Michigan's 3rd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Stephanie Chang since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Sylvia Santana.

It is the most Democratic-leaning district in the Senate, giving both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over 80% of the vote.

Geography District 3 encompasses parts of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 3, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in the city of Dearborn and parts of western Detroit in Wayne County, also covering the smaller community of Melvindale.

The district overlapped with Michigan's 12th, 13th, and 14th congressional districts, and with the 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, and 15th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Calvin Britain Democratic 1835–1837 St. Joseph John S. Barry Democratic 1835–1838 Constantine Horace H. Comstock Democratic 1835–1838 Comstock Vincent L. Bradford Democratic 1838 Niles Elijah F. Cook Democratic 1839 Farmington Thomas J. Drake Whig 1839–1841 Flint Stephen V. R. Trowbridge Whig 1839–1841 Birmingham John P. LeRoy Whig 1840–1841 Pontiac Elisha P. Champlin Whig 1842 Jonesville John Burch Democratic 1842–1843 Monroe William L. Greenly Democratic 1842–1843 Adrian Michael A. Patterson Democratic 1844–1845 Tecumseh William T. Howell Democratic 1843–1846 Hillsdale Jefferson G. Thurber Democratic 1844–1847 Monroe Rufus Kibbee Democratic 1846–1847 Medina George Coe Whig 1847 Coldwater John P. Cook Democratic 1847–1848 Hillsdale Daniel D. Sinclair Democratic 1848 Adrian Enos G. Berry Democratic 1848–1849 Quincy Nelson Dunham Democratic 1848–1849 Dundee Levi Baxter Whig 1849–1850 Jonesville Also backed by the Free Soilers. Fielder S. Snow Democratic 1849–1850 Clinton Isaac P. Christiancy Democratic 1850 Monroe Free Soil 1851–1852 Alfred French Democratic 1850–1852 Bronson Resigned. John Barber Democratic 1851–1852 Adrian Henry S. Mead Democratic 1851–1852 Hillsdale The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. Henry Fralick Democratic 1853–1854 Plymouth Nathaniel Ladd Republican 1855–1856 Dearbornville Henry Ledyard Democratic 1857–1858 Detroit Thornton F. Brodhead Democratic 1859–1860 Trenton Henry T. Backus Republican 1861–1862 Detroit William E. Warner Democratic 1863–1864 Rawsonville Adam Minnis Democratic 1865–1866 Wayne Oliver C. Abell Republican 1867–1868 Wayne Elliott T. Slocum Republican 1869–1870 Trenton Robert V. Briggs Democratic 1871–1872 Wyandotte William C. Sutton Republican 1873–1874 Ecorse James I. David Democratic 1875–1876 Ecorse Matthew Markey Democratic 1877–1878 Wayne William W. Duffield Democratic 1879–1880 Inkster Thomas Morrison Republican 1881–1882 Wayne James M. Hueston Democratic 1883–1886 Northville Bernard O'Reilly Democratic 1887–1888 Detroit Also backed by the Independent Labor Party. Anthony Grosfield Democratic 1889–1890 Detroit Peter E. Park Democratic 1891–1892 Detroit Joseph R. McLaughlin Republican 1893–1896 Detroit Charles W. Moore Republican 1897–1898 Detroit George F. Monaghan Democratic 1899–1900 Detroit James E. Scripps Republican 1903–1904 Detroit Noble Ashley Republican 1905–1906 Detroit Joseph Edward Bland Republican 1907–1908 Detroit John Donald M. MacKay Republican 1909–1910 Detroit Guy A. Miller Republican 1911–1912 Detroit James W. Hanley Republican 1913–1918 Detroit Arthur E. Wood Republican 1919–1926 Detroit Joseph Bahorski Republican 1927–1928 Detroit George Kolowich Republican 1929–1930 Hamtramck Charles A. Roxborough Republican 1931–1932 Detroit Leo G. Karwick Democratic 1933–1934 Hamtramck John Mankowski Democratic 1935–1936 Hamtramck Charles C. Diggs Sr. Democratic 1937–1944 Detroit Henry R. Kozak Democratic 1945–1950 Hamtramck Charles C. Diggs Jr. Democratic 1951–1954 Detroit Cora Brown Democratic 1955–1956 Detroit Basil W. Brown Democratic 1957–1964 Detroit Stanley F. Rozycki Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Basil W. Brown Democratic 1975–1982 Detroit Jackie Vaughn III Democratic 1983–1994 Detroit Henry Stallings II Democratic 1995–1998 Detroit Resigned. Raymond M. Murphy Democratic 1998–2002 Detroit Irma Clark-Coleman Democratic 2003–2010 Detroit Morris Hood III Democratic 2011–2018 Detroit Sylvia Santana Democratic 2019–2022 Detroit Stephanie Chang Democratic 2023–present Detroit

Recent election results 2022

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 81.6 – 17.2% 2018 Senate Stabenow 81.7 – 16.3% Governor Whitmer 82.4 – 15.3% 2016 President Clinton 80.7 – 16.1% 2014 Senate Peters 81.6 – 15.6% Governor Schauer 74.9 – 23.5% 2012 President Obama 85.0 – 14.4% Senate Stabenow 85.7 – 11.9%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Hamtramck 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Highland Park 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) River Rouge 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn Detroit (part) River Rouge 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn Detroit (part) Melvindale 2011 Apportionment Plan

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