Michigan's 47th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 47th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 47th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Jackson and Washtenaw counties.^[2] The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.^[3]

Michigan's 47th State House of Representatives district
Representative	Carrie Rheingans D–Ann Arbor
Demographics	84% White 3% Black 4% Hispanic 4% Asian 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	90,175
Notes	[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Cyril H. Root		Republican	1965–1968	Kalamazoo	[4]
Wayne B. Sackett		Republican	1969–1972	Portage	[5]
Jack Welborn		Republican	1973–1974	Kalamazoo	[6]
Robert A. Welborn		Republican	1975–1982	Kalamazoo	[7]
Paul Wartner		Republican	1983–1990	Portage	[8]
Dale L. Shugars		Republican	1991–1992	Portage	[9]
Sandra J. Hill		Republican	1993–1996	Montrose	[10]
Rose Bogardus		Democratic	1997–2002	Davison	[11]
Joe Hune		Republican	2003–2008	Hamburg Township	Lived in Fowlerville until around 2007.[12]
Cindy Denby		Republican	2009–2014	Handy Township	Lived in Fowlerville until around 2011.[13]
Henry Vaupel		Republican	2015–2020	Fowlerville	[14][15]
Bob Bezotte		Republican	2021–2022	Howell	[16][17][18]
Carrie Rheingans		Democratic	2023–present	Ann Arbor	[19]

Recent elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hank Vaupel	28,948	66.42
	Democratic	Colleen Turk	14,638	33.58
Total votes			43,586	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Vaupel	32,616	68.17%
	Democratic	Keith Van Houten	12,918	27.00%
	Libertarian	Rodger Young	2,314	4.84%
Total votes			47,848	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Vaupel	20,995	69.11
	Democratic	Jordan Genso	8,086	26.62
	Libertarian	Rodger Young	1,300	4.28
Total votes			30,381	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Denby	27,621	64.06
	Democratic	Shawn Lowe Desai	13,888	32.21
	Libertarian	James Weeks	1,607	3.73
Total votes			43,116	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Denby	22,448	69.62
	Democratic	Garry Post	9,794	30.38
Total votes			32,242	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Denby	27,851	59.02
	Democratic	Scott Lucas	17,059	36.15
	Libertarian	Rodger Young	1,347	2.85
	Constitution	Philip Johnson	929	1.97
Total votes			47,186	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Charleston Township (part) Cooper Township Kalamazoo (part) Kalamazoo Township Parchment Portage Oshtemo Township Richland Township Ross Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Cooper Township Kalamazoo (part) Parchment Portage (part) Prairie Ronde Township Oshtemo Township Schoolcraft Township Texas Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Cooper Township Kalamazoo Township (part) Parchment Portage Prairie Ronde Township Oshtemo Township Schoolcraft Township Texas Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[28]
	Genesee County (part) Atlas Township Clio Davison Davison Township Flushing Flushing Township Forest Township Montrose Montrose Township Richfield Township Thetford Township Vienna Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[29]
	Livingston County (part) Cohoctah Township Conway Township Deerfield Township Hamburg Township Handy Township Hartland Township Howell Howell Township Iosco Township Marion Township (part) Putnam Township Tyrone Township Unadilla Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[30]
	Livingston County (part) Cohoctah Township Conway Township Deerfield Township Fenton (part) Handy Township Hartland Township Howell Howell Township Iosco Township Marion Township Tyrone Township Unadilla Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[31]