Michigan's 4th Senate district

Michigan's 4th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Darrin Camilleri since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Marshall Bullock.^[2][3][4]

Michigan's 4th State Senate district
Senator	Darrin Camilleri D–Trenton
Demographics	74% White 14% Black 5% Hispanic 2% Asian 4% Multiracial
Population (2022)	268,560
Notes	[1]

Geography

District 4 encompasses part of Wayne County.^[5]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 4, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in central Detroit in Wayne County, also covering the nearby communities of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, and Southgate.^[6]

The district was split three ways among Michigan's 12th, 13th, and 14th congressional districts, and overlapped with the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 14th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[7] At just over 47 square miles, it was the smallest Senate district in the state.^[8]

List of senators

Senator	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Silas Finch		Democratic	1835–1836	Saline	[9][10][11]
William J. Moody		Democratic	1835–1836	Jackson	[9][12][13]
Henry Rumsey		Democratic	1835–1837	Ann Arbor	[9][14][11]
George B. Cooper		Democratic	1837–1838	Jackson	[9][15]
William Moore		Democratic	1837–1838	York	[9][16]
James Kingsley		Democratic	1838	Ann Arbor	[9][17]
Ebenezer B. Harrington		Democratic	1839	Port Huron	[9][18]
Jacob Summers		Democratic	1839–1840	Utica	[9][19]
Justin Rice		Whig	1840–1841	Port Huron	[9][20]
DeWitt C. Walker		Democratic	1841	Romeo	[9][21][22]
Townsend E. Gidley		Whig	1842	Jackson County	[9][23]
Henry Hewitt		Democratic	1842	Marshall	[9][24]
Edward A. Warner		Democratic	1842–1843	Coldwater	[9][25][26]
Edward Bradley		Democratic	1843	Marshall	[9][27][28]
William J. Moody		Democratic	1843–1844	Jackson	[9][12][13][29]
Abner Pratt		Democratic	1844–1845	Marshall	[9][30]
Jesse F. Turner		Democratic	1844–1845	DeWitt	[9][31]
James Videto		Democratic	1845–1846	Spring Arbor	[9][32]
George A. Coe		Whig	1846	Coldwater	Successfully contested the seat of Ephraim B. Danforth.[9][33][34]
Loren Maynard		Democratic	1846	Marengo	[9][35]
Isaac D. Toll		Democratic	1847	Fawn River	[9][36]
Jerome B. Fitzgerald		Democratic	1847–1848	St. Joseph	[9][37]
Alexander H. Redfield		Democratic	1848–1849	Cassopolis	[9][38]
John McKinney		Democratic	1849–1850	Paw Paw	[9][39]
Henry H. Riley		Democratic	1850–1852	Constantine	[9][40]
Philotus Haydon		Whig	1851–1852	Hamilton	[9][41][42]
The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district.[43][44]
Seneca Newberry		Democratic	1853–1854	Rochester	[9][45][46]
Alfred J. Boss		Republican	1855–1856	Pontiac	[9][47]
John L. Near		Republican	1857–1858	Brownstown	[9][48]
William E. Warner		Democratic	1859–1860	Rawsonville	[9][49]
John L. Near		Republican	1861–1862	Brownstown	[9][48]
Andrew S. Robertson		Democratic	1863–1864	Mount Clemens	[9][50]
Giles Hubbard		Republican	1865–1866	Mount Clemens	[9][51]
Charles Andrews		Republican	1867–1870	Armada	[9][52]
Gilbert Hatheway		Republican	1871	New Baltimore	Died in office.[9][53][54]
Seymour Brownell		Democratic	1872	Utica	[9][55]
J. Webster Childs		Republican	1873–1874	Ypsilanti	[9][56]
Jeremiah D. Corey		Democratic	1875–1876	Manchester	[9][57]
John L. Burleigh		Democratic	1877–1878	Ann Arbor	[9][58]
J. Webster Childs		Republican	1879–1880	Ypsilanti	[9][56]
David G. Rose		Democratic	1881–1882	Manchester	[9][59]
Charles H. Richmond		Democratic	1883–1884	Ann Arbor	[9][60]
Reuben Kempf		Republican	1885–1886	Ann Arbor	[9][61]
James S. Gorman		Democratic	1887–1890	Chelsea	In 1886, elected on a fusion ticket with the Greenbackers.[9][62]
Augustin C. McCormick		Democratic	1891–1892	Grafton	[9][63]
Charles F. Gibson		Republican	1893–1894	Detroit	[9][64]
Herbert Smalley		Republican	1895–1896	Detroit	[9][65]
Samuel J. Lawrence		Republican	1897–1898	Wyandotte	[9][66]
William T. McGraw		Republican	1899–1900	Detroit	[9][67]
Solon Goodell		Republican	1901–1904	Wayne County	[9][68]
Seneca C. Traver		Republican	1905–1908	River Rouge	[9][69]
John N. Anhut		Republican	1909–1910	Detroit	[9][70]
James H. Lee		Democratic	1911–1912	Detroit	[9][71]
Robert Y. Ogg		Republican	1913–1916	Detroit	[9][72]
George M. Condon		Republican	1917–1926	Detroit	[9][73]
Arthur E. Wood		Republican	1927–1932	Detroit	[9][74]
Edward B. McKenna		Democratic	1933–1934	Detroit	[9][75]
Arthur E. Wood		Republican	1935–1936	Detroit	[9][74]
James A. Burns		Democratic	1937–1938	Detroit	[9][76]
Allen G. Ludington		Republican	1939–1940	Detroit	[9][77]
James A. Burns		Democratic	1941–1942	Detroit	[9][76]
Arthur E. Wood		Republican	1943–1944	Detroit	[9][74]
Daniel J. Ryan		Democratic	1945–1946	Detroit	[9][78]
Arthur E. Wood		Republican	1947–1948	Detroit	[9][74]
Patrick Walsh		Democratic	1949–1954	Detroit	[9][79]
Charles S. Blondy		Democratic	1955–1964	Detroit	[9][80]
Coleman A. Young		Democratic	1965–1973	Detroit	Resigned after elected mayor of Detroit.[9][81]
David S. Holmes Jr.		Democratic	1974–1994	Detroit	Died in office.[9][82]
Patricia Holmes		Democratic	1994	Detroit	[9][83]
Jackie Vaughn III		Democratic	1995–2002	Detroit	[9][84]
Buzz Thomas		Democratic	2003–2010	Detroit	[9][85]
Virgil Smith Jr.		Democratic	2011–2016	Detroit	Resigned.[9][86]
Ian Conyers		Democratic	2016–2018	Detroit	[9][87]
Marshall Bullock		Democratic	2019–2022	Detroit	[9][88]
Darrin Camilleri		Democratic	2023–present	Trenton	[89]

