Michigan's 22nd Senate district

Michigan's 22nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 22nd 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 Republican Lana Theis since 2019, succeeding fellow Republican Joe Hune.^[4]

Michigan's 22nd State Senate district
Senator	Lana Theis R–Brighton
Demographics	93% White 1% Black 3% Hispanic 1% Asian 2% Multiracial
Population (2022)	260,608
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 22 encompasses all of Livingston County, as well as part of Genesee, Ingham, and Shiawassee counties.^[5]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 22, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered all of Livingston County and most of western Washtenaw County in exurban Detroit, including the communities of Brighton, Howell, Fowlerville, Whitmore Lake, Chelsea, Dexter, Brighton Township, Genoa Township, Green Oak Township, Hamburg Township, Hartland Township, Oceola Township, Tyrone Township, Marion Township, and Scio Township.^[6]

The district was largely located within Michigan's 8th congressional district, also extended into the 7th and 12th districts. It overlapped with the 42nd, 47th, and 52nd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[7]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
James W. Hickock		Democratic	1853–1854	Walton Township	[8][9]
Henry A. Goodyear		Democratic	1855–1856	Hastings	[8][10]
Isaac T. Hollister		Republican	1857–1858	Victor Township	[8][11]
Whitney Jones		Republican	1859–1860	Lansing	[8][12]
Randolph Strickland		Republican	1861–1862	DeWitt	[8][13]
Lauren K. Hewitt		Democratic	1863	Lansing	Resigned.[8][14]
Henry M. Perrin		Republican	1865–1866	St. Johns	[8][15][16]
David Lewis Latourette		Republican	1867–1868	Fenton	[8][17]
Jerome W. Turner		Republican	1869–1870	Corunna	[8][18]
Mylo L. Gay		Democratic	1871–1872	Howell	[8][19][20]
Frederick L. Wells		Republican	1873–1876	Port Huron	[8][21]
John C. Waterbury		Republican	1877–1878	Lexington	[8][22]
Benjamin W. Huston Jr.		Republican	1879–1880	Vassar	[8][23]
Richard Winsor		Republican	1881–1882	Port Austin	[8][24]
James W. Hine		Republican	1883–1884	Lowell	[8][25]
John L. Curtis		Greenback	1885–1886	Grand Rapids	Elected on a Fusionist ticket, also backed by the Democratic Party.[8][26][27]
Edward E. Edwards		Republican	1887–1888	Fremont	[8][28]
Theron S. Gurney		Republican	1889–1890	Hart	[8][29]
Enoch T. Mugford		Democratic	1891–1892	Hart	[8][30]
Wellington R. Burt		Democratic	1893–1894	Saginaw	[8][31]
Emory Townsend		Republican	1895–1896	Saginaw	[8][32]
Henry M. Youmans		Democratic	1897–1898	Bridgeport	Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket.[8][33]
John Leidlein		Democratic	1899–1900	Saginaw	[8][34]
John Baird		Republican	1901–1906	Zilwaukee	[8][35]
Joseph H. Whitney		Republican	1907–1910	Merrill	[8][36]
John Leidlein		Democratic	1911–1912	Saginaw	[8][34]
G. Leo Weadock		Republican	1913–1914	Saginaw	[8][37]
Frank H. McPhillips		Democratic	1915–1916	Saginaw	[8][38]
Harvey A. Penney		Republican	1917–1926	Saginaw	[8][39]
Chester M. Howell		Republican	1927–1932	Saginaw	[8][40]
John Leidlein		Democratic	1933–1934	Saginaw	Died in office.[8][34][41]
Dale D. Doyle		Democratic	1935–1936	Saginaw	[8][42]
George W. Weadock II		Democratic	1937–1938	Saginaw	[8][43]
Chester M. Howell		Republican	1939–1945	Saginaw	Resigned amid scandal.[8][40]
William W. Lee		Republican	1945–1946	Saginaw	[8][44]
John P. Schuch		Republican	1947–1950	Saginaw	[8][45]
Donald W. Gilbert		Republican	1951–1954	Saginaw	[8][46]
Clarence F. Graebner		Republican	1955–1962	Saginaw	[8][47]
William J. Leppien		Republican	1963–1964	Saginaw	[8][48]
Charles Zollar		Republican	1965–1978	Benton Harbor	[8][49]
Harry Gast		Republican	1979–1994	St. Joseph	[8][50]
William Van Regenmorter		Republican	1995–2002	Georgetown Township	Lived in Jenison until around 1997, and lived in Hudsonville until around 2001.[8][51]
Valde Garcia		Republican	2003–2010	Howell	[8][51]
Joe Hune		Republican	2011–2018	Whitmore Lake	Lived in Hamburg Township until around 2015.[8][52][53]
Lana Theis		Republican	2019–present	Brighton	[8][54]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 22^[55]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Theis (incumbent)	24,384	57.6
	Republican	Mike Detmer	17,939	42.4
Total votes			42,323	100
General election
	Republican	Lana Theis (incumbent)	83,957	60.7
	Democratic	Jordan Genso	50,738	36.7
	Libertarian	Jon Elgas	2,478	1.8
	Constitution	Victoria McCasey	1,198	0.9
Total votes			138,371	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 22^[55]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lana Theis	25,957	74.8
	Republican	Joseph Converse Marinaro	8,732	25.2
Total votes			34,689	100
General election
	Republican	Lana Theis	76,043	56.0
	Democratic	Adam Dreher	57,167	42.1
	Green	Eric Borregard	2,659	2.0
Total votes			135,869	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 22^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Hune (incumbent)	58,380	58.9
	Democratic	Shari Pollesch	37,709	38.0
	Libertarian	Jeff Wood	3,108	3.1
Total votes			99,197	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[56]
2020	President	Trump 54.4 – 44.0%
2018	Senate	James 53.9 – 44.6%
	Governor	Schuette 51.6 – 45.9%
2016	President	Trump 56.0 – 38.7%
2014	Senate	Land 50.5 – 45.0%
	Governor	Snyder 63.7 – 34.4%
2012	President	Romney 56.7 – 42.4%
	Senate	Hoekstra 49.2 – 47.4%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Berrien County Cass County St. Joseph County (part) Constantine Township Fabius Township Flowerfield Township Lockport Township Mottville Township Park Township Three Rivers White Pigeon Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[57]
	Berrien County Cass County (part) Excluding Porter Township (part) Van Buren County (part) Antwerp Township Bangor Township Decatur Township Hamilton Township Hartford Hartford Township Keeler Township Lawrence Township Porter Township Paw Paw Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[58]
	Berrien County Van Buren County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[59]
	Allegan County Ottawa County (part) Georgetown Township Holland Holland Township Hudsonville Jamestown Township Zeeland Zeeland Township Van Buren County	1992 Apportionment Plan	[60]
	Ingham County (part) Bunker Hill Township Leslie Leslie Township Mason Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Livingston County Shiawassee County	2001 Apportionment Plan	[61]
	Livingston County Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor (part) Bridgewater Township Chelsea Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township (part) Lyndon Township Manchester Township Northfield Township Saline Township (part) Scio Township (part) Sharon Township Sylvan Township Webster Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[62]