Michigan's 30th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 30th 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 Republican Mark Huizenga since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Roger Victory.

By most measures, the 2012-2022 version of the district was the most Republican-leaning district in the Senate. However, redistricting in 2022 reconfigured the district to take in much of the northern half of the city of Grand Rapids, making it a more competitive seat. Incumbent Republican state senator Mark Huizenga, who had won a special election for the previous 28th district, was narrowly re-elected over Democratic state representative David LaGrand, the closest race of the entire 2022 state Senate elections.

Geography District 30 encompasses parts of Kent and Ottawa counties.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 30, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was exactly coterminous with Ottawa County in the western suburbs of Grand Rapids, including the communities of Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Coopersville, Zeeland, Ferrysburg, Allendale, Jenison, Georgetown Township, Grand Haven Township, Holland Township, Park Township, Spring Lake Township, Zeeland Township, and most of northern Holland.

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 2nd congressional district, and overlapped with the 88th, 89th, and 90th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes John S. Smith Democratic 1853–1854 Armada Cortez P. Hooker Democratic 1855–1856 Ashley Stephen H. Warren Republican 1857–1858 Eureka Osmond Tower Republican 1859–1862 Ionia Nelson Green Republican 1863–1864 Clay Banks Elias W. Merrill Republican 1865–1866 Muskegon Israel E. Carleton Republican 1867–1870 Whitehall Lived in Mears until around 1869. Wales F. Storrs Republican 1871–1872 Coopersville Edgar L. Gray Republican 1873–1876 Newaygo Fitch R. Williams Republican 1877–1878 Elk Rapids George W. Bell Republican 1879–1880 Cheboygan Archibald Buttars Republican 1881–1882 Charlevoix John H. Richardson Independent 1883–1884 Tuscola Lewis C. Davis Democratic 1885–1886 Vassar Elected on a Fusionist ticket, also backed by the Greenback Party. Henry W. Seymour Republican 1887–1888 Sault St. Marie Resigned. Albert O. Blackwell Republican 1889–1890 Gladstone George W. Sharp Democratic 1891–1892 Newberry Joseph Flesheim Republican 1893–1894 Menominee Richard Mason Republican 1895–1898 Gladstone Fred K. Baker Republican 1899–1900 Menominee Oramel B. Fuller Republican 1901–1904 Ford River Willis N. Mills Republican 1905–1906 Menominee Oramel B. Fuller Republican 1907–1908 Ford River Otto Fowle Republican 1909–1912 Sault St. Marie James C. Wood Republican 1913–1918 Manistique William A. Lemire Republican 1919–1922 Escanaba Frank P. Bohn Republican 1923–1926 Newberry Herbert J. Rushton Republican 1927–1932 Escanaba W. F. Doyle Republican 1933–1934 Menominee John F. Luecke Democratic 1935–1936 Escanaba James D. Dotsch Democratic 1937–1940 Garden Joseph A. Laframboise Democratic 1941–1944 Gladstone George Girrbach Republican 1945–1948 Sault St. Marie Died in office. William A. Ellsworth Republican 1949–1954 St. Ignace Edward H. Gibbs Democratic 1955–1956 Perkins William E. Miron Democratic 1957–1962 Escanaba Died in office. Kent T. Lundgren Republican 1962–1964 Menominee Emil Lockwood Republican 1965–1970 St. Louis Bill Ballenger Republican 1971–1974 Delta Township Lived in Ovid until around 1972. Richard J. Allen Republican 1975–1982 Alma Alan Cropsey Republican 1983–1986 DeWitt Frederick P. Dillingham Republican 1987–1994 Fowlerville Glenn Steil Sr. Republican 1995–2002 Grand Rapids Wayne Kuipers Republican 2003–2010 Holland Arlan Meekhof Republican 2011–2018 West Olive Roger Victory Republican 2019–2022 Georgetown Township Mark Huizenga Republican 2023–present Walker

Recent election results 2022

2018

2014

1998

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Trump 59.8 – 38.3% 2018 Senate James 62.7 – 35.6% Governor Schuette 60.4 – 36.9% 2016 President Trump 62.3 – 31.7% 2014 Senate Land 65.2 – 31.2% Governor Snyder 73.6 – 24.5% 2012 President Romney 66.8 – 32.4% Senate Hoekstra 63.9 – 33.4%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Clinton County Eaton County (part) Benton Township Charlotte Chester Township Delta Township Eaton Township Eaton Rapids Eaton Rapids Township Grand Ledge Hamlin Township Lansing (part) Oneida Township Potterville Roxand Township Sunfield Township Windsor Township Gratiot County Ingham County (part) Locke Township Williamston Williamstown Township Montcalm County (part) Belvidere Township Bloomer Township Bushnell Township Carson City Cato Township Crystal Township Day Township Douglass Township Eureka Township Evergreen Township Fairplain Township Ferris Township Greenville Home Township Montcalm Township Pine Township Richland Township Sidney Township Stanton Winfield Township Shiawassee County 1964 Apportionment Plan Barry County (part) Castleton Township Maple Grove Township Calhoun County (part) Lee Township Clinton County Eaton County (part) Excluding Sunfield Township Gratiot County (part) Alma Elba Township Fulton Township Newark Township New Haven Township North Shade Township Pine River Township Seville Township Sumner Township Washington Township Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township (part) Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township Ingham Township Leroy Township Leslie Leslie Township Mason Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township Jackson County (part) Blackman Township (part) Rives Township Tompkins Township Montcalm County (part) Crystal Township Ferris Township Shiawassee County (part) Bennington Township Fairfield Township Hazelton Township Laingsburg Middlebury Township New Haven Township Owosso (part) Owosso Township Perry Perry Township Rush Township Sciota Township Shiawassee Township Vernon Township (part) Woodhull Township 1972 Apportionment Plan Clinton County Livingston County Shiawassee County 1982 Apportionment Plan Kent County (part) Alpine Township Grand Rapids Plainfield Township Sparta Township Walker 1992 Apportionment Plan Kent County (part) Grandville Sparta Township Ottawa County 2001 Apportionment Plan Ottawa County 2011 Apportionment Plan

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