page_title: 1982 in Michigan
section_title: Federal office holders
hierarchical_section_title: 1982 in Michigan / Office holders / Federal office holders
context_page_description: Events from the year 1982 in Michigan.
  The Associated Press selected the state's top news stories as follows:
  The election of James Blanchard as Governor, the first Democrat elected to the office in 20 years;
  Unemployment in Michigan with 732,000 Michiganders out of work and a record unemployment rate of 17.2%;
  Mass homicides, including the February 16 murder of seven members of the George Post family on their hog farm near Farwell, the murder of a five members of the Paulson family near Allendale on March 13, and the April 7 murder of Bette Giuliani and her four adopted daughters in St. Clair County on April 7;
  Four rounds of cuts in the state budget totaling $778 million and resulting from the state's economic tailspin;
  New contracts between the United Auto Workers and the major automobile manufacturers;
  A continued slump in sales of American automobiles;
  Richard Headlee's nomination as the Republican candidate for Governor, defeating Gov. Milliken's chosen successor, James H. Brickley with Headlee losing to Blanchard in the general election as Milliken remained on the sidelines;
  Cold weather and heavy snow through the winter of 1982;
context_section_description: U.S. Senator from Michigan: Donald W. Riegle Jr. (Democrat)
  U.S. Senator from Michigan: Carl Levin (Democrat)
  House District 1: John Conyers (Democrat)
  House District 2: Carl Pursell (Republican)
  House District 3: Howard Wolpe (Republican)
  House District 4: Mark D. Siljander (Republican)
  House District 5: Harold S. Sawyer (Republican)
  House District 6: Jim Dunn (Republican)
  House District 7: Dale Kildee (Democrat)
  House District 8: J. Bob Traxler (Democrat)
  House District 9: Guy Vander Jagt (Republican)
  House District 10: Donald J. Albosta (Democrat)
  House District 11: Robert William Davis (Republican)
  House District 12: David Bonior (Democrat)
  House District 13: George Crockett Jr. (Democrat)
  House District 14: Dennis M. Hertel (Democrat)
  House District 15: William D. Ford (Democrat)
  House District 16: John Dingell (Democrat)
  House District 17: William M. Brodhead (Democrat)
  House District 18: James Blanchard (Democrat)
  House District 19: William Broomfield (Republican)
caption: Sen. Levin
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