# Michigan's 19th Senate district

Michigan's 19th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 19th 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 Sean McCann since 2023, succeeding Republican John Bizon.

## Geography

District 19 encompasses parts of Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 19, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Battle Creek and covered all of Barry, Calhoun, and Ionia Counties. Other communities in the district included Ionia, Albion, Marshall, Springfield, Level Park-Oak Park, Hastings, Middleville, Belding, Portland, Emmett Township, Bedford Township, and Pennfield Township.
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 3rd congressional district, and overlapped with the 62nd, 63rd, 86th, and 87th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Royal T. Twombly | Democratic | 1853–1854 | Niles | |
| Rodney C. Paine | Republican | 1855–1856 | Niles | |
| Gilbert Moyers | Republican | 1857–1858 | Allegan | |
| Philotus Haydon | Republican | 1859–1860 | Decatur | |
| Henry C. Briggs | Republican | 1861–1862 | Allegan | |
| Samuel H. Blackman | Republican | 1863–1864 | Paw Paw | |
| Wilson C. Edsell | Republican | 1865–1866 | Otsego | |
| Frederick W. Curtenius | Republican | 1867–1868 | Kalamazoo | |
| Delos Phillips | Republican | 1869–1870 | Kalamazoo | |
| James N. Neasmith | Republican | 1871–1872 | Schoolcraft Township | |
| James L. Curry | Republican | 1873–1874 | Clio | |
| George W. Fish | Democratic | 1875–1876 | Flint | |
| Francis H. Rankin Sr. | Republican | 1877–1878 | Flint | |
| Simeon R. Billings | Republican | 1879–1882 | Flint | |
| George E. Taylor | Republican | 1883–1884 | Flint | |
| Horace C. Spencer | Republican | 1885–1886 | Flint | |
| Albert K. Roof | Republican | 1887–1888 | Lyons | |
| William Toan | Republican | 1889–1892 | Portland | |
| George A. Steel | Republican | 1893–1894 | St. Johns | |
| Chester W. Martin | Republican | 1895–1896 | Ithaca | |
| Elisha Mudge | Democratic | 1897–1898 | Maple Rapids | Elected on a Democratic, Populist and free silver ticket. |
| Charles W. Giddings | Republican | 1899–1900 | St. Louis | |
| Hiram M. High | Republican | 1901–1902 | Ovid | |
| Coleman C. Vaughan | Republican | 1903–1904 | St. Johns | |
| Townsend A. Ely | Republican | 1905–1908 | Alma | |
| Fred B. Kline | Republican | 1909–1912 | Addison | |
| Verne C. Amberson | Democratic | 1913–1914 | Blissfield | |
| Frank A. Groger | Democratic | 1915–1916 | Brooklyn | |
| Ernest J. Bryant | Republican | 1917–1922 | Sand Creek | |
| Norman B. Horton | Republican | 1923–1932 | Lenawee County | |
| Samuel W. Raymond | Democratic | 1933–1934 | Adrian | |
| Denias Dawe | Democratic | 1935–1936 | Monroe | |
| Elmer R. Porter | Republican | 1937–1964 | Blissfield | |
| Haskell L. Nichols | Republican | 1965–1966 | Jackson | |
| James G. Fleming | Republican | 1967–1974 | Jackson | |
| Hal Ziegler | Republican | 1975–1978 | Jackson | |
| John S. Mowat Jr. | Republican | 1979–1982 | Adrian | |
| Nick Smith | Republican | 1983–1993 | Addison | Resigned after elected to the U. S. House of Representatives. |
| Philip E. Hoffman | Republican | 1993–2002 | Horton | |
| Mark Schauer | Democratic | 2003–2008 | Battle Creek | Resigned after elected to the U. S. House of Representatives. |
| Mike Nofs | Republican | 2009–2018 | Battle Creek | |
| John Bizon | Republican | 2019–2022 | Battle Creek | |
| Sean McCann | Democratic | 2023–present | Kalamazoo | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 19 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Bizon | 17,163 | 58.9 |
| | Republican | Mike Callton | 11,960 | 41.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,123 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Republican | John Bizon | 57,242 | 58.6 |
| | Democratic | Jason Noble | 37,462 | 38.3 |
| | Libertarian | Joseph Gillotte | 2,982 | 3.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 97,686 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mike Nofs (incumbent) | 44,798 | 61.6 |
| | Democratic | Greg Grieves | 27,951 | 38.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 72,749 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.7 – 38.3% |
| 2018 | Senate | James 55.8 – 41.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Schuette 52.9 – 43.4% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58.1 – 35.9% |
| 2014 | Senate | Land 47.4 – 47.2% |
| 2014 | Governor | Snyder 57.4 – 40.2% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 52.7 – 46.1% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 50.6 – 45.8% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Hillsdale County (part) Adams Township Allen Township Amboy Township Cambria Township Fayette Township Hillsdale Hillsdale Township Jefferson Township Litchfield Township Moscow Township Pittsford Township Ransom Township Scipio Township Somerset Township Wheatland Township Wright Township Jackson County Lenawee County (part) Adrian Township Adrian Cambridge Township Dover Township Franklin Township Hudson Hudson Township Medina Township Morenci Rollin Township Rome Township Seneca Township Woodstock Township | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Hillsdale County (part) Excluding Allen Township Litchfield Township Reading Reading Township Jackson County (part) Blackman Township (part) Columbia Township Concord Township Grass Lake Township Hanover Township Henrietta Township Jackson Leoni Township Liberty Township Napoleon Township Norvell Township Parma Township Sandstone Township Spring Arbor Township Springport Township Summit Township Lenawee County (part) Excluding Clinton Township Tecumseh Township Washtenaw County (part) Manchester Township Sharon Township | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Branch County Hillsdale County Jackson County | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Branch County Hillsdale County Jackson County | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Calhoun County Jackson County (part) Blackman Township Columbia Township Concord Township Hanover Township Henrietta Township Jackson Liberty Township Napoleon Township Parma Township Pulaski Township Rives Township Sandstone Township Spring Arbor Township Springport Township Tompkins Township Waterloo Township | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Barry County Calhoun County Ionia County | 2011 Apportionment Plan |