Michigan's 14th Senate district

Michigan's 14th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 14th 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 Democratic Sue Shink since 2023, succeeding Republican Ruth Johnson.^[4][5]

Michigan's 14th State Senate district
Senator	Sue Shink D–Northfield
Demographics	80% White 6% Black 4% Hispanic 5% Asian 5% Multiracial
Population (2022)	269,347
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 14 encompasses all of Jackson County, as well as part of Washtenaw County.^[6]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 14, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was split between southern Genesee County outside of Flint and northwestern Oakland County in the exurbs of Detroit. Communities in the district included Waterford Township, Highland Township, Springfield Township, Brandon Township, Holly Township (including the village of Holly), Fenton, Mundy Township, the city and township of Davison, and the city and township of Grand Blanc.^[7]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 5th, 8th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 43rd, 44th, 46th, 48th, 50th, and 51st districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[8]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Nathan Pierce		Whig	1853–1854	Marengo	[9][10]
William H. Brockway		Republican	1855–1856	Albion	[9][11]
Edmund Burke Fairfield		Republican	1857–1858	Hillsdale	[9][12]
Ebenezer O. Grosvenor		Republican	1859–1860	Jonesville	[9][13]
John McDermid		Republican	1861–1862	Cambria Mills	[9][14]
Ebenezer O. Grosvenor		Republican	1863–1864	Jonesville	[9][13]
Frederick Fowler		Republican	1865–1866	Reading	[9][15]
Jonathan G. Wait		Republican	1867–1868	Sturgis	[9][16][17]
Abraham C. Prutzman		Republican	1869–1872	Three Rivers	[9][18]
Mark D. Wilber		Republican	1873–1874	Allegan	[9][19]
Henry F. Thomas		Republican	1875–1876	Allegan	[9][20]
Wilson C. Edsell		Republican	1877–1878	Otsego	[9][21]
Nathaniel W. Lewis		Greenback	1879–1880	Ganges	Lewis was a Democrat, but was elected to the state senate as a Greenbacker.[9][22]
Wilson C. Edsell		Republican	1881–1882	Otsego	[9][21]
Henry H. Jenison		Democratic	1883–1884	Eagle	[9][23]
Orrin G. Pennell		Greenback	1885–1886	Oxford	Elected on a fusion ticket, also endorsed by the Democrats.[9][24][25]
Charles I. Deyo		Greenback	1887–1888	Oxford	Elected on a fusion ticket, also endorsed by the Democrats.[9][26]
Franklin B. Galbraith		Republican	1889–1890	Pontiac	[9][27]
Charles B. Boughner		Democratic	1891–1892	Pontiac	[9][28]
Schuyler Champion		Democratic	1893–1894	Lansing	Also endorsed by the Populists.[9][29]
William M. Kilpatrick		Republican	1895–1896	Owosso	[9][30]
Henry S. Hadsall		Democratic	1897–1898	Owosso	Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket.[9][31]
Charles B. Collingwood		Republican	1899–1900	Lansing	[9][32]
John Robson		Republican	1901–1902	Lansing	[9][33]
Albert B. Cook		Republican	1903–1906	Owosso	[9][34]
Arthur J. Tuttle		Republican	1907–1910	Leslie	[9][35]
William A. Rosenkrans		Republican	1911–1914	Corunna	[9][36]
Charles W. Foster		Republican	1915–1918	Lansing	[9][37]
Byron P. Hicks		Republican	1919–1922	Owosso	Lived in Durand until around 1921.[9][38]
Frank L. Young		Republican	1923–1926	Lansing	[9][39]
Seymour H. Person		Republican	1927–1930	Lansing	[9][40]
Joe C. Foster		Republican	1931–1934	East Lansing	[9][41]
Harry F. Hittle		Republican	1935–1957	East Lansing	Lived in Lansing from around 1949 to 1952. Died in office.[9][42]
Paul C. Younger		Republican	1957–1964	Lansing	[9][43]
Paul M. Chandler		Republican		Livonia	Elected in 1964, died before taking office.[9][44]
Farrell E. Roberts		Republican	1965–1966	Pontiac	[9][45]
George W. Kuhn		Republican	1967–1970	Birmingham	[9][46]
Carl Pursell		Republican	1971–1977	Plymouth	Resigned after elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.[9][47]
R. Robert Geake		Republican	1977–1982	Northville	[9][48]
Jerome T. Hart		Democratic	1983–1990	Saginaw	[9][49]
Jon Cisky		Republican	1991–1994	Thomas Township	[9][50]
Gary Peters		Democratic	1995–2002	Bloomfield Township	Also resided in Pontiac.[9][51]
Gilda Jacobs		Democratic	2003–2010	Huntington Woods	[9][52]
Vincent Gregory		Democratic	2011–2014	Southfield	[9][53]
David B. Robertson		Republican	2015–2018	Grand Blanc	[9][54]
Ruth Johnson		Republican	2019–2022	Holly	[9][55]
Sue Shink		Democratic	2023–present	Northfield	[56]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 14^[57]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sue Shink	21,565	67.7
	Democratic	Kelsey Heck Wood	8,670	27.2
	Democratic	Val Cochran Toops	1,612	5.1
Total votes			31,847	100
General election
	Democratic	Sue Shink	68,609	55.9
	Republican	Tim Golding	54,143	44.1
Total votes			122,752	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 14^[57]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson	20,958	76.6
	Republican	Katherine Houston	6,398	23.4
Total votes			27,356	100
	Democratic	Renee Watson	16,569	71.3
	Democratic	Cris Rariden	4,269	18.4
	Democratic	Jason Waisanen	2,408	10.4
Total votes			23,246	100
General election
	Republican	Ruth Johnson	64,253	55.7
	Democratic	Renee Watson	48,578	42.1
	Green	Jessica Smith	2,580	2.2
Total votes			115,411	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 14^[57]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobbie Walton	6,807	63.6
	Democratic	Tim Terpening	3,891	36.4
Total votes			10,698	100
General election
	Republican	David Robertson (incumbent)	46,826	57.6
	Democratic	Bobbie Walton	34,502	42.4
Total votes			81,328	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[58]
2020	President	Trump 54.8 – 43.5%
2018	Senate	James 52.7 – 45.4%
	Governor	Schuette 49.6 – 47.4%
2016	President	Trump 55.7 – 38.9%
2014	Senate	Peters 49.8 – 45.7%
	Governor	Snyder 56.5 – 41.2%
2012	President	Romney 51.4 – 47.7%
	Senate	Stabenow 53.4 – 42.9%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Township Groveland Township Highland Township Holly Township Keego Harbor Lyon Township Milford Township Northville Novi Township Orchard Lake Village Rose Township South Lyon Springfield Township Sylvan Lake Walled Lake West Bloomfield Township White Lake Township Wixom Wayne County (part) Livonia Northville Northville Township Plymouth Plymouth Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[59]
	Wayne County (part) Livonia Northville (part) Northville Township Plymouth Plymouth Township Redford Township Westland (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[60]
	Saginaw County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[61]
	Oakland County (part) Berkley Bloomfield Township Lathrup Village Oak Park Pontiac Royal Oak Township Southfield Southfield Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[62]
	Oakland County (part) Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Oak Park Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Township Southfield Southfield Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[63]
	Genesee County (part) Atlas Township Davison Davison Township Fenton Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Township Mundy Township Oakland County (part) Brandon Township Fenton Groveland Township Highland Township Holly Township Lake Angelus Rose Township Springfield Township Waterford Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[64]