Michigan's 9th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in Wayne County. The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the reapportionment of state legislative districts from a county-based system to a proportional one following the Supreme Court case Reynolds v. Sims. It is currently represented by Democrat Joe Tate of Detroit.
List of representatives Representative Party Years Residence Notes Rosetta A. Ferguson Democratic 1965–1972 Detroit Redistricted to the 20th district. George H. Edwards 1973–1978 Detroit Redistricted from the 12th district. Ethel Terrell 1979–1990 Highland Park Chester Wozniak 1991–1992 Hamtramck Previously served in the former Wayne County, 14th district. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick 1993–1996 Detroit Redistricted from the 8th district. Kwame Kilpatrick 1997–2001 Detroit Resigned December 2001 to become Mayor of Detroit. Frederick Durhal Jr. 2002 Detroit Tupac A. Hunter 2003–2006 Detroit Shanelle Jackson 2007–2012 Detroit Term limited. Harvey Santana 2013–2016 Detroit Redistricted from the 10th district; term limited. Sylvia Santana 2017–2018 Detroit Karen S. Whitsett 2019–2022 Detroit Redistricted to the 4th district. Abraham Aiyash 2023–2025 Hamtramck Redistricted from the 4th district. Joseph Tate 2025–present Detroit Redistricted from the 10th district.
Historical district boundaries Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Highland Park 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part) 2011 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck 2021 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Remedial 2021 Apportionment Plan Approved in 2024
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