Michigan's 33rd Senate district

Michigan's 33rd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 33rd district was created in 1953, as dictated by the 1908 Michigan Constitution.^[2] The previous 1850 constitution only allowed for 32 senate districts.^[3] It has been represented by Republican Rick Outman since 2019, succeeding fellow Republican Judy Emmons.^[4]

Michigan's 33rd State Senate district
Senator	Rick Outman R–Six Lakes
Demographics	88% White 2% Black 5% Hispanic 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	267,965
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 33 encompasses all of Newaygo and Montcalm counties, as well as parts of Ionia, Kent, Lake, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties.^[5]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 33, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered all of Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, and Montcalm Counties in the dead center of the state. Communities in the district included Mount Pleasant, Big Rapids, Alma, St. Louis, Greenville, Clare, Harrison, Ithaca, Canadian Lakes, and Union Township.^[6]

The district was located almost entirely within Michigan's 4th congressional district, also slightly extending into the 3rd district. It overlapped with the 70th, 93rd, 97th, 99th, and 102nd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[7]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Lewis G. Christman		Republican	1955–1960	Ann Arbor	[8][9]
Stanley G. Thayer		Republican	1961–1964	Ann Arbor	[8][10]
Jan B. Vanderploeg		Democratic	1965–1966	North Muskegon	[8][11]
Oscar E. Bouwsma		Republican	1967–1974	Muskegon	[8][12]
Anthony A. Derezinski		Democratic	1975–1978	Muskegon	[8][13]
Phillip J. Arthurhultz		Republican	1979–1994	Whitehall	[8][14]
Jon Cisky		Republican	1995–1998	Thomas Township	[8][15][16][17]
Michael Goschka		Republican	1999–2002	Brant	[8][18][19]
Alan Cropsey		Republican	2003–2010	DeWitt	[20][8]
Judy Emmons		Republican	2011–2018	Sheridan	[21][22]
Rick Outman		Republican	2019–present	Six Lakes	[23][24]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 33^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Outman (incumbent)	77,239	66.2
	Democratic	Mark Bignell	36,757	31.7
	Libertarian	Jay Gillotte	2,438	2.1
Total votes			116,592	100
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 33^[25]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Outman	16,681	71.8
	Republican	Gregory Alexander	6,554	28.2
Total votes			23,235	100
	Democratic	Mark Bignell	8,293	57.9
	Democratic	John Hoppough	6,025	42.1
Total votes			14,318	100
General election
	Republican	Rick Outman	49,856	58.7
	Democratic	Mark Bignell	32,375	38.1
	U.S. Taxpayers	Christopher Comden	2,633	3.1
Total votes			84,864	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 33^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Emmons (incumbent)	36,420	57.2
	Democratic	Fred Sprague	27,235	42.8
Total votes			63,655	100
	Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[26]
2020	President	Trump 61.7 – 36.4%
2018	Senate	James 55.4 – 41.9%
	Governor	Schuette 53.4 – 43.0%
2016	President	Trump 58.6 – 35.4%
2014	Senate	Peters 49.1 – 45.4%
	Governor	Snyder 53.0 – 43.7%
2012	President	Romney 50.9 – 47.9%
	Senate	Stabenow 55.3 – 41.1%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Lake County Manistee County (part) Filer Township Manistee Manistee Township Mason County Muskegon County Oceana County	1964 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Lake County (part) Excluding Chase Township Manistee County Mason County Muskegon County Newaygo County (part) Beaver Township Big Prairie Township Dayton Township Denver Township Everett Township Goodwell Township Lilley Township Lincoln Township Merrill Township Monroe Township Norwich Township Sherman Township Troy Township White Cloud Wilcox Township Oceana County	1972 Apportionment Plan	[28]
	Mason County Muskegon County Newaygo County Oceana County	1982 Apportionment Plan	[29]
	Gratiot County Saginaw County	1992 Apportionment Plan	[30]
	Clinton County Ionia County Isabella County Montcalm County	2001 Apportionment Plan	[31]
	Clare County Gratiot County Isabella County Mecosta County Montcalm County	2011 Apportionment Plan	[32]