# Michigan's 25th Senate district

Michigan's 25th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 25th 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 Dan Lauwers since 2019, succeeding fellow Republican Phil Pavlov.

## Geography

District 25 encompasses all of Huron and Sanilac counties, as well as parts of Macomb, St. Clair, and Tuscola counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 25, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in the Thumb, covering all of Huron, St. Clair, and Sanilac Counties and the northern reaches of Macomb County. Communities in the district include Port Huron, Richmond, Algonac, Marine City, Marysville, St. Clair, Pearl Beach, Sandusky, Bad Axe, Fort Gratiot Township, and Port Huron Township.
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 10th congressional district, and overlapped with the 32nd, 33rd, 81st, 83rd, and 84th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives. Most of the district lied along Lake Huron, and it shared a border with Canada via the St. Clair River.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Josiah Russell | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Greenville | |
| Jefferson H. Beckwith | Republican | 1855–1856 | Lyons | |
| William Canfield | Republican | 1857–1860 | Mount Clemens | |
| Ira H. Butterfield | Republican | 1861–1862 | Utica | |
| Leonard B. Parker | Democratic | 1863–1864 | Newport | |
| William Lyman Bancroft | Democratic | 1865–1866 | Port Huron | |
| John Smith Jenness | Republican | 1867–1868 | Almont | |
| Richard Winsor | Republican | 1869–1870 | Port Austin | |
| John C. Waterbury | Republican | 1871–1872 | Lexington | |
| Charles V. DeLand | Republican | 1873–1874 | East Saginaw | |
| William L. Webber | Democratic | 1875–1876 | East Saginaw | |
| Wesley P. Andrus | Republican | 1877–1878 | Cedar Springs | |
| Milton B. Hine | Greenback | 1879–1880 | Kent County | Endorsed by the Democrats. |
| Henry C. Russell | Republican | 1881–1882 | Cedar Springs | |
| Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | 1883–1884 | Saginaw | |
| George Davenport | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Saginaw | |
| Daniel Campbell | Greenback | 1887–1888 | Bay City | Endorsed by the Republicans. |
| Columbus V. Tyler | Democratic | 1889–1890 | Bay City | |
| Peter Gilbert | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Sterling | |
| Samuel W. Hopkins | Republican | 1893–1894 | Mt. Pleasant | |
| Edwin O. Shaw | Republican | 1895–1896 | Newaygo | |
| W. Irving Latimer | Republican | 1897–1900 | Big Rapids | |
| Ellery C. Cannon | Republican | 1901–1904 | Evart | |
| Harry J. Kane | Republican | 1905–1908 | Mt. Pleasant | |
| Newton O. Ward | Republican | 1909–1912 | Stanwood | |
| Francis King | Republican | 1913–1914 | Alma | |
| John A. Damon | Republican | 1915–1918 | Mt. Pleasant | |
| Aaron Amon | Republican | 1919–1922 | Remus | |
| Bernie L. Case | Republican | 1923–1926 | Ithaca | |
| Charles R. Herrick | Republican | 1927–1928 | Fenwick | |
| William F. Turner | Republican | 1929–1932 | Morley | |
| Claude B. Root | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Greenville | |
| D. Hale Brake | Republican | 1935–1942 | Stanton | |
| John B. Smith | Republican | 1943–1944 | Alma | |
| Colin L. Smith | Republican | 1945–1950 | Big Rapids | |
| Milo A. Johnson | Republican | 1951–1954 | Greenville | |
| Bert J. Storey | Republican | 1955–1958 | Belding | Died in office. |
| John H. Stahlin | Republican | 1959–1962 | Belding | |
| Emil Lockwood | Republican | 1963–1964 | St. Louis | |
| Gerald R. Dunn | Democratic | 1965–1966 | Flushing | |
| Gordon Rockwell | Republican | 1967–1974 | Mount Morris | |
| Gary G. Corbin | Democratic | 1975–1982 | Clio | |
| Joe Conroy | Democratic | 1983–1994 | Flint | |
| Dianne Byrum | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Onondaga | |
| Judson Gilbert II | Republican | 2003–2010 | Algonac | |
| Phil Pavlov | Republican | 2011–2018 | St. Clair Township | |
| Dan Lauwers | Republican | 2019–present | Brockway Township | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Dan Lauwers | 66,926 | 64.0 |
| | Democratic | Debbie Bourgois | 37,715 | 36.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 104,641 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 25 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Phil Pavlov | 46,553 | 55.8 |
| | Democratic | Terry Brown | 36,832 | 44.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 83,385 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 66.4 – 32.0% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 58.9 – 38.8% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 57.4 – 39.2% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 64.9 – 29.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 48.0 – 46.7% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 57.7 – 39.5% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 55.0 – 44.0% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 56.1 – 40.6% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Burton Township Clayton Township Clio Davison Davison Township Fenton Fenton Township Flint Township Flushing Township Forest Township Gaines Township Genesee Township (part) Grand Blanc Grand Blanc Township Montrose Township Mount Morris Mount Morris Township Mundy Township Richfield Township Swartz Creek Thetford Township Vienna Township Livingston County | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Clayton Township Clio Fenton Fenton Township Flint (part) Flint Township Flushing Flushing Township Gaines Township Montrose Township Mount Morris Mount Morris Township Mundy Township Swartz Creek Vienna Township Shiawassee County (part) Antrim Township Burns Township Caledonia Township Corunna Durand Owosso (part) Venice Township Vernon Township (part) | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Genesee County (part) Clayton Township Flint Flint Township Flushing Flushing Township Genesee Township (part) Swartz Creek | 1982 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 | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Lapeer County St. Clair County | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Huron County Macomb County (part) Armada Township Memphis New Baltimore Richmond Richmond Township St. Clair County Sanilac County | 2011 Apportionment Plan |