Michigan's 2nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sylvia Santana since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Adam Hollier.

Geography District 2 encompasses part of Wayne County.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 2, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern Detroit in Wayne County, also covering the nearby communities of Highland Park, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe, and Grosse Pointe Park. It shared a water border with Canada along Lake St. Clair.

The district overlapped with Michigan's 13th and 14th congressional districts, and with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Laurent Durocher Democratic 1835–1836 Monroe Edward D. Ellis Democratic 1835–1837 Monroe Olmstead Hough Democratic 1835–1837 Tecumseh Anthony McKey Democratic 1837–1838 Deerfield Norman D. Curtis Democratic 1838–1839 Monroe Warner Wing Democratic 1838–1839 Monroe William L. Greenly Democratic 1839–1840 Adrian John J. Adam Democratic 1840–1841 Clinton Seba Murphy Democratic 1840–1841 Monroe Elisha P. Champlin Whig 1841 Jonesville Edward L. Fuller Whig 1842 Ann Arbor James Kingsley Democratic 1842 Ann Arbor Henry Compton Democratic 1843–1844 Ypsilanti Robert Wilson Democratic 1843–1844 Ann Arbor Edwin M. Cust Democratic 1842–1845 Hamburg Charles P. Bush Democratic 1846–1847 Genoa Henry B. Lathrop Whig 1847 Jackson John Allen Democratic 1845–1848 Ann Arbor Samuel Denton Democratic 1845–1848 Ann Arbor William Finley Jr. Democratic 1849–1850 Ann Arbor Dwight Webb Democratic 1849–1850 Ann Arbor Nelson Gordon Isbell Whig 1848–1852 Howell Michael Shoemaker Democratic 1848–1852 Jackson County Barnabas Case Democratic 1851–1852 Manchester George Danforth Democratic 1851–1852 Ann Arbor The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. Alexander H. Stowell Democratic 1853–1854 Detroit George Jerome Republican 1855–1858 Detroit Henry Barnes Republican 1859–1860 Detroit Henry P. Baldwin Republican 1861–1862 Detroit William C. Duncan Democratic 1863–1864 Detroit Joseph Godfrey Democratic 1865–1866 Detroit Alanson Sheley Republican 1867–1868 Detroit Lorenzo M. Mason Democratic 1869–1870 Detroit Alanson Sheley Republican 1871–1872 Detroit David M. Richardson Republican 1873–1874 Detroit John Greusel Republican 1875–1876 Detroit Theodore H. Hinchman Democratic 1877–1878 Detroit Thomas W. Palmer Republican 1879–1880 Detroit John Greusel Republican 1881–1884 Detroit Thomas D. Hawley Democratic 1885–1886 Detroit Calvin B. Crosby Republican 1887–1888 Plymouth Theodore Rentz Democratic 1889–1890 Detroit Joseph M. Weiss Republican 1891–1894 Detroit William G. Thompson Republican 1895–1898 Detroit Albert Stoll Republican 1899–1900 Detroit James O. Murfin Republican 1901–1902 Detroit Charles C. Simons Republican 1903–1904 Detroit John Donald M. MacKay Republican 1905–1908 Detroit Gustav A. Krueger Republican 1909–1910 Detroit James A. Murtha Democratic 1911–1918 Detroit Vincent M. Brennan Republican 1919–1920 Detroit John W. Smith Republican 1921–1922 Detroit Joseph Bahorski Republican 1923–1926 Detroit Cass J. Jankowski Republican 1927–1930 Detroit Died in office. George G. Sadowski Democratic 1931–1932 Detroit Anthony J. Wilkowski Democratic 1933–1938 Detroit Leo J. Wilkowski Democratic 1939–1944 Detroit Anthony J. Wilkowski Democratic 1945–1946 Detroit Joseph A. Brown Democratic 1947–1948 Detroit Anthony J. Wilkowski Democratic 1949–1950 Detroit Bristoe Bryant Democratic 1951–1952 Detroit Cora M. Brown Democratic 1953–1954 Detroit Stanley F. RozyckiAnthony J. Wilkowski was elected in the 1954 general election, but was denied his seat by a Michigan Supreme Court ruling, due to a 1936 conviction for election recount fraud. Stanley F. Rozycki was elected in a special election in 1955. Democratic 1955–1964 Detroit Charles N. Youngblood Jr. Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Resigned. John C. Hertel Democratic 1974–1982 Harper Woods Basil W. Brown Democratic 1983–1988 Detroit Resigned. Virgil C. Smith Democratic 1988–2000 Detroit Resigned. Martha G. Scott Democratic 2001–2010 Detroit Bert Johnson Democratic 2011–2018 Detroit Resigned. Adam Hollier Democratic 2018–2022 Detroit Sylvia Santana Democratic 2023–present Detroit

Recent election results 2022

2018 Following incumbent Bert Johnson's resignation, a special election and a regular election were held concurrently in 2018; in the special election, Adam Hollier won the primary against a similar slate of candidates and won the general election uncontested.

2014

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 78.5 – 20.5% 2018 Senate Stabenow 74.9 – 23.4% Governor Whitmer 76.4 – 21.6% 2016 President Clinton 77.4 – 19.9% 2014 Senate Peters 75.0 – 22.7% Governor Schauer 66.3 – 32.5% 2012 President Obama 80.4 – 19.2% Senate Stabenow 80.4 – 17.4%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Woods (part) Hamtramck Harper Woods 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck Highland Park 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Hamtramck Harper Woods Highland Park 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Shores Grosse Pointe Woods Hamtramck Harper Woods Highland Park 2011 Apportionment Plan

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