900 Hastings Cassius L. Glasgow Republican 1903–1906 Nashville Karl D. Keyes Republican 1907–1908 Olivet Luren D. Dickinson Republican 1909–1910 Charlotte Coleman C. Vaughan Republican 1911–1912 St. Johns William M. Smith Republican 1913–1914 St. Johns Elbert V. Smith Republican 1915–1918 Nashville Murl H. DeFoe Republican 1919–1920 Charlotte G. Elmer McArthur Republican 1921–1922 Eaton Rapids George G. Hunter Republican 1923–1926 St. Johns Seth Q. Pulver Republican 1927–1928 Owosso Leon F. Miner Republican 1929–1930 Owosso John B. Davidson Republican 1931–1932 Eaton Rapids Henry C. Glasner Democratic 1933–1934 Charlotte Edward W. Fehling Republican 1935–1938 St. Johns Herman H. Dignan Republican 1939–1942 Owosso Murl H. DeFoe Republican 1943–1946 Charlotte Bion L. Bates Republican 1947–1950 Ovid James M. Teahen Jr. Republican 1951–1954 Owosso Donald E. Smith Republican 1955–1958 Owosso John Warner Fitzgerald Republican 1959–1964 Grand Ledge Sander M. Levin Democratic 1965–1970 Berkley Daniel S. Cooper Democratic 1971–1978 Oak Park Doug Ross Democratic 1979–1982 Oak Park Jack Faxon Democratic 1983–1994 Detroit David M. Honigman Republican 1995–1996 West Bloomfield Resigned due to poor health. Bill Bullard Jr. Republican 1996–2002 Highland Township Also resided in Milford. Nancy Cassis Republican 2003–2010 Novi Mike Kowall Republican 2011–2018 White Lake Jim Runestad Republican 2019–2022 White Lake Jeff Irwin Democratic 2023–present Ann Arbor
Recent election results 2022
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 50.7 – 48.0% 2018 Senate Stabenow 51.0 – 47.7% Governor Whitmer 52.2 – 45.7% 2016 President Trump 49.8 – 45.7% 2014 Senate Peters 50.2 – 46.1% Governor Snyder 62.6 – 35.9% 2012 President Romney 52.6 – 46.8% Senate Stabenow 51.3 – 45.6%
Historical district boundaries
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Oakland County (part) Berkley Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Madison Heights Oak Park Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Township Southfield 1964 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Township Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Lyon Township Milford Township Northville (part) Novi Novi Township Oak Park Royal Oak Township (part) Southfield South Lyon Walled Lake Wixom 1972 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Northville Novi Novi Township Oak Park Royal Oak Township Southfield Wixom 1982 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Hills Highland Township Lyon Township Milford Township Northville Novi Novi Township South Lyon Walled Lake West Bloomfield Township (part) Wixom 1992 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Highland Township Holly Township Lyon Township Milford Township Northville (part) Novi Novi Township Orchard Lake Village Rose Township South Lyon Walled Lake West Bloomfield Township (part) White Lake Township Wixom 2001 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Lyon Township Milford Township Northville Novi Novi Township Orchard Lake South Lyon Walled Lake West Bloomfield Township White Lake Township Wixom 2011 Apportionment Plan
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