Recent election results

2022

2022 Michigan Senate election, District 4^[90]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Houston W. James	8,623	40.7
	Republican	Michael Frazier	4,764	22.5
	Republican	James Chapman	4,142	19.6
	Republican	Beth Socia	3,639	17.2
Total votes			21,168	100
General election
	Democratic	Darrin Camilleri	64,387	55.3
	Republican	Houston W. James	51,962	44.7
Total votes			116,349	100
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 4^[90]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marshall Bullock	12,384	44.3
	Democratic	Fred Durhal III	10,706	38.3
	Democratic	Carron Pinkins	4,885	17.5
Total votes			27,975	100
General election
	Democratic	Marshall Bullock	58,107	78.3
	Republican	Angela Savino	16,115	21.7
Total votes			74,222	100
	Democratic hold

2016 special election

In March 2016, incumbent Virgil Smith Jr. resigned after being sentenced to prison for shooting up his wife's car, and a special election was called to fill the seat.^[91]

2016 Michigan Senate special election, District 4^[90]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ian Conyers	6,063	34.5
	Democratic	Fred Durhal Jr.	4,482	25.5
	Democratic	Patricia Holmes	1,362	7.8
	Democratic	James Cole Jr.	1,327	7.6
	Democratic	Helena Scott	1,272	7.2
	Democratic	Carron Pinkins	1,104	6.3
	Democratic	Vanessa Simpson Olive	773	4.4
	Democratic	Ralph Rayner	602	3.4
	Democratic	Howard Worthy	581	3.3
Total votes			17,566	100
General election
	Democratic	Ian Conyers	69,305	76.6
	Republican	Keith Franklin	21,225	23.4
Total votes			90,530	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 4^[90]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virgil Smith Jr. (incumbent)	11,597	49.8
	Democratic	Rashida Tlaib	9,742	41.9
	Democratic	Howard Worthy	1,937	8.3
Total votes			23,276	100
General election
	Democratic	Virgil Smith Jr. (incumbent)	49,970	81.9
	Republican	Keith Franklin	11,047	18.1
Total votes			61,018	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results[92]
2020	President	Biden 74.2 – 24.6%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 76.2 – 21.7%
	Governor	Whitmer 77.4 – 20.1%
2016	President	Clinton 74.6 – 22.3%
2014	Senate	Peters 81.8 – 15.1%
	Governor	Schauer 75.8 – 22.6%
2012	President	Obama 82.8 – 16.6%
	Senate	Stabenow 84.7 – 12.8%

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	[93]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[94]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	[95]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	[96]
	Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	[97]
	Wayne County (part) Allen Park Detroit (part) Lincoln Park Southgate	2011 Apportionment Plan	[98]