page_title: 2016 in Michigan
section_title: Federal office holders
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in Michigan / Office holders / Federal office holders
caption_attribution_description: Official portrait of U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI)
context_page_description: Events from the year 2016 in Michigan.
  The Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal both published year-end recaps of the year's top news stories. The only story to appear on both lists was Donald Trump's narrow electoral victory in Michigan by 11,000 votes. Other top stories included:
  Criminal charges against four city officials in the Flint water crisis;
  The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal involving former Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar;
  The 2016 Kalamazoo shootings in which an Uber driver killed 12 persons;
  A massacre in which Gregory Green of Dearborn Heights killed his four children and step-children and tortured his wife;
  A federal criminal investigation into Detroit's blight demolition program;
  Investments by Detroit's Big Three in self-driving automobiles;
  The Detroit Pistons' return to Detroit and the opening of Little Caesars Arena;
  Conviction of Detroit TV anchor and city council president Charles Pugh for having sex with a minor;
  Death of 12 persons in a Flint outbreak of Legionnaire's disease;
  A corruption scandal involving officials in Macomb County and trash giant Rizzo Environmental Services.
context_section_description: U.S. Senator from Michigan: Debbie Stabenow (Democrat)
  U.S. Senator from Michigan: Gary Peters (Democrat)
  House District 1: Dan Benishek (Republican)
  House District 2: Bill Huizenga (Republican)
  House District 3: Justin Amash (Republican)
  House District 4: John Moolenaar (Republican)
  House District 5: Dan Kildee (Democrat)
  House District 6: Fred Upton (Republican)
  House District 7: Tim Walberg (Republican)
  House District 8: Mike Bishop (Republican)
  House District 9: Sander Levin (Democrat)
  House District 10: Candice Miller (Republican)
  House District 11: David Trott (Republican)
  House District 12: Debbie Dingell (Democrat)
  House District 13: John Conyers (Democrat)
  House District 14: Brenda Lawrence (Democrat)
caption: Gary Peters
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