Michigan's 24th Senate district

Michigan's 24th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 24th 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 Ruth Johnson since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Tom Barrett.

Michigan's 24th State Senate district
Senator	Ruth Johnson R–Groveland Township
Demographics	89% White 2% Black 4% Hispanic 3% Asian 3% Multiracial
Population (2022)	259,144
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 24 encompasses parts of Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb and Oakland counties.^[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 24, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, surrounded Lansing, and covered all of Clinton, Eaton, and Shiawassee Counties and parts of eastern Ingham County. Communities in the district included Charlotte, Grand Ledge, Eaton Rapids, Potterville, Waverly, DeWitt, St. Johns, Corunna, Durand, Owosso, Williamston, Delta Township, Bath Township, DeWitt Township, and small parts of East Lansing and Lansing proper.^[5]

The district overlapped with Michigan's 4th, 7th, and 8th congressional districts, and with the 65th, 67th, 69th, 71st, 85th, and 93rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[6]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Truman H. Lyon		Democratic	1853–1854	Grand Rapids	[7][8][9]
Wilder D. Foster		Republican	1855–1856	Grand Rapids	[7][10]
James Seymour		Republican	1857–1858	Flushing	[7][11]
Alexander P. Davis		Republican	1859–1860	Flint	[7][12][13]
Elbridge E. Gale		Republican	1861–1862	Goodrich	[7][14]
Henry H. Crapo		Republican	1863–1864	Flint	[7][15]
Alexander P. Davis		Republican	1865–1866	Flint	[7][12][16]
William Sanborn		Republican	1867–1868	Port Huron	[7][17]
Bela W. Jenks		Republican	1869–1872	St. Clair	[7][18]
Harrison H. Wheeler		Republican	1873–1874	Wenona	[7][19]
Townsend North		Republican	1875–1876	Vassar	[7][20]
Franklin S. Freeman		Republican	1877–1878	Ionia	[7][21]
Joseph P. Shoemaker		Greenback	1879–1880	Montcalm County	Endorsed by the Democrats.[7][22][23]
Erastus H. Stanton		Republican	1881–1882	Ionia	[7][24]
John W. Hance		Republican	1883–1884	Mt. Pleasant	[7][25]
Henry Woodruff		Republican	1885–1886	Farwell	[7][26]
Floyd L. Post		Republican	1887–1888	Coleman	[7][27]
Edbert B. Green		Republican	1889–1890	Alma	[7][28]
Frank L. Prindle		Republican	1891–1892	Gladwin	[7][29]
Peter Gilbert		Democratic	1893–1894	Sterling	[7][30]
Mendel J. Bialy		Republican	1895–1896	Bay City	[7][31]
Alexander Forsyth		Democratic	1897–1898	Standish	Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket.[7][32]
Perley C. Heald		Republican	1899–1900	Midland	[7][33]
Frank L. Westover		Republican	1901–1904	Bay City	[7][34]
Albert O. Heine		Republican	1905–1906	Bay City	[7][35]
Frank L. Edinborough		Republican	1907–1908	Bay City	[7][36]
William A. Collins		Republican	1909–1912	Bay City	[7][37]
William H. Allswede		Progressive	1913–1914	Sanford	[7][38]
Augustus H. Gansser		Republican	1915–1918	Bay City	[7][39]
William J. Bierd		Republican	1919–1920	Auburn	[7][40]
Ralph William Phillips		Republican	1921–1922	Bay City	[7][41]
Augustus H. Gansser		Republican	1923–1932	Bay City	[7][39]
Charles B. Asselin		Democratic	1933–1934	Bay City	[7][42]
Gerald J. Cotter		Republican	1935–1936	Mt. Pleasant	[7][43]
Joseph V. Coumans		Democratic	1937–1938	Bay City	[7][44]
Jerry T. Logie		Republican	1939–1944	Bay City	Resigned amid criminal charges.[7][45][46]
Frank Heath		Republican	1945–1954	Bay City	Died in office.[7][47]
Lynn O. Francis		Republican	1955–1962	Midland	[7][48]
Lester O. Begick		Republican	1963–1964	Bay City	[7][49]
S. Don Potter		Republican	1965–1966	Lansing	[7][50]
Harold W. Hungerford		Republican	1967–1970	Lansing	[7][51]
Philip O. Pittenger		Republican	1971–1974	Lansing	[7][52]
Earl E. Nelson		Democratic	1975–1978	Lansing	[7][53]
William A. Sederburg		Republican	1979–1990	East Lansing	[7][54]
Debbie Stabenow		Democratic	1991–1994	Lansing	[7][55]
Joe Schwarz		Republican	1995–2002	Battle Creek	[7][56]
Patricia L. Birkholz		Republican	2003–2010	Saugatuck Township	[7][57]
Rick Jones		Republican	2011–2018	Grand Ledge	[7][58]
Tom Barrett		Republican	2019–2022	Charlotte	Lived in Potterville until around 2021.[7][59][60][61]
Ruth Johnson		Republican	2023–present	Groveland Township	[62]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 24^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Johnson	87,171	65.8
	Democratic	Theresa J. Fougnie	45,316	34.2
Total votes			132,487	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 24^[63]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Barrett	22,127	70.4
	Republican	Brett Roberts	9,289	29.6
Total votes			31,416	100
General election
	Republican	Tom Barrett	66,969	53.5
	Democratic	Kelly Rossman-McKinney	54,352	43.4
	Libertarian	Katie Nepton	2,064	1.6
	U.S. Taxpayers	Matthew Shepard	1,711	1.4
Total votes			125,096	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 24^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Jones (incumbent)	55,332	56.4
	Democratic	Dawn Levey	42,776	43.6
Total votes			98,108	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[64]
2020	President	Trump 53.4 – 44.7%
2018	Senate	James 49.8 – 48.2%
	Governor	Whitmer 50.2 – 46.7%
2016	President	Trump 52.4 – 41.3%
2014	Senate	Peters 52.5 – 43.7%
	Governor	Snyder 51.5 – 46.5%
2012	President	Romney 49.6 – 49.4%
	Senate	Stabenow 55.2 – 41.5%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township Delhi Township East Lansing Ingham Township Lansing (part) Lansing Township Leroy Township Leslie Township Mason Meridian Township Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township	1964 Apportionment Plan	[65]
	Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township (part) Delhi Township East Lansing Lansing Lansing Township Locke Township Meridian Township Williamston Williamstown Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[66]
	Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township East Lansing Ingham Township Lansing Lansing Township Leroy Township Leslie Leslie Township Locke Township Mason Meridian Township Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township Williamston Williamstown Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[67]
	Calhoun County Eaton County Ingham County (part) Delhi Charter Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[68]
	Allegan County Barry County Eaton County	2001 Apportionment Plan	[69]
	Clinton County Eaton County Ingham County (part) Leroy Township Locke Township Wheatfield Township Williamston Williamstown Township Shiawassee County	2011 Apportionment Plan	[70]