# Michigan's 32nd Senate district

Michigan's 32nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 32nd 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 Jon Bumstead since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Kenneth Horn.

## Geography

District 32 encompasses all of Benzie, Mason, Muskegon, and Oceana counties, as well as part of Manistee County.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 32, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Saginaw, covering all of Saginaw County and parts of western Genesee County. Other communities in the district include Bridgeport, Buena Vista, Freeland, Shields, Frankenmuth, Flushing, Linden, Saginaw Township, Fenton Township, and Flushing Township.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 4th and 5th congressional districts, and with the 48th, 49th, 51st, 85th, 94th, and 95th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Luther W. Clarke | Democratic | 1853-1854 | Eagle River | |
| A. I. Upson | Democratic | 1855-1856 | Eagle Harbor | |
| Robert J. Graveraet | Democratic | 1857-1858 | Marquette | |
| William Edmund Dickinson | Republican | 1859-1860 | Clifton | |
| Joseph Coulter | Democratic | 1861-1862 | Ontonagon | |
| Elijah S. Northrop | Democratic | 1863 | Hancock | Died in office. |
| John H. Forster | Democratic | 1865-1866 | Houghton | |
| Thomas J. Brown | Democratic | 1867-1868 | Houghton | |
| William Willard Jr. | Democratic | 1869-1870 | Ontonagon | |
| Frank G. White | Republican | 1871-1872 | Calumet | |
| Edwin B. Isham | Republican | 1873-1874 | Negaunee | |
| Peter White | Democratic | 1875-1876 | Marquette | |
| Reuben H. Osburn | Republican | 1877-1878 | Calumet | |
| Seth D. North | Republican | 1879-1880 | Hancock | |
| Joseph H. Chandler | Republican | 1881-1882 | Hancock | |
| James Mercer | Republican | 1883-1884 | Ontonagon | |
| Jay Abel Hubbell | Republican | 1885-1888 | Houghton | |
| Thomas B. Dunstan | Republican | 1889-1890 | Hancock | |
| John H. D. Stevens | Republican | 1891-1892 | Ironwood | |
| Willis F. Sawyer | Republican | 1893-1894 | Ontonagon | |
| Carlos D. Shelden | Republican | 1895-1896 | Houghton | |
| Orrin W. Robinson | Republican | 1897-1898 | Chassell | |
| Charles Smith | Republican | 1899-1910 | Houghton County | |
| W. Frank James | Republican | 1911-1914 | Hancock | |
| George Williams | Republican | 1915-1916 | Calumet | |
| James M. Wilcox | Republican | 1917-1928 | Calumet | |
| Adolph F. Heidkamp | Republican | 1929-1936 | Lake Linden | |
| Henry F. Shea | Democratic | 1937-1940 | Laurium | |
| William C. Birk | Republican | 1941-1942 | Baraga | |
| Fred W. Burritt | Republican | 1943-1948 | Houghton | Died in office. |
| Leo H. Roy | Republican | 1949-1958 | Hancock | |
| Charles O. McManiman | Democratic | 1959-1964 | Houghton | |
| Milton Zaagman | Republican | 1965-1974 | Grand Rapids | |
| John R. Otterbacher | Democratic | 1975-1978 | Grand Rapids | |
| Stephen V. Monsma | Democratic | 1979-1982 | Grand Rapids | |
| Paul B. Henry | Republican | 1983-1984 | Grand Rapids | Resigned after elected to U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Vern Ehlers | Republican | 1985-1993 | Grand Rapids | Resigned after elected to U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Glenn Steil Sr. | Republican | 1994 | Grand Rapids | |
| Leon Stille | Republican | 1995–2002 | Crockery Township | Lived in Ferrysburg from around 1995 to 2000. |
| Michael Goschka | Republican | 2003–2006 | Brant | |
| Roger Kahn | Republican | 2007–2014 | Saginaw | |
| Kenneth Horn | Republican | 2015–2022 | Frankenmuth | |
| Jon Bumstead | Republican | 2023–present | North Muskegon | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 32 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Phil Phelps | 14,152 | 58.7 |
| | Democratic | Henry Gaudreau | 9,938 | 41.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,090 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Ken Horn (incumbent) | 62,375 | 55.5 |
| | Democratic | Phil Phelps | 50,058 | 44.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 112,433 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 32 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Stacy Erwin Oakes (incumbent) | 11,257 | 61.8 |
| | Democratic | Garnet Lewis | 6,959 | 38.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,216 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Ken Horn | 49,452 | 54.3 |
| | Democratic | Stacy Erwin Oakes | 41,539 | 45.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 90,911 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 51.6 – 46.9% |
| 2018 | Senate | Stabenow 49.2 – 48.9% |
| 2018 | Governor | Whitmer 51.0 – 46.4% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 50.7 – 44.5% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 57.8 – 38.6% |
| 2014 | Governor | Schauer 50.9 – 46.8% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 53.6 – 45.5% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 60.4 – 36.8% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Kent County (part) Alpine Township Grand Rapids (part) Grandville Walker | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Kent County (part) Alpine Township Grand Rapids (part) Plainfield Township Walker Wyoming | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Kent County (part) Ada Township Cannon Township Courtland Township (part) East Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Township Grattan Township Oakfield Township Vergennes Township | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Muskegon County Ottawa County (part) Allendale Township Blendon Township Chester Township Coopersville Crockery Township Ferrysburg Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Olive Township Park Township Polkton Township Port Sheldon Township Robinson Township Spring Lake Township Tallmadge Township Wright Township | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Gratiot County Saginaw County | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Clayton Township Fenton Township Flushing Flushing Township Gaines Township Linden Montrose Montrose Township Saginaw County | 2011 Apportionment Plan |