Michigan's 11th Senate district

Michigan's 11th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 11th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.^[2][3] It has been represented by Democrat Veronica Klinefelt since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Jeremy Moss.^[4][5]

Michigan's 11th State Senate district
Senator	Veronica Klinefelt D–Eastpointe
Demographics	69% White 22% Black 3% Hispanic 2% Asian 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	258,911
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 11 encompasses parts of Macomb and Wayne counties.^[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 11, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the inner suburbs of Detroit in Oakland County, including Southfield, Farmington Hills, Oak Park, Ferndale, Madison Heights, Farmington, Lathrup Village, Huntington Woods, Hazel Park, Pleasant Ridge, and Royal Oak Township.^[7]

The district was largely located within Michigan's 14th congressional district, also extending into the 9th and 11th districts. It overlapped with the 26th, 27th, 35th, and 37th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[8]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Alfred Paddock		Whig	1853–1854	Concord	[9][10]
Roswell B. Rexford		Republican	1855–1856	Napoleon	[9][11][12]
Perley Bills		Republican	1857–1858	Tecumseh	[9][13]
Joel Carpenter		Republican	1859–1862	Blissfield	[9][14]
Thomas F. Moore		Republican	1863–1864	Adrian	[9][15]
Andrew Howell		Republican	1865–1866	Adrian	[9][16][17]
Victory P. Collier		Republican	1867–1868	Battle Creek	[9][18]
John C. Fitzgerald		Republican	1869–1870	Marshall	[9][19]
Philip H. Emerson		Republican	1871–1872	Battle Creek	[9][20][21]
Abraham C. Prutzman		Republican	1873–1874	Three Rivers	[9][22]
Matthew T. Garvey		Republican	1875–1876	Cassopolis	[9][23]
Gilbert E. Read		Republican	1877–1878	Richland	[9][24]
Ebenezer Lakin Brown		Republican	1879–1880	Schoolcraft	[9][25]
Enos T. Lovell		Republican	1881–1882	Climax	[9][26]
Lawson A. Duncan		Republican	1883–1884	Niles	[9][27]
Harvey C. Sherwood		Democratic	1885–1886	Watervliet	[9][28]
George N. Potter		Republican	1887–1888	Potterville	[9][29]
Philip T. Colgrove		Republican	1889–1890	Hastings	[9][30]
William Miller		Democratic	1891–1892	Eaton Rapids	[9][31]
Robert E. French		Republican	1893–1896	Fort Gratiot	[9][32]
Charles H. Westcott		Republican	1897–1898	St. Clair	[9][33]
George W. Moore		Republican	1899–1902	Port Huron	[9][34]
George N. Jones		Republican	1903–1906	Marine City	[9][35]
Burt D. Cady		Republican	1907–1908	Port Huron	[9][36]
James E. Weter		Republican	1909–1912	Richmond	[9][37]
David A. Fitzgibbon		Republican	1913–1916	Port Huron	[9][38]
Lyman A. Holmes		Republican	1917–1920	Romeo	[9][39]
John W. Smith		Republican	1921–1924	Port Huron	[9][40]
Charles E. Greene		Republican	1925–1928	Richmond	[9][41]
Alexander Cowan		Republican	1929–1932	Port Huron	[9][42]
Theodore C. Ruff		Democratic	1933–1934	St. Clair	[9][43]
Christian F. Matthews		Republican	1935–1938	Mount Clemens	[9][44]
Gilbert H. Isbister		Republican	1939–1942	Port Huron	[9][45]
Ivan A. Johnston		Republican	1943–1946	Mount Clemens	[9][46]
Bruce F. Clothier		Republican	1947–1950	North Branch	[9][47]
Frank D. Beadle		Republican	1951–1954	St. Clair	[9][48]
Fred Nicholson		Democratic	1955–1956	Warren	[9][49]
George C. Steeh		Democratic	1957–1962	Mount Clemens	[9][50]
John T. Bowman		Democratic	1963–1964	Roseville	[9][51]
John E. McCauley		Democratic	1965–1975	Wyandotte	Died in office.[9][52]
James R. DeSana		Democratic	1976–1982	Wyandotte	[9][53][54]
Norm Shinkle		Republican	1983–1990	Lambertville	[9][55]
Jim Berryman		Democratic	1991–1994	Adrian	[9][56]
Ken DeBeaussaert		Democratic	1995–2002	Chesterfield Township	[9][57]
Alan Sanborn		Republican	2003–2010	Richmond	[9][58]
Jack Brandenburg		Republican	2011–2014	Harrison Township	[9][59]
Vincent Gregory		Democratic	2015–2018	Southfield	[9][60]
Jeremy Moss		Democratic	2019–2022	Southfield	[9][61]
Veronica Klinefelt		Democratic	2023–present	Eastpointe	[62]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 11^[63]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Veronica Klinefelt	13,414	62.5
	Democratic	Monique Owens	8,056	37.5
Total votes			21,470	100
General election
	Democratic	Veronica Klinefelt	56,119	52.7
	Republican	Mike MacDonald (incumbent)	50,395	47.3
Total votes			106,514	100
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 11^[63]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeremy Moss	26,447	51.7
	Democratic	Crystal Bailey	10,839	21.2
	Democratic	Vanessa Moss	9,446	18.5
	Democratic	James Turner	4,375	8.6
Total votes			51,107	100
General election
	Democratic	Jeremy Moss	99,916	76.7
	Republican	Boris Tuman	27,157	20.8
	Libertarian	James Young	3,180	2.4
Total votes			130,253	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 11^[63]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vincent Gregory (incumbent)	10,286	34.7
	Democratic	Vicki Barnett	10,168	34.3
	Democratic	Ellen Lipton	9,204	31.0
Total votes			29,658	100
General election
	Democratic	Vincent Gregory (incumbent)	70,862	73.3
	Republican	Boris Tuman	22,846	23.6
	Libertarian	James Young	2,994	3.1
Total votes			96,702	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[64]
2020	President	Biden 74.0 – 24.7%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 74.6 – 23.7%
	Governor	Whitmer 75.8 – 22.1%
2016	President	Clinton 71.5 – 24.6%
2014	Senate	Peters 75.2 – 22.1%
	Governor	Schauer 64.6 – 34.0%
2012	President	Obama 73.5 – 25.8%
	Senate	Stabenow 76.1 – 21.3%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Monroe County Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Riverview (part) Rockwood Sumpter Township Taylor Township (part) Trenton Wyandotte	1964 Apportionment Plan	[65]
	Monroe County Washtenaw County (part) Milan (part) Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Flat Rock Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Huron Township Riverview Rockwood Trenton Woodhaven Wyandotte (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[66]
	Lenawee County Monroe County Wayne County (part) Saline Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[67]
	Macomb County (part) Chesterfield Township Clinton Township Harrison Township Lake Township Lenox Township Mount Clemens New Baltimore Richmond St. Clair Shores	1992 Apportionment Plan	[68]
	Macomb County (part) Armada Township Bruce Township Chesterfield Township Harrison Township Lenox Township Macomb Township Memphis (part) Mount Clemens New Baltimore Ray Township Richmond (part) Richmond Township Shelby Township Washington Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[69]
	Oakland County (part) Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Madison Heights Oak Park Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Township Southfield	2011 Apportionment Plan	[70]