# Michigan's 2nd Senate district

Michigan's 2nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sylvia Santana since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Adam Hollier.

## Geography

District 2 encompasses part of Wayne County.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 2, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern Detroit in Wayne County, also covering the nearby communities of Highland Park, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe, and Grosse Pointe Park. It shared a water border with Canada along Lake St. Clair.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 13th and 14th congressional districts, and with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Laurent Durocher | Democratic | 1835–1836 | Monroe | |
| Edward D. Ellis | Democratic | 1835–1837 | Monroe | |
| Olmstead Hough | Democratic | 1835–1837 | Tecumseh | |
| Anthony McKey | Democratic | 1837–1838 | Deerfield | |
| Norman D. Curtis | Democratic | 1838–1839 | Monroe | |
| Warner Wing | Democratic | 1838–1839 | Monroe | |
| William L. Greenly | Democratic | 1839–1840 | Adrian | |
| John J. Adam | Democratic | 1840–1841 | Clinton | |
| Seba Murphy | Democratic | 1840–1841 | Monroe | |
| Elisha P. Champlin | Whig | 1841 | Jonesville | |
| Edward L. Fuller | Whig | 1842 | Ann Arbor | |
| James Kingsley | Democratic | 1842 | Ann Arbor | |
| Henry Compton | Democratic | 1843–1844 | Ypsilanti | |
| Robert Wilson | Democratic | 1843–1844 | Ann Arbor | |
| Edwin M. Cust | Democratic | 1842–1845 | Hamburg | |
| Charles P. Bush | Democratic | 1846–1847 | Genoa | |
| Henry B. Lathrop | Whig | 1847 | Jackson | |
| John Allen | Democratic | 1845–1848 | Ann Arbor | |
| Samuel Denton | Democratic | 1845–1848 | Ann Arbor | |
| William Finley Jr. | Democratic | 1849–1850 | Ann Arbor | |
| Dwight Webb | Democratic | 1849–1850 | Ann Arbor | |
| Nelson Gordon Isbell | Whig | 1848–1852 | Howell | |
| Michael Shoemaker | Democratic | 1848–1852 | Jackson County | |
| Barnabas Case | Democratic | 1851–1852 | Manchester | |
| George Danforth | Democratic | 1851–1852 | Ann Arbor | |
| The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. ||||||
| Alexander H. Stowell | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Detroit | |
| George Jerome | Republican | 1855–1858 | Detroit | |
| Henry Barnes | Republican | 1859–1860 | Detroit | |
| Henry P. Baldwin | Republican | 1861–1862 | Detroit | |
| William C. Duncan | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Detroit | |
| Joseph Godfrey | Democratic | 1865–1866 | Detroit | |
| Alanson Sheley | Republican | 1867–1868 | Detroit | |
| Lorenzo M. Mason | Democratic | 1869–1870 | Detroit | |
| Alanson Sheley | Republican | 1871–1872 | Detroit | |
| David M. Richardson | Republican | 1873–1874 | Detroit | |
| John Greusel | Republican | 1875–1876 | Detroit | |
| Theodore H. Hinchman | Democratic | 1877–1878 | Detroit | |
| Thomas W. Palmer | Republican | 1879–1880 | Detroit | |
| John Greusel | Republican | 1881–1884 | Detroit | |
| Thomas D. Hawley | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Detroit | |
| Calvin B. Crosby | Republican | 1887–1888 | Plymouth | |
| Theodore Rentz | Democratic | 1889–1890 | Detroit | |
| Joseph M. Weiss | Republican | 1891–1894 | Detroit | |
| William G. Thompson | Republican | 1895–1898 | Detroit | |
| Albert Stoll | Republican | 1899–1900 | Detroit | |
| James O. Murfin | Republican | 1901–1902 | Detroit | |
| Charles C. Simons | Republican | 1903–1904 | Detroit | |
| John Donald M. MacKay | Republican | 1905–1908 | Detroit | |
| Gustav A. Krueger | Republican | 1909–1910 | Detroit | |
| James A. Murtha | Democratic | 1911–1918 | Detroit | |
| Vincent M. Brennan | Republican | 1919–1920 | Detroit | |
| John W. Smith | Republican | 1921–1922 | Detroit | |
| Joseph Bahorski | Republican | 1923–1926 | Detroit | |
| Cass J. Jankowski | Republican | 1927–1930 | Detroit | Died in office. |
| George G. Sadowski | Democratic | 1931–1932 | Detroit | |
| Anthony J. Wilkowski | Democratic | 1933–1938 | Detroit | |
| Leo J. Wilkowski | Democratic | 1939–1944 | Detroit | |
| Anthony J. Wilkowski | Democratic | 1945–1946 | Detroit | |
| Joseph A. Brown | Democratic | 1947–1948 | Detroit | |
| Anthony J. Wilkowski | Democratic | 1949–1950 | Detroit | |
| Bristoe Bryant | Democratic | 1951–1952 | Detroit | |
| Cora M. Brown | Democratic | 1953–1954 | Detroit | |
| Stanley F. Rozycki | Democratic | 1955–1964 | Detroit | |
| Charles N. Youngblood Jr. | Democratic | 1965–1974 | Detroit | Resigned. |
| John C. Hertel | Democratic | 1974–1982 | Harper Woods | |
| Basil W. Brown | Democratic | 1983–1988 | Detroit | Resigned. |
| Virgil C. Smith | Democratic | 1988–2000 | Detroit | Resigned. |
| Martha G. Scott | Democratic | 2001–2010 | Detroit | |
| Bert Johnson | Democratic | 2011–2018 | Detroit | Resigned. |
| Adam Hollier | Democratic | 2018–2022 | Detroit | |
| Sylvia Santana | Democratic | 2023–present | Detroit | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

