# Michigan's 14th Senate district

Michigan's 14th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 14th 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 Democratic Sue Shink since 2023, succeeding Republican Ruth Johnson.

## Geography

District 14 encompasses all of Jackson County, as well as part of Washtenaw County.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 14, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was split between southern Genesee County outside of Flint and northwestern Oakland County in the exurbs of Detroit. Communities in the district included Waterford Township, Highland Township, Springfield Township, Brandon Township, Holly Township (including the village of Holly), Fenton, Mundy Township, the city and township of Davison, and the city and township of Grand Blanc.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 5th, 8th, and 11th congressional districts, and with the 43rd, 44th, 46th, 48th, 50th, and 51st districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Nathan Pierce | Whig | 1853–1854 | Marengo | |
| William H. Brockway | Republican | 1855–1856 | Albion | |
| Edmund Burke Fairfield | Republican | 1857–1858 | Hillsdale | |
| Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | Republican | 1859–1860 | Jonesville | |
| John McDermid | Republican | 1861–1862 | Cambria Mills | |
| Ebenezer O. Grosvenor | Republican | 1863–1864 | Jonesville | |
| Frederick Fowler | Republican | 1865–1866 | Reading | |
| Jonathan G. Wait | Republican | 1867–1868 | Sturgis | |
| Abraham C. Prutzman | Republican | 1869–1872 | Three Rivers | |
| Mark D. Wilber | Republican | 1873–1874 | Allegan | |
| Henry F. Thomas | Republican | 1875–1876 | Allegan | |
| Wilson C. Edsell | Republican | 1877–1878 | Otsego | |
| Nathaniel W. Lewis | Greenback | 1879–1880 | Ganges | Lewis was a Democrat, but was elected to the state senate as a Greenbacker. |
| Wilson C. Edsell | Republican | 1881–1882 | Otsego | |
| Henry H. Jenison | Democratic | 1883–1884 | Eagle | |
| Orrin G. Pennell | Greenback | 1885–1886 | Oxford | Elected on a fusion ticket, also endorsed by the Democrats. |
| Charles I. Deyo | Greenback | 1887–1888 | Oxford | Elected on a fusion ticket, also endorsed by the Democrats. |
| Franklin B. Galbraith | Republican | 1889–1890 | Pontiac | |
| Charles B. Boughner | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Pontiac | |
| Schuyler Champion | Democratic | 1893–1894 | Lansing | Also endorsed by the Populists. |
| William M. Kilpatrick | Republican | 1895–1896 | Owosso | |
| Henry S. Hadsall | Democratic | 1897–1898 | Owosso | Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. |
| Charles B. Collingwood | Republican | 1899–1900 | Lansing | |
| John Robson | Republican | 1901–1902 | Lansing | |
| Albert B. Cook | Republican | 1903–1906 | Owosso | |
| Arthur J. Tuttle | Republican | 1907–1910 | Leslie | |
| William A. Rosenkrans | Republican | 1911–1914 | Corunna | |
| Charles W. Foster | Republican | 1915–1918 | Lansing | |
| Byron P. Hicks | Republican | 1919–1922 | Owosso | Lived in Durand until around 1921. |
| Frank L. Young | Republican | 1923–1926 | Lansing | |
| Seymour H. Person | Republican | 1927–1930 | Lansing | |
| Joe C. Foster | Republican | 1931–1934 | East Lansing | |
| Harry F. Hittle | Republican | 1935–1957 | East Lansing | Lived in Lansing from around 1949 to 1952. Died in office. |
| Paul C. Younger | Republican | 1957–1964 | Lansing | |
| Paul M. Chandler | Republican | | Livonia | Elected in 1964, died before taking office. |
| Farrell E. Roberts | Republican | 1965–1966 | Pontiac | |
| George W. Kuhn | Republican | 1967–1970 | Birmingham | |
| Carl Pursell | Republican | 1971–1977 | Plymouth | Resigned after elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| R. Robert Geake | Republican | 1977–1982 | Northville | |
| Jerome T. Hart | Democratic | 1983–1990 | Saginaw | |
| Jon Cisky | Republican | 1991–1994 | Thomas Township | |
| Gary Peters | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Bloomfield Township | Also resided in Pontiac. |
| Gilda Jacobs | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Huntington Woods | |
| Vincent Gregory | Democratic | 2011–2014 | Southfield | |
| David B. Robertson | Republican | 2015–2018 | Grand Blanc | |
| Ruth Johnson | Republican | 2019–2022 | Holly | |
| Sue Shink | Democratic | 2023–present | Northfield | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 14 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ruth Johnson | 20,958 | 76.6 |
| | Republican | Katherine Houston | 6,398 | 23.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,356 | 100 |
| | Democratic | Renee Watson | 16,569 | 71.3 |
| | Democratic | Cris Rariden | 4,269 | 18.4 |
| | Democratic | Jason Waisanen | 2,408 | 10.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,246 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Ruth Johnson | 64,253 | 55.7 |
| | Democratic | Renee Watson | 48,578 | 42.1 |
| | Green | Jessica Smith | 2,580 | 2.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 115,411 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 14 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bobbie Walton | 6,807 | 63.6 |
| | Democratic | Tim Terpening | 3,891 | 36.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,698 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | David Robertson (incumbent) | 46,826 | 57.6 |
| | Democratic | Bobbie Walton | 34,502 | 42.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 81,328 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 54.8 – 43.5% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 52.7 – 45.4% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 49.6 – 47.4% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 55.7 – 38.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 49.8 – 45.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 56.5 – 41.2% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 51.4 – 47.7% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 53.4 – 42.9% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Commerce Township Farmington Farmington Township Groveland Township Highland Township Holly Township Keego Harbor Lyon Township Milford Township Northville Novi Township Orchard Lake Village Rose Township South Lyon Springfield Township Sylvan Lake Walled Lake West Bloomfield Township White Lake Township Wixom Wayne County (part) Livonia Northville Northville Township Plymouth Plymouth Township | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Livonia Northville (part) Northville Township Plymouth Plymouth Township Redford Township Westland (part) | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Saginaw County | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Berkley Bloomfield Township Lathrup Village Oak Park Pontiac Royal Oak Township Southfield Southfield Township | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Oak Park Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Township Southfield Southfield Township | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Genesee County (part) Atlas Township Davison Davison Township Fenton Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Township Mundy Township Oakland County (part) Brandon Township Fenton Groveland Township Highland Township Holly Township Lake Angelus Rose Township Springfield Township Waterford Township | 2011 Apportionment Plan |