# Michigan's 30th Senate district

Michigan's 30th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 30th 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 Mark Huizenga since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Roger Victory.
By most measures, the 2012-2022 version of the district was the most Republican-leaning district in the Senate. However, redistricting in 2022 reconfigured the district to take in much of the northern half of the city of Grand Rapids, making it a more competitive seat. Incumbent Republican state senator Mark Huizenga, who had won a special election for the previous 28th district, was narrowly re-elected over Democratic state representative David LaGrand, the closest race of the entire 2022 state Senate elections.

## Geography

District 30 encompasses parts of Kent and Ottawa counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 30, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was exactly coterminous with Ottawa County in the western suburbs of Grand Rapids, including the communities of Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Coopersville, Zeeland, Ferrysburg, Allendale, Jenison, Georgetown Township, Grand Haven Township, Holland Township, Park Township, Spring Lake Township, Zeeland Township, and most of northern Holland.
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 2nd congressional district, and overlapped with the 88th, 89th, and 90th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| John S. Smith | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Armada | |
| Cortez P. Hooker | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Ashley | |
| Stephen H. Warren | Republican | 1857–1858 | Eureka | |
| Osmond Tower | Republican | 1859–1862 | Ionia | |
| Nelson Green | Republican | 1863–1864 | Clay Banks | |
| Elias W. Merrill | Republican | 1865–1866 | Muskegon | |
| Israel E. Carleton | Republican | 1867–1870 | Whitehall | Lived in Mears until around 1869. |
| Wales F. Storrs | Republican | 1871–1872 | Coopersville | |
| Edgar L. Gray | Republican | 1873–1876 | Newaygo | |
| Fitch R. Williams | Republican | 1877–1878 | Elk Rapids | |
| George W. Bell | Republican | 1879–1880 | Cheboygan | |
| Archibald Buttars | Republican | 1881–1882 | Charlevoix | |
| John H. Richardson | Independent | 1883–1884 | Tuscola | |
| Lewis C. Davis | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Vassar | Elected on a Fusionist ticket, also backed by the Greenback Party. |
| Henry W. Seymour | Republican | 1887–1888 | Sault St. Marie | Resigned. |
| Albert O. Blackwell | Republican | 1889–1890 | Gladstone | |
| George W. Sharp | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Newberry | |
| Joseph Flesheim | Republican | 1893–1894 | Menominee | |
| Richard Mason | Republican | 1895–1898 | Gladstone | |
| Fred K. Baker | Republican | 1899–1900 | Menominee | |
| Oramel B. Fuller | Republican | 1901–1904 | Ford River | |
| Willis N. Mills | Republican | 1905–1906 | Menominee | |
| Oramel B. Fuller | Republican | 1907–1908 | Ford River | |
| Otto Fowle | Republican | 1909–1912 | Sault St. Marie | |
| James C. Wood | Republican | 1913–1918 | Manistique | |
| William A. Lemire | Republican | 1919–1922 | Escanaba | |
| Frank P. Bohn | Republican | 1923–1926 | Newberry | |
| Herbert J. Rushton | Republican | 1927–1932 | Escanaba | |
| W. F. Doyle | Republican | 1933–1934 | Menominee | |
| John F. Luecke | Democratic | 1935–1936 | Escanaba | |
| James D. Dotsch | Democratic | 1937–1940 | Garden | |
| Joseph A. Laframboise | Democratic | 1941–1944 | Gladstone | |
| George Girrbach | Republican | 1945–1948 | Sault St. Marie | Died in office. |
| William A. Ellsworth | Republican | 1949–1954 | St. Ignace | |
| Edward H. Gibbs | Democratic | 1955–1956 | Perkins | |
| William E. Miron | Democratic | 1957–1962 | Escanaba | Died in office. |
| Kent T. Lundgren | Republican | 1962–1964 | Menominee | |
| Emil Lockwood | Republican | 1965–1970 | St. Louis | |
| Bill Ballenger | Republican | 1971–1974 | Delta Township | Lived in Ovid until around 1972. |
| Richard J. Allen | Republican | 1975–1982 | Alma | |
| Alan Cropsey | Republican | 1983–1986 | DeWitt | |
| Frederick P. Dillingham | Republican | 1987–1994 | Fowlerville | |
| Glenn Steil Sr. | Republican | 1995–2002 | Grand Rapids | |
| Wayne Kuipers | Republican | 2003–2010 | Holland | |
| Arlan Meekhof | Republican | 2011–2018 | West Olive | |
| Roger Victory | Republican | 2019–2022 | Georgetown Township | |
| Mark Huizenga | Republican | 2023–present | Walker | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 30 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Roger Victory | 16,895 | 41.7 |
| | Republican | Daniela Garcia | 10,647 | 26.3 |
| | Republican | Joseph Haveman | 10,585 | 26.1 |
| | Republican | Rett DeBoer | 2,399 | 5.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 40,526 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Roger Victory | 79,323 | 63.2 |
| | Democratic | Jeanette Schipper | 42,904 | 34.2 |
| | Libertarian | Mary Buzuma | 3,189 | 2.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 125,416 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 30 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Arlan Meekhof (incumbent) | 62,338 | 71.4 |
| | Democratic | Sarah Howard | 24,940 | 28.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 87,278 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 1998

1998 Michigan Senate 30th district election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Glenn Steil Sr. (incumbent) | 47,499 | 62.48% |
| | Democratic | Carol Hennessy | 28,525 | 37.52% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 76,024 | 100.00% |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.8 – 38.3% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 62.7 – 35.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 60.4 – 36.9% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 62.3 – 31.7% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 65.2 – 31.2% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 73.6 – 24.5% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 66.8 – 32.4% |
| 2012 | Senate | Hoekstra 63.9 – 33.4% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Clinton County Eaton County (part) Benton Township Charlotte Chester Township Delta Township Eaton Township Eaton Rapids Eaton Rapids Township Grand Ledge Hamlin Township Lansing (part) Oneida Township Potterville Roxand Township Sunfield Township Windsor Township Gratiot County Ingham County (part) Locke Township Williamston Williamstown Township Montcalm County (part) Belvidere Township Bloomer Township Bushnell Township Carson City Cato Township Crystal Township Day Township Douglass Township Eureka Township Evergreen Township Fairplain Township Ferris Township Greenville Home Township Montcalm Township Pine Township Richland Township Sidney Township Stanton Winfield Township Shiawassee County | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Barry County (part) Castleton Township Maple Grove Township Calhoun County (part) Lee Township Clinton County Eaton County (part) Excluding Sunfield Township Gratiot County (part) Alma Elba Township Fulton Township Newark Township New Haven Township North Shade Township Pine River Township Seville Township Sumner Township Washington Township Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township (part) Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township Ingham Township Leroy Township Leslie Leslie Township Mason Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township Jackson County (part) Blackman Township (part) Rives Township Tompkins Township Montcalm County (part) Crystal Township Ferris Township Shiawassee County (part) Bennington Township Fairfield Township Hazelton Township Laingsburg Middlebury Township New Haven Township Owosso (part) Owosso Township Perry Perry Township Rush Township Sciota Township Shiawassee Township Vernon Township (part) Woodhull Township | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Clinton County Livingston County Shiawassee County | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Kent County (part) Alpine Township Grand Rapids Plainfield Township Sparta Township Walker | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Kent County (part) Grandville Sparta Township Ottawa County | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Ottawa County | 2011 Apportionment Plan |