List of special elections to the Michigan Senate

The following is a list of special elections for the Michigan Senate.

List of special elections

Date Dist. Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause March 6–7, 1837 1st Conrad Ten Eyck Dem. Benjamin B. Kercheval Dem. Resigned December 1841–January 1842 5th John S. Barry Dem. George R. Redfield Dem. Resigned November 1847 6th Elijah B. Witherbee Whig Alvin N. Hart Dem. Death 1861 16th Joseph R. Williams Rep. Henry H. Riley Dem. Death 1872 4th Gilbert Hatheway Rep. Seymour Brownell Dem. Death February 23, 1874 8th Philip H. Emerson Rep. William F. Hewitt Dem. Resigned 9th William R. Stoddard Rep. John P. Cook Dem. Death 24th Harrison H. Wheeler Rep. John D. Lewis Rep. Resigned April 1881 20th John T. Rich Rep. William W. Andrus Rep. Resigned April 25–26, 1881 15th Lewis Durkee Rep. David R. Cook Rep. Death April 1, 1895 10th John W. Watts Rep. Charles H. Smith Rep. Death January 30, 1911 21st Edwin G. Fox Rep. John Conley Dem. Death April 6, 1925 9th James Henry Rep. Joseph E. Watson Rep. Death January 26, 1931 2nd Cass J. Jankowski Rep. George G. Sadowski Dem. Death April 3, 1939 1st James A. Murphy Dem. Carl W. Bischoff Dem. Death April 2, 1945 9th Warren G. Hooper Rep. Robert J. Hamilton Rep. Murdered 22nd Chester M. Howell Rep. William W. Lee Rep. Resigned November 6, 1945 6th Carl F. DeLano Rep. John W. Fletcher Rep. Resigned April 2, 1951 23rd Frank E. McKee Rep. Clyde H. Geerlings Rep. Death January 5, 1954 27th Felix H. H. Flynn Rep. John Minnema Rep. Death May 9, 1955 2nd Anthony J. WilkowskiAnthony J. Wilkowski was elected in the 1954 general election, but was denied his seat by a Michigan Supreme Court ruling, due to a 1936 conviction for election recount fraud. Dem. Stanley F. Rozycki Dem. Denied seat April 1, 1957 14th Harry F. Hittle Rep. Paul C. Younger Rep. Death December 11, 1961 28th Charles T. Prescott Rep. Harold B. Hughes Rep. Death April 2, 1962 30th William E. Miron Dem. Kent T. Lundgren Rep. Death April 5, 1965 14th Paul M. ChandlerPaul M. Chandler died before taking office. Rep. Farrell E. Roberts Rep. Death February 19, 1968 23rd Harold Volkema Rep. Gary Byker Rep. Death November 5, 1968Special election held alongside a general election. 28th Frank D. Beadle Rep. Alvin J. DeGrow Rep. Resigned March 19, 1974 2nd Charles N. Youngblood Jr. Dem. John C. Hertel Dem. Resigned 4th Coleman A. Young Dem. David S. Holmes Jr. Dem. Resigned June 25, 1974 21st Anthony Stamm Rep. Jack Welborn Rep. Death November 5, 1974 8th Michael J. O'Brien Dem. Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Dem. Death January 13, 1976 11th John McCauley Dem. James R. DeSana Dem. Death March 23, 1977 14th Carl Pursell Rep. R. Robert Geake Rep. Resigned 29th Dale Kildee Dem. Harold J. Scott Dem. Resigned April 19, 1977 27th John T. Bowman Dem. Art Miller Jr. Dem. Resigned September 6, 1978 5th Arthur Cartwright Dem. Jackie Vaughn III Dem. Resigned March 23, 1982 16th Bill Huffman Dem. Dana F. Wilson Dem. Resigned January 31, 1984 8th Philip Mastin Dem. Rudy J. Nichols Rep. Recalled 9th David M. Serotkin Dem. Kirby Holmes Rep. Recalled March 26, 1985 32nd Paul B. Henry Rep. Vern Ehlers Rep. Resigned August 13, 1985 13th Robert A. Welborn Rep. Jack Welborn Rep. Death March 15, 1988 2nd Basil W. Brown Dem. Virgil C. Smith Dem. Resigned November 6, 1990 38th Joseph Mack Dem. Don Koivisto Dem. Resigned June 18, 1991 16th Doug Cruce Rep. Mike Bouchard Rep. Resigned March 15, 1993 19th Nick Smith Rep. Philip E. Hoffman Rep. Resigned 34th James Barcia Dem. Joel Gougeon Rep. Resigned April 26, 1994 32nd Vern Ehlers Rep. Glenn Steil Sr. Rep. Resigned November 8, 1994 4th David S. Holmes Jr. Dem. Patricia Holmes Dem. Death June 4, 1996 15th David M. Honigman Rep. Bill Bullard Jr. Rep. Resigned November 25, 1997 12th Doug Carl Rep. David Jaye Rep. Death November 3, 1998 3rd Henry Stallings II Dem. Raymond M. Murphy Dem. Resigned March 16, 1999 13th Mike Bouchard Rep. Shirley Johnson Rep. Resigned March 20, 2001 2nd Virgil C. Smith Rep. Martha G. Scott Dem. Resigned 26th Mike Rogers Rep. Valde Garcia Rep. Resigned November 6, 2001 12th David Jaye Rep. Alan Sanborn Rep. Expelled March 14, 2006 23rd Virgil Bernero Dem. Gretchen Whitmer Dem. Resigned November 3, 2009 19th Mark Schauer Dem. Mike Nofs Rep. Resigned May 7, 2013 27th John J. Gleason Dem. Jim Ananich Dem. Resigned November 8, 2016 4th Virgil Smith Jr. Dem. Ian Conyers Dem. Resigned November 6, 2018 2nd Bert Johnson Dem. Adam Hollier Dem. Resigned November 2, 2021 8th Peter Lucido Rep. Doug Wozniak Rep. Resigned 28th Peter MacGregor Rep. Mark Huizenga Rep. Resigned May 5, 2026 35th Kristen McDonald Rivet Dem. Chedrick Greene Dem. Resigned

See also List of special elections to the Michigan House of Representatives

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