# Michigan's 11th Senate district

Michigan's 11th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 11th 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 Democrat Veronica Klinefelt since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Jeremy Moss.

## Geography

District 11 encompasses parts of Macomb and Wayne counties.

### 2011 Apportionment Plan

District 11, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered the inner suburbs of Detroit in Oakland County, including Southfield, Farmington Hills, Oak Park, Ferndale, Madison Heights, Farmington, Lathrup Village, Huntington Woods, Hazel Park, Pleasant Ridge, and Royal Oak Township.
The district was largely located within Michigan's 14th congressional district, also extending into the 9th and 11th districts. It overlapped with the 26th, 27th, 35th, and 37th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## List of senators

| Senator | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Alfred Paddock | Whig | 1853–1854 | Concord | |
| Roswell B. Rexford | Republican | 1855–1856 | Napoleon | |
| Perley Bills | Republican | 1857–1858 | Tecumseh | |
| Joel Carpenter | Republican | 1859–1862 | Blissfield | |
| Thomas F. Moore | Republican | 1863–1864 | Adrian | |
| Andrew Howell | Republican | 1865–1866 | Adrian | |
| Victory P. Collier | Republican | 1867–1868 | Battle Creek | |
| John C. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1869–1870 | Marshall | |
| Philip H. Emerson | Republican | 1871–1872 | Battle Creek | |
| Abraham C. Prutzman | Republican | 1873–1874 | Three Rivers | |
| Matthew T. Garvey | Republican | 1875–1876 | Cassopolis | |
| Gilbert E. Read | Republican | 1877–1878 | Richland | |
| Ebenezer Lakin Brown | Republican | 1879–1880 | Schoolcraft | |
| Enos T. Lovell | Republican | 1881–1882 | Climax | |
| Lawson A. Duncan | Republican | 1883–1884 | Niles | |
| Harvey C. Sherwood | Democratic | 1885–1886 | Watervliet | |
| George N. Potter | Republican | 1887–1888 | Potterville | |
| Philip T. Colgrove | Republican | 1889–1890 | Hastings | |
| William Miller | Democratic | 1891–1892 | Eaton Rapids | |
| Robert E. French | Republican | 1893–1896 | Fort Gratiot | |
| Charles H. Westcott | Republican | 1897–1898 | St. Clair | |
| George W. Moore | Republican | 1899–1902 | Port Huron | |
| George N. Jones | Republican | 1903–1906 | Marine City | |
| Burt D. Cady | Republican | 1907–1908 | Port Huron | |
| James E. Weter | Republican | 1909–1912 | Richmond | |
| David A. Fitzgibbon | Republican | 1913–1916 | Port Huron | |
| Lyman A. Holmes | Republican | 1917–1920 | Romeo | |
| John W. Smith | Republican | 1921–1924 | Port Huron | |
| Charles E. Greene | Republican | 1925–1928 | Richmond | |
| Alexander Cowan | Republican | 1929–1932 | Port Huron | |
| Theodore C. Ruff | Democratic | 1933–1934 | St. Clair | |
| Christian F. Matthews | Republican | 1935–1938 | Mount Clemens | |
| Gilbert H. Isbister | Republican | 1939–1942 | Port Huron | |
| Ivan A. Johnston | Republican | 1943–1946 | Mount Clemens | |
| Bruce F. Clothier | Republican | 1947–1950 | North Branch | |
| Frank D. Beadle | Republican | 1951–1954 | St. Clair | |
| Fred Nicholson | Democratic | 1955–1956 | Warren | |
| George C. Steeh | Democratic | 1957–1962 | Mount Clemens | |
| John T. Bowman | Democratic | 1963–1964 | Roseville | |
| John E. McCauley | Democratic | 1965–1975 | Wyandotte | Died in office. |
| James R. DeSana | Democratic | 1976–1982 | Wyandotte | |
| Norm Shinkle | Republican | 1983–1990 | Lambertville | |
| Jim Berryman | Democratic | 1991–1994 | Adrian | |
| Ken DeBeaussaert | Democratic | 1995–2002 | Chesterfield Township | |
| Alan Sanborn | Republican | 2003–2010 | Richmond | |
| Jack Brandenburg | Republican | 2011–2014 | Harrison Township | |
| Vincent Gregory | Democratic | 2015–2018 | Southfield | |
| Jeremy Moss | Democratic | 2019–2022 | Southfield | |
| Veronica Klinefelt | Democratic | 2023–present | Eastpointe | |

## Recent election results
### 2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 11 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 26,447 | 51.7 |
| | Democratic | Crystal Bailey | 10,839 | 21.2 |
| | Democratic | Vanessa Moss | 9,446 | 18.5 |
| | Democratic | James Turner | 4,375 | 8.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 51,107 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 99,916 | 76.7 |
| | Republican | Boris Tuman | 27,157 | 20.8 |
| | Libertarian | James Young | 3,180 | 2.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 130,253 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### 2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 11 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Vincent Gregory (incumbent) | 10,286 | 34.7 |
| | Democratic | Vicki Barnett | 10,168 | 34.3 |
| | Democratic | Ellen Lipton | 9,204 | 31.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,658 | 100 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Vincent Gregory (incumbent) | 70,862 | 73.3 |
| | Republican | Boris Tuman | 22,846 | 23.6 |
| | Libertarian | James Young | 2,994 | 3.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,702 | 100 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Federal and statewide results

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2020 | President | Biden 74.0 – 24.7% |
| 2018 | Senate | Stabenow 74.6 – 23.7% |
| 2018 | Governor | Whitmer 75.8 – 22.1% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 71.5 – 24.6% |
| 2014 | Senate | Peters 75.2 – 22.1% |
| 2014 | Governor | Schauer 64.6 – 34.0% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 73.5 – 25.8% |
| 2012 | Senate | Stabenow 76.1 – 21.3% |

## Historical district boundaries

| Description | Apportionment Plan |
| Monroe County Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Riverview (part) Rockwood Sumpter Township Taylor Township (part) Trenton Wyandotte | 1964 Apportionment Plan |
| Monroe County Washtenaw County (part) Milan (part) Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township Flat Rock Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township Huron Township Riverview Rockwood Trenton Woodhaven Wyandotte (part) | 1972 Apportionment Plan |
| Lenawee County Monroe County Wayne County (part) Saline Township | 1982 Apportionment Plan |
| Macomb County (part) Chesterfield Township Clinton Township Harrison Township Lake Township Lenox Township Mount Clemens New Baltimore Richmond St. Clair Shores | 1992 Apportionment Plan |
| Macomb County (part) Armada Township Bruce Township Chesterfield Township Harrison Township Lenox Township Macomb Township Memphis (part) Mount Clemens New Baltimore Ray Township Richmond (part) Richmond Township Shelby Township Washington Township | 2001 Apportionment Plan |
| Oakland County (part) Farmington Farmington Hills Ferndale Hazel Park Huntington Woods Lathrup Village Madison Heights Oak Park Pleasant Ridge Royal Oak Township Southfield | 2011 Apportionment Plan |