# Michigan's 8th Senate district

Michigan's 8th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The current senator for the district is Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak.

## Geography

District 8 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 24th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 36th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Alexander M. Arzeno | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Newport | |
| William H. Montgomery | Democratic | 1855–1856 | Ida | |
| William H. Pattison | Republican | 1857–1858 | Saline | |
| Chester L. Yost | Republican | 1859–1860 | Ypsilanti | |
| Nathan Webb | Republican | 1861–1862 | Ypsilanti | |
| John J. Robison | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Manchester | Elected on a Fusionist ticket. |
| J. Webster Childs | Republican | 1865–1866 | Ypsilanti | |
| Charles Croswell | Republican | 1867–1868 | Adrian | |
| John K. Boies | Republican | 1869–1870 | Hudson | |
| James P. Cawley | Republican | 1871–1872 | Morenci | |
| Philip H. Emerson | Republican | 1873 | Battle Creek | Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. |
| Willson F. Hewitt | Republican | 1874 | Marshall | |
| William Cook | Republican | 1875–1878 | Homer | |
| John C. Patterson | Republican | 1879–1882 | Marshall | |
| Charles Austin | Republican | 1883–1886 | Battle Creek | |
| Warren J. Willits | Republican | 1887–1888 | Three Rivers | |
| Peyton Ranney | Republican | 1889–1890 | Kalamazoo | |
| Marden Sabin | Republican | 1891–1892 | Centreville | |
| Jan W. Garvelink | Republican | 1893–1894 | Allegan County | |
| George W. Merriman | Republican | 1895–1898 | Hartford | |
| James W. Humphrey | Republican | 1899–1902 | Wayland | |
| Jason Woodman | Republican | 1903–1906 | Paw Paw | |
| Erastus N. Bates | Republican | 1907–1910 | Moline | |
| Milan D. Wiggins | Republican | 1911–1914 | Bloomingdale | Died in office. |
| Burrell Tripp | Republican | 1915–1918 | Allegan | |
| Bayard G. Davis | Republican | 1919–1922 | Lawton | |
| George Leland | Republican | 1923–1934 | Fennville | Died in office. |
| Frank R. Mosier | Republican | 1935–1936 | Fennville | |
| Earl L. Burhans | Republican | 1937–1942 | Paw Paw | |
| Harold D. Tripp | Republican | 1943–1950 | Allegan | |
| J. Edward Hutchinson | Republican | 1951–1960 | Fennville | |
| Frederic Hilbert | Republican | 1961–1964 | Wayland | |
| Michael J. O'Brien | Democratic | 1965–1974 | Detroit | Died in office. |
| Michael J. O'Brien Jr. | Democratic | 1974 | Detroit | |
| Donald E. Bishop | Republican | 1975–1982 | Rochester | |
| Philip Mastin | Democratic | 1983 | Pontiac | |
| Rudy J. Nichols | Republican | 1984–1990 | Waterford | |
| Mat J. Dunaskiss | Republican | 1991–1994 | Lake Orion | |
| Loren N. Bennett | Republican | 1995–2002 | Canton | |
| Raymond E. Basham | Democratic | 2003–2010 | Taylor | |
| Hoon-Yung Hopgood | Democratic | 2011–2014 | Taylor | |
| Jack Brandenburg | Republican | 2015–2018 | Harrison Township | |
| Peter Lucido | Republican | 2019–2020 | Shelby Township | Resigned after elected Macomb County prosecutor. |
| Doug Wozniak | Republican | 2021–2022 | Shelby Township | |
| Mallory McMorrow | Democratic | 2023–present | Royal Oak | |

## Recent election results
### 2021

2021 Michigan Senate special election, District 8 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Martin Robert | 9,562 | 70.5 |
| | Democratic | John Bill | 3,999 | 29.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,561 | 100.0 |
| | Republican | Douglas Wozniak | 9,510 | 35.7 |
| | Republican | Pamela Hornberger | 7,861 | 29.5 |
| | Republican | Terence Mekoski | 5,553 | 20.8 |
| | Republican | Mary Berlingieri | 2,050 | 7.7 |
| | Republican | Kristi Dean | 666 | 2.5 |
| | Republican | Bill Carver | 645 | 2.4 |
| | Republican | Grant Golasa | 372 | 1.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,657 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Douglas Wozniak | 30,555 | 61.9 |
| | Democratic | Martin Robert | 18,838 | 38.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,393 | 100.0 |

### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 8 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Peter Lucido | 24,261 | 71.7 |
| | Republican | Ken Goike | 9,565 | 28.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 33,826 | 100 |
| | Democratic | Paul Francis | 10,113 | 46.6 |
| | Democratic | Patrick Biange | 6,612 | 30.5 |
| | Democratic | Raymond Filipek | 4,989 | 23.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,714 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | Peter Lucido | 76,172 | 61.8 |
| | Democratic | Paul Francis | 47,154 | 38.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 123,326 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jack Brandenburg (incumbent) | 55,304 | 61.7 |
| | Democratic | Christine Bell | 34,279 | 38.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 89,583 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.1 – 39.5% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 54.2 – 44.3% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 52.9 – 44.6% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 59.7 – 35.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 48.6 – 46.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 59.6 – 38.4% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 53.5 – 45.6% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 54.4 – 42.3% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Addison Township Avon Township Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township Brandon Township Oakland Township Orchard Lake Orion Township Oxford Township Pontiac Township Rochester Southfield Township Troy (part) West Bloomfield Township | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Addison Township Avon Township Keego Harbor Pontiac Pontiac Township Oakland Township Orion Township Oxford Township Rochester Waterford Township | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Belleville Brownstown Township Canton Township (part) Rock Huron Township Rockwood Romulus Sumpter Township Van Buren Township Wayne Westland Woodhaven | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Wayne County (part) Allen Park Ecorse Lincoln Park Melvindale Riverview Romulus Southgate Taylor Wayne Wyandotte | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Macomb County (part) Bruce Township Chesterfield Township Grosse Pointe Shores Harrison Township Lenox Township Mount Clemens Ray Township St. Clair Shores Shelby Township Utica Washington Township | 2011 Apportionment Plan |