Michigan's 29th Senate district

Michigan's 29th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 29th 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 Winnie Brinks since 2019, succeeding Republican Dave Hildenbrand.^[4]

Michigan's 29th State Senate district
Senator	Winnie Brinks D–Grand Rapids
Demographics	57% White 16% Black 18% Hispanic 4% Asian 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	264,488
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 29 encompasses part of Kent County.^[5]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 29, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Grand Rapids, which also covered the surrounding Kent County communities of East Grand Rapids, Lowell, Forest Hills, Cascade Township, Grand Rapids Township, Ada Township, and Caledonia Township.^[6]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 3rd congressional district, and overlapped with the 73rd, 75th, 76th, and 86th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[7]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Daniel S. Johnson		Democratic	1853–1854	Zilwaukee	[8][9][10]
Henry J. Alvord		Democratic	1855–1856	Lapeer	[8][11][12]
Smith Lapham		Republican	1857–1858	Laphamville	[8][13][14]
Lewis Porter		Republican	1859–1860	Grand Rapids	[8][15]
Solomon L. Withey		Republican	1861–1862	Grand Rapids	[8][16]
Milton C. Watkins		Republican	1863–1866	Ashley	[8][17]
Henry Seymour		Republican	1867–1868	Grand Rapids	[8][18]
Peter R. L. Pierce		Republican	1869–1870	Grand Rapids	[8][19]
Byron D. Ball		Republican	1871–1872	Grand Rapids	[8][20]
Henry S. Clubb		Republican	1873–1874	Grand Haven	[8][21]
Charles D. Nelson		Republican	1875–1876	Muskegon	[8][22]
Columbus V. Tyler		Democratic	1877–1880	Bay City	[8][23]
Charles F. Gibson		Republican	1881–1882	Bay City	[8][24]
Freeman O. Gullifer		Republican	1883–1884	Au Sable	[8][25]
Charles R. Henry		Republican	1885–1886	Au Sable	[8][26]
Walter W. Barton		Republican	1887–1888	Leland	[8][27]
Roswell Leavitt		Republican	1889–1890	Bellaire	[8][28]
Robert R. Wilkinson		Republican	1891–1892	Eastport	[8][29]
James D. Turnbull		Democratic	1893–1894	Alpena	[8][30]
Ezra C. Barnum		Republican	1895–1898	Petoskey	[8][31]
Daniel P. McMullen		Republican	1899–1902	Cheboygan	[8][32]
William L. Curtis		Republican	1903–1906	Petoskey	[8][33]
Fred R. Ming		Republican	1907–1910	Cheboygan	[8][34]
Frank D. Scott		Republican	1911–1914	Alpena	[8][35]
J. Lee Morford		Republican	1915–1918	Gaylord	[8][36]
Herbert F. Baker		Republican	1919–1922	Weadock	[8][37]
William J. Pearson		Republican	1923–1926	Boyne Falls	[8][38]
Calvin A. Campbell		Republican	1927–1933	Indian River	Died in office.[8][39]
Otto W. Bishop		Republican	1935–1948	Alpena	[8][40]
Frank Andrews		Republican	1949–1960	Hillman	[8][41]
Thomas F. Schweigert		Republican	1961–1964	Petoskey	[8][42]
Garland B. Lane		Democratic	1965–1974	Flint	[8][43]
Dale Kildee		Democratic	1975–1977	Flint	Resigned.[8][44]
Harold J. Scott		Democratic	1977–1982	Flint	[8][45]
Gary G. Corbin		Democratic	1983–1986	Clio	[8][46]
John D. Cherry		Democratic	1987–1994	Clio	[8][47]
Joe Conroy		Democratic	1995–1998	Flint	[8][48]
Robert L. Emerson		Democratic	1999–2002	Flint	[8][49]
Bill Hardiman		Republican	2003–2010	Kentwood	[8][50]
Dave Hildenbrand		Republican	2011–2018	Lowell	[51][8]
Winnie Brinks		Democratic	2019–present	Grand Rapids	[52][53]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 29^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Winnie Brinks (incumbent)	59,407	60.3
	Republican	Tommy Brann	39,115	39.7
Total votes			98,522	100
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 29^[54]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Afendoulis	19,374	81.3
	Republican	Daniel Oesch	4,445	18.7
Total votes			23,819	100
General election
	Democratic	Winnie Brinks	70,715	56.9
	Republican	Chris Afendoulis	50,225	40.4
	Libertarian	Robert VanNoller	1,840	1.5
	Working Class	Louis Palus	1,445	1.2
Total votes			124,225	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 29^[54]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lance Penny	4,219	51.3
	Democratic	Michael Scruggs	4,008	48.7
Total votes			8,227	100
General election
	Republican	Dave Hildenbrand (incumbent)	47,200	57.9
	Democratic	Lance Penny	34,278	42.1
Total votes			81,478	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[55]
2020	President	Biden 61.5 – 36.4%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 57.0 – 40.9%
	Governor	Whitmer 58.7 – 38.4%
2016	President	Clinton 54.3 – 39.2%
2014	Senate	Peters 50.0 – 46.2%
	Governor	Snyder 57.1 – 40.8%
2012	President	Obama 52.7 – 46.3%
	Senate	Stabenow 52.5 – 44.1%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Genesee County (part) Genesee Township (part) Flint	1964 Apportionment Plan	[56]
	Genesee County (part) Atlas Township Burton Davison Davison Township Flint (part) Forest Township Genesee Township Grand Blanc Township Grand Blanc Township Richfield Township Thetford Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	[57]
	Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Atlas Township Burton Clio Davison Davison Township Fenton Fenton Township Forest Township Gaines Township Genesee Township (part) Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Township Montrose Township Mount Morris Mount Morris Township Mundy Township Richfield Township Thetford Township Vienna Township	1982 Apportionment Plan	[58]
	Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Clayton Township Fenton Fenton Township Flint Flint Township Flushing Flushing Township Gaines Township Linden Mundy Township Swartz Creek	1992 Apportionment Plan	[59]
	Kent County (part) Cascade Township Grand Rapids Grattan Township Kentwood Lowell Lowell Township Vergennes Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[60]
	Kent County (part) Ada Township Bowne Township Caledonia Township Cascade Township East Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Township Lowell Lowell Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[61]