# Michigan's 22nd Senate district

Michigan's 22nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 22nd district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. It has been represented by Republican Lana Theis since 2019, succeeding fellow Republican Joe Hune.

## Geography

District 22 encompasses all of Livingston County, as well as part of Genesee, Ingham, and Shiawassee counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 22, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered all of Livingston County and most of western Washtenaw County in exurban Detroit, including the communities of Brighton, Howell, Fowlerville, Whitmore Lake, Chelsea, Dexter, Brighton Township, Genoa Township, Green Oak Township, Hamburg Township, Hartland Township, Oceola Township, Tyrone Township, Marion Township, and Scio Township.
The district was largely located within Michigan's 8th congressional district, also extended into the 7th and 12th districts. It overlapped with the 42nd, 47th, and 52nd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| James W. Hickock | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Walton Township | |
| Henry A. Goodyear | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Hastings | |
| Isaac T. Hollister | Republican | 1857–1858 | Victor Township | |
| Whitney Jones | Republican | 1859–1860 | Lansing | |
| Randolph Strickland | Republican | 1861–1862 | DeWitt | |
| Lauren K. Hewitt | Democratic | 1863 | Lansing | Resigned. |
| Henry M. Perrin | Republican | 1865–1866 | St. Johns | |
| David Lewis Latourette | Republican | 1867–1868 | Fenton | |
| Jerome W. Turner | Republican | 1869–1870 | Corunna | |
| Mylo L. Gay | Democratic | 1871–1872 | Howell | |
| Frederick L. Wells | Republican | 1873–1876 | Port Huron | |
| John C. Waterbury | Republican | 1877–1878 | Lexington | |
| Benjamin W. Huston Jr. | Republican | 1879–1880 | Vassar | |
| Richard Winsor | Republican | 1881–1882 | Port Austin | |
| James W. Hine | Republican | 1883–1884 | Lowell | |
| John L. Curtis | Greenback | 1885–1886 | Grand Rapids | Elected on a Fusionist ticket, also backed by the Democratic Party. |
| Edward E. Edwards | Republican | 1887–1888 | Fremont | |
| Theron S. Gurney | Republican | 1889–1890 | Hart | |
| Enoch T. Mugford | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Hart | |
| Wellington R. Burt | Democratic | 1893–1894 | Saginaw | |
| Emory Townsend | Republican | 1895–1896 | Saginaw | |
| Henry M. Youmans | Democratic | 1897–1898 | Bridgeport | Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. |
| John Leidlein | Democratic | 1899–1900 | Saginaw | |
| John Baird | Republican | 1901–1906 | Zilwaukee | |
| Joseph H. Whitney | Republican | 1907–1910 | Merrill | |
| John Leidlein | Democratic | 1911–1912 | Saginaw | |
| G. Leo Weadock | Republican | 1913–1914 | Saginaw | |
| Frank H. McPhillips | Democratic | 1915–1916 | Saginaw | |
| Harvey A. Penney | Republican | 1917–1926 | Saginaw | |
| Chester M. Howell | Republican | 1927–1932 | Saginaw | |
| John Leidlein | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Saginaw | Died in office. |
| Dale D. Doyle | Democratic | 1935–1936 | Saginaw | |
| George W. Weadock II | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Saginaw | |
| Chester M. Howell | Republican | 1939–1945 | Saginaw | Resigned amid scandal. |
| William W. Lee | Republican | 1945–1946 | Saginaw | |
| John P. Schuch | Republican | 1947–1950 | Saginaw | |
| Donald W. Gilbert | Republican | 1951–1954 | Saginaw | |
| Clarence F. Graebner | Republican | 1955–1962 | Saginaw | |
| William J. Leppien | Republican | 1963–1964 | Saginaw | |
| Charles Zollar | Republican | 1965–1978 | Benton Harbor | |
| Harry Gast | Republican | 1979–1994 | St. Joseph | |
| William Van Regenmorter | Republican | 1995–2002 | Georgetown Township | Lived in Jenison until around 1997, and lived in Hudsonville until around 2001. |
| Valde Garcia | Republican | 2003–2010 | Howell | |
| Joe Hune | Republican | 2011–2018 | Whitmore Lake | Lived in Hamburg Township until around 2015. |
| Lana Theis | Republican | 2019–present | Brighton | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 22 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Lana Theis | 25,957 | 74.8 |
| | Republican | Joseph Converse Marinaro | 8,732 | 25.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,689 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Lana Theis | 76,043 | 56.0 |
| | Democratic | Adam Dreher | 57,167 | 42.1 |
| | Green | Eric Borregard | 2,659 | 2.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 135,869 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 22 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Joe Hune (incumbent) | 58,380 | 58.9 |
| | Democratic | Shari Pollesch | 37,709 | 38.0 |
| | Libertarian | Jeff Wood | 3,108 | 3.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 99,197 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 54.4 – 44.0% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 53.9 – 44.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 51.6 – 45.9% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 56.0 – 38.7% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 50.5 – 45.0% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 63.7 – 34.4% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 56.7 – 42.4% |
| 2012 | Senate | Hoekstra 49.2 – 47.4% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Berrien County Cass County St. Joseph County (part) Constantine Township Fabius Township Flowerfield Township Lockport Township Mottville Township Park Township Three Rivers White Pigeon Township | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Berrien County Cass County (part) Excluding Porter Township (part) Van Buren County (part) Antwerp Township Bangor Township Decatur Township Hamilton Township Hartford Hartford Township Keeler Township Lawrence Township Porter Township Paw Paw Township | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Berrien County Van Buren County | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Allegan County Ottawa County (part) Georgetown Township Holland Holland Township Hudsonville Jamestown Township Zeeland Zeeland Township Van Buren County | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Ingham County (part) Bunker Hill Township Leslie Leslie Township Mason Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Livingston County Shiawassee County | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Livingston County Washtenaw County (part) Ann Arbor (part) Bridgewater Township Chelsea Dexter Township Freedom Township Lima Township Lodi Township (part) Lyndon Township Manchester Township Northfield Township Saline Township (part) Scio Township (part) Sharon Township Sylvan Township Webster Township | 2011 Apportionment Plan |