Following incumbent Bert Johnson's resignation, a special election and a regular election were held concurrently in 2018; in the special election, Adam Hollier won the primary against a similar slate of candidates and won the general election uncontested.
2018 Michigan Senate election, District 2 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Adam Hollier | 6,938 | 25.2 |
| | Democratic | Abraham Aiyash | 5,766 | 21.0 |
| | Democratic | Brian Banks | 4,725 | 17.2 |
| | Democratic | Regina Williams | 2,598 | 9.5 |
| | Democratic | LaMar Lemmons Jr. | 2,512 | 9.1 |
| | Democratic | John Olumba | 1,747 | 6.4 |
| | Democratic | George Cushingberry Jr. | 1,121 | 4.1 |
| | Democratic | Anam Miah | 931 | 3.4 |
| | Democratic | Lawrence Gannan | 555 | 2.0 |
| | Democratic | William Phillips | 328 | 1.2 |
| | Democratic | Tommy Campbell | 265 | 1.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,486 | 100 |
| | Republican | Lisa Papas | 3,879 | 54.1 |
| | Republican | John Hauler | 3,289 | 45.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,168 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Adam Hollier | 53,920 | 75.7 |
| | Republican | Lisa Papas | 17,288 | 24.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,209 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 2 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bert Johnson (incumbent) | 10,407 | 63.0 |
| | Democratic | John Olumba | 3,663 | 22.2 |
| | Democratic | Georgia Lemmons | 1,733 | 10.5 |
| | Democratic | Taras Nykoriak | 721 | 4.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,524 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Bert Johnson (incumbent) | 41,452 | 71.6 |
| | Republican | Mark Price | 14,354 | 24.8 |
| | Independent | Jeff Hall | 2,088 | 3.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,894 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 78.5 – 20.5% |
| 2018 | Senate | Stabenow 74.9 – 23.4% |
| 2018 | Governor | Whitmer 76.4 – 21.6% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 77.4 – 19.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 75.0 – 22.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Schauer 66.3 – 32.5% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 80.4 – 19.2% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 80.4 – 17.4% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Woods (part) Hamtramck Harper Woods | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Hamtramck Harper Woods Highland Park | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Shores Grosse Pointe Woods Hamtramck Harper Woods Highland Park | 2011 Apportionment Plan |