An election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect all 110 members of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 91st Michigan Legislature. In the election, the Republicans maintained their 58–52 majority.
History In the 1998 general election, Republicans won a majority in the Michigan House of Representatives. Previously, the Democrats had a 58-member majority, compared to the Republicans' 52-member minority. After the 1998 election, Republicans had 58-members in the state House, with Democrats having 52-members.
The 2000 state primary election was held on August 8. The general election was held on November 7.
In the 2000 general election, Republicans maintained their 58–52 majority in the state House. Rick Johnson was elected speaker of the House following the election. The Democrats selected Kwame Kilpatrick as House minority leader. Kilpatrick was the first African-American House minority leader in Michigan. On January 10, 2001, 109 state representatives were sworn into office. Incumbent legislator Janet Kukuk, who won election, died on November 19, before being sworn in. Of the 109, there were 21 legislators who were newcomers to the state House. This included Chris Kolb, the first openly gay state legislator in Michigan.
Term limits There were 21 incumbent state representatives unable to run for re-election in 2000 due to term limits. Of those term limited members, 14 were Democrats and 7 were Republican.
Name Party Dist. Ref. Edward Vaughn Dem. 4th Martha G. Scott Dem. 6th Thomas H. Kelly Dem. 17th Eileen DeHart Dem. 18th Gerald H. Law Rep. 20th Sue Rocca Rep. 30th Hubert Price Jr. Dem. 43rd Deborah Cherry Dem. 50th Elizabeth Brater Dem. 53rd Ed LaForge Dem. 60th Charles R. Perricone Rep. 61st Lingg Brewer Dem. 68th Lynne Martinez Dem. 69th Laura Baird Dem. 70th William R. Byl Rep. 75th Mike Green Rep. 84th Terry Geiger Rep. 87th Jon Jellema Rep. 89th Michael J. Hanley Dem. 95th Mike Prusi Dem. 109th Paul Tesanovich Dem. 110th
Results The following are the official election results from the Michigan Secretary of State.
Statewide Party Candi-dates Votes Seats No. % No. +/– % Republican Party 109 1,919,869 48.18% 58 52.72% Democratic Party 109 2,016,994 50.62% 52 47.27% Libertarian Party 36 36,531 0.91% 0 0.00% U.S. Taxpayers Party 4 4,233 0.10% 0 0.00% Reform Party 4 3,607 0.09% 0 0.00% Green Party 1 1,395 0.03% 0 0.00% Independent 2 1,221 0.03% 0 0.00% Write-ins 4 450 0.01% 0 0.00% Natural Law Party 1 2 0.00% 0 0.00%Total 271 3,984,302 100.00% 110 100.00%
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