# 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.

## Geography

District 4 encompasses part of Wayne County.

### 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.
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. At just over 47 square miles, it was the smallest Senate district in the state.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Silas Finch | Democratic | 1835–1836 | Saline | |
| William J. Moody | Democratic | 1835–1836 | Jackson | |
| Henry Rumsey | Democratic | 1835–1837 | Ann Arbor | |
| George B. Cooper | Democratic | 1837–1838 | Jackson | |
| William Moore | Democratic | 1837–1838 | York | |
| James Kingsley | Democratic | 1838 | Ann Arbor | |
| Ebenezer B. Harrington | Democratic | 1839 | Port Huron | |
| Jacob Summers | Democratic | 1839–1840 | Utica | |
| Justin Rice | Whig | 1840–1841 | Port Huron | |
| DeWitt C. Walker | Democratic | 1841 | Romeo | |
| Townsend E. Gidley | Whig | 1842 | Jackson County | |
| Henry Hewitt | Democratic | 1842 | Marshall | |
| Edward A. Warner | Democratic | 1842–1843 | Coldwater | |
| Edward Bradley | Democratic | 1843 | Marshall | |
| William J. Moody | Democratic | 1843–1844 | Jackson | |
| Abner Pratt | Democratic | 1844–1845 | Marshall | |
| Jesse F. Turner | Democratic | 1844–1845 | DeWitt | |
| James Videto | Democratic | 1845–1846 | Spring Arbor | |
| George A. Coe | Whig | 1846 | Coldwater | Successfully contested the seat of Ephraim B. Danforth. |
| Loren Maynard | Democratic | 1846 | Marengo | |
| Isaac D. Toll | Democratic | 1847 | Fawn River | |
| Jerome B. Fitzgerald | Democratic | 1847–1848 | St. Joseph | |
| Alexander H. Redfield | Democratic | 1848–1849 | Cassopolis | |
| John McKinney | Democratic | 1849–1850 | Paw Paw | |
| Henry H. Riley | Democratic | 1850–1852 | Constantine | |
| Philotus Haydon | Whig | 1851–1852 | Hamilton | |
| The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. ||||||
| Seneca Newberry | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Rochester | |
| Alfred J. Boss | Republican | 1855–1856 | Pontiac | |
| John L. Near | Republican | 1857–1858 | Brownstown | |
| William E. Warner | Democratic | 1859–1860 | Rawsonville | |
| John L. Near | Republican | 1861–1862 | Brownstown | |
| Andrew S. Robertson | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Mount Clemens | |
| Giles Hubbard | Republican | 1865–1866 | Mount Clemens | |
| Charles Andrews | Republican | 1867–1870 | Armada | |
| Gilbert Hatheway | Republican | 1871 | New Baltimore | Died in office. |
| Seymour Brownell | Democratic | 1872 | Utica | |
| J. Webster Childs | Republican | 1873–1874 | Ypsilanti | |
| Jeremiah D. Corey | Democratic | 1875–1876 | Manchester | |
| John L. Burleigh | Democratic | 1877–1878 | Ann Arbor | |
| J. Webster Childs | Republican | 1879–1880 | Ypsilanti | |
| David G. Rose | Democratic | 1881–1882 | Manchester | |
| Charles H. Richmond | Democratic | 1883–1884 | Ann Arbor | |
| Reuben Kempf | Republican | 1885–1886 | Ann Arbor | |
| James S. Gorman | Democratic | 1887–1890 | Chelsea | In 1886, elected on a fusion ticket with the Greenbackers. |
| Augustin C. McCormick | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Grafton | |
| Charles F. Gibson | Republican | 1893–1894 | Detroit | |
| Herbert Smalley | Republican | 1895–1896 | Detroit | |
| Samuel J. Lawrence | Republican | 1897–1898 | Wyandotte | |
| William T. McGraw | Republican | 1899–1900 | Detroit | |
| Solon Goodell | Republican | 1901–1904 | Wayne County | |
| Seneca C. Traver | Republican | 1905–1908 | River Rouge | |
| John N. Anhut | Republican | 1909–1910 | Detroit | |
| James H. Lee | Democratic | 1911–1912 | Detroit | |
| Robert Y. Ogg | Republican | 1913–1916 | Detroit | |
| George M. Condon | Republican | 1917–1926 | Detroit | |
| Arthur E. Wood | Republican | 1927–1932 | Detroit | |
| Edward B. McKenna | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Detroit | |
| Arthur E. Wood | Republican | 1935–1936 | Detroit | |
| James A. Burns | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Detroit | |
| Allen G. Ludington | Republican | 1939–1940 | Detroit | |
| James A. Burns | Democratic | 1941–1942 | Detroit | |
| Arthur E. Wood | Republican | 1943–1944 | Detroit | |
| Daniel J. Ryan | Democratic | 1945–1946 | Detroit | |
| Arthur E. Wood | Republican | 1947–1948 | Detroit | |
| Patrick Walsh | Democratic | 1949–1954 | Detroit | |
| Charles S. Blondy | Democratic | 1955–1964 | Detroit | |
| Coleman A. Young | Democratic | 1965–1973 | Detroit | Resigned after elected mayor of Detroit. |
| David S. Holmes Jr. | Democratic | 1974–1994 | Detroit | Died in office. |
| Patricia Holmes | Democratic | 1994 | Detroit | |
| Jackie Vaughn III | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Detroit | |
| Buzz Thomas | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Detroit | |
| Virgil Smith Jr. | Democratic | 2011–2016 | Detroit | Resigned. |
| Ian Conyers | Democratic | 2016–2018 | Detroit | |
| Marshall Bullock | Democratic | 2019–2022 | Detroit | |
| Darrin Camilleri | Democratic | 2023–present | Trenton | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 4 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 27,975 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Marshall Bullock | 58,107 | 78.3 |
| | Republican | Angela Savino | 16,115 | 21.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,222 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | 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.
2016 Michigan Senate special election, District 4 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 17,566 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Ian Conyers | 69,305 | 76.6 |
| | Republican | Keith Franklin | 21,225 | 23.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 90,530 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 4 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Total votes | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 61,018 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal and statewide results

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

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Allen Park Detroit (part) Lincoln Park Southgate | 2011 Apportionment Plan |