Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district

Not to be confused with Michigan's 3rd congressional district.

Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 3rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in the northeastern portion of Wayne County, Michigan, including much of Detroit's East Side.^[2] The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.^[3]

Michigan's 3rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Alabas Farhat D–Dearborn
Demographics	34% White 52% Black 8% Hispanic 2% Asian 1% Other 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	90,939
Notes	[1]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
William A. Ryan		Democratic	1965-72	Detroit[4]	Redistricted from the former Wayne County, 3rd district
Casmer P. Ogonowski		Democratic	1973-82	Detroit	Resigned March 15, 1982[5] after pleading guilty to extortion;[6] redistricted from the 19th district
Clem Bykowski		Democratic	1982	Detroit	Elected in special election around June 1982[7]
Matthew McNeely		Democratic	1983-86	Detroit	Redistricted from the 16th district
Ilona Varga		Democratic	1987-92	Detroit[8]
Joe Young, Sr.		Democratic	1993-94	Detroit	Died April 1994;[9] redistricted from the 15th district
Mary Lou Parks		Democratic	1994-98	Detroit	Elected in special election to fill vacancy[10]
Artina Tinsley Hardman		Democratic	1999-04	Detroit[11]	Term limited
LaMar Lemmons III		Democratic	2005-06	Detroit[12]	Not to be confused with his father, LaMar Lemmons, Jr., a fellow state representative
Bettie Cook Scott		Democratic	2007-10	Detroit	Later served in the 2nd district
Alberta Tinsley Talabi		Democratic	2011-12	Detroit	Redistricted to the 2nd district
John Olumba		Democratic	2013	Detroit[13]	Departed Democratic caucus to join the Independent Urban Democracy Caucus, February 19, 2013
		Independent	2013-14
Wendell Byrd		Democratic	2015-20.	Detroit[14]
Shri Thanedar		Democratic	2021-22	Detroit[15]	[16]
Alabas Farhat		Democratic	2023-pres.	Dearborn	[17]

District boundaries

Years	County	Municipalities	Map	Notes
2013–present	Wayne	Detroit (Upper East Side and much of the area around Palmer Park)
2003-12	Wayne	Detroit (Lower East Side)
1993-2002	Wayne	Detroit (Lower East Side)
2011-2022	Wayne	Detroit (part)		[18]

Recent elections

2020 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shri Thanedar	28,575	93.32
	Republican	Anita Vinson	1,234	4.03
	Green	Stephen Boyle	813	2.65
Total votes			30,622
	Democratic hold

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	22,179	96.72
	Republican	Dolores Brodersen	751	3.28
Total votes			22,930
	Democratic hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	28,766	96.79
	Republican	John Brodersen	955	3.21
Turnout			29,721
	Democratic hold		Swing

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wendell Byrd	19,481	97.09
	Republican	Dolores Brodersen	583	2.91
	Democratic Write-in	Damian Christian Mitchell	0	0.00
Turnout			20,064
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Olumba	33,938	95.86
	Republican	Dolores I. Brodersen	1,029	2.91
	Green	Louis M. Novak	436	1.23
Turnout			35,403
	Democratic hold		Swing

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley Talabi	13,200	93.99
	Republican	Daniel J. Lamar	522	3.72
	Green	Fred Vitale	322	2.29
Turnout			14,044
	Democratic hold		Swing

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	27,828	97.04
	Green	Fred Vitale	468	1.63
	Libertarian	Tim Beck	381	1.33
Turnout			26,677
	Democratic hold		Swing