# Michigan's 24th Senate district

Michigan's 24th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 24th 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 Ruth Johnson since 2023, succeeding fellow Republican Tom Barrett.

## Geography

District 24 encompasses parts of Genesee, Lapeer, Macomb and Oakland counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 24, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, surrounded Lansing, and covered all of Clinton, Eaton, and Shiawassee Counties and parts of eastern Ingham County. Communities in the district included Charlotte, Grand Ledge, Eaton Rapids, Potterville, Waverly, DeWitt, St. Johns, Corunna, Durand, Owosso, Williamston, Delta Township, Bath Township, DeWitt Township, and small parts of East Lansing and Lansing proper.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 4th, 7th, and 8th congressional districts, and with the 65th, 67th, 69th, 71st, 85th, and 93rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Truman H. Lyon | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Grand Rapids | |
| Wilder D. Foster | Republican | 1855–1856 | Grand Rapids | |
| James Seymour | Republican | 1857–1858 | Flushing | |
| Alexander P. Davis | Republican | 1859–1860 | Flint | |
| Elbridge E. Gale | Republican | 1861–1862 | Goodrich | |
| Henry H. Crapo | Republican | 1863–1864 | Flint | |
| Alexander P. Davis | Republican | 1865–1866 | Flint | |
| William Sanborn | Republican | 1867–1868 | Port Huron | |
| Bela W. Jenks | Republican | 1869–1872 | St. Clair | |
| Harrison H. Wheeler | Republican | 1873–1874 | Wenona | |
| Townsend North | Republican | 1875–1876 | Vassar | |
| Franklin S. Freeman | Republican | 1877–1878 | Ionia | |
| Joseph P. Shoemaker | Greenback | 1879–1880 | Montcalm County | Endorsed by the Democrats. |
| Erastus H. Stanton | Republican | 1881–1882 | Ionia | |
| John W. Hance | Republican | 1883–1884 | Mt. Pleasant | |
| Henry Woodruff | Republican | 1885–1886 | Farwell | |
| Floyd L. Post | Republican | 1887–1888 | Coleman | |
| Edbert B. Green | Republican | 1889–1890 | Alma | |
| Frank L. Prindle | Republican | 1891–1892 | Gladwin | |
| Peter Gilbert | Democratic | 1893–1894 | Sterling | |
| Mendel J. Bialy | Republican | 1895–1896 | Bay City | |
| Alexander Forsyth | Democratic | 1897–1898 | Standish | Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. |
| Perley C. Heald | Republican | 1899–1900 | Midland | |
| Frank L. Westover | Republican | 1901–1904 | Bay City | |
| Albert O. Heine | Republican | 1905–1906 | Bay City | |
| Frank L. Edinborough | Republican | 1907–1908 | Bay City | |
| William A. Collins | Republican | 1909–1912 | Bay City | |
| William H. Allswede | Progressive | 1913–1914 | Sanford | |
| Augustus H. Gansser | Republican | 1915–1918 | Bay City | |
| William J. Bierd | Republican | 1919–1920 | Auburn | |
| Ralph William Phillips | Republican | 1921–1922 | Bay City | |
| Augustus H. Gansser | Republican | 1923–1932 | Bay City | |
| Charles B. Asselin | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Bay City | |
| Gerald J. Cotter | Republican | 1935–1936 | Mt. Pleasant | |
| Joseph V. Coumans | Democratic | 1937–1938 | Bay City | |
| Jerry T. Logie | Republican | 1939–1944 | Bay City | Resigned amid criminal charges. |
| Frank Heath | Republican | 1945–1954 | Bay City | Died in office. |
| Lynn O. Francis | Republican | 1955–1962 | Midland | |
| Lester O. Begick | Republican | 1963–1964 | Bay City | |
| S. Don Potter | Republican | 1965–1966 | Lansing | |
| Harold W. Hungerford | Republican | 1967–1970 | Lansing | |
| Philip O. Pittenger | Republican | 1971–1974 | Lansing | |
| Earl E. Nelson | Democratic | 1975–1978 | Lansing | |
| William A. Sederburg | Republican | 1979–1990 | East Lansing | |
| Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 1991–1994 | Lansing | |
| Joe Schwarz | Republican | 1995–2002 | Battle Creek | |
| Patricia L. Birkholz | Republican | 2003–2010 | Saugatuck Township | |
| Rick Jones | Republican | 2011–2018 | Grand Ledge | |
| Tom Barrett | Republican | 2019–2022 | Charlotte | Lived in Potterville until around 2021. |
| Ruth Johnson | Republican | 2023–present | Groveland Township | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 24 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tom Barrett | 22,127 | 70.4 |
| | Republican | Brett Roberts | 9,289 | 29.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,416 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Tom Barrett | 66,969 | 53.5 |
| | Democratic | Kelly Rossman-McKinney | 54,352 | 43.4 |
| | Libertarian | Katie Nepton | 2,064 | 1.6 |
| | U.S. Taxpayers | Matthew Shepard | 1,711 | 1.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 125,096 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 24 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Rick Jones (incumbent) | 55,332 | 56.4 |
| | Democratic | Dawn Levey | 42,776 | 43.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 98,108 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 53.4 – 44.7% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 49.8 – 48.2% |
| 2018 | Governor | Whitmer 50.2 – 46.7% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52.4 – 41.3% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 52.5 – 43.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 51.5 – 46.5% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 49.6 – 49.4% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 55.2 – 41.5% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township Delhi Township East Lansing Ingham Township Lansing (part) Lansing Township Leroy Township Leslie Township Mason Meridian Township Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township (part) Delhi Township East Lansing Lansing Lansing Township Locke Township Meridian Township Williamston Williamstown Township | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township East Lansing Ingham Township Lansing Lansing Township Leroy Township Leslie Leslie Township Locke Township Mason Meridian Township Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township Williamston Williamstown Township | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Calhoun County Eaton County Ingham County (part) Delhi Charter Township | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Allegan County Barry County Eaton County | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Clinton County Eaton County Ingham County (part) Leroy Township Locke Township Wheatfield Township Williamston Williamstown Township Shiawassee County | 2011 Apportionment Plan |