Michigan's 8th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The current senator for the district is Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak.
Geography District 8 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.
2011 Apportionment Plan District 8, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern and coastal Macomb County to the north of Detroit, including the communities of St. Clair Shores, Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Chesterfield Township, New Baltimore, Lenox Township, New Haven, Ray Township, Utica, Shelby Township, Washington Township, Romeo, and Bruce Township.
The district overlapped with Michigan's 9th and 10th congressional districts, and with the 18th, 24th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, and 36th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.
List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Alexander M. Arzeno Democratic 1853–1854 Newport William H. Montgomery Democratic 1855–1856 Ida William H. Pattison Republican 1857–1858 Saline Chester L. Yost Republican 1859–1860 Ypsilanti Nathan Webb Republican 1861–1862 Ypsilanti John J. Robison Democratic 1863–1864 Manchester Elected on a Fusionist ticket. J. Webster Childs Republican 1865–1866 Ypsilanti Charles Croswell Republican 1867–1868 Adrian John K. Boies Republican 1869–1870 Hudson James P. Cawley Republican 1871–1872 Morenci Philip H. Emerson Republican 1873 Battle Creek Resigned to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. Willson F. Hewitt Republican 1874 Marshall William Cook Republican 1875–1878 Homer John C. Patterson Republican 1879–1882 Marshall Charles Austin Republican 1883–1886 Battle Creek Warren J. Willits Republican 1887–1888 Three Rivers Peyton Ranney Republican 1889–1890 Kalamazoo Marden Sabin Republican 1891–1892 Centreville Jan W. Garvelink Republican 1893–1894 Allegan County George W. Merriman Republican 1895–1898 Hartford James W. Humphrey Republican 1899–1902 Wayland Jason Woodman Republican 1903–1906 Paw Paw Erastus N. Bates Republican 1907–1910 Moline Milan D. Wiggins Republican 1911–1914 Bloomingdale Died in office. Burrell Tripp Republican 1915–1918 Allegan Bayard G. Davis Republican 1919–1922 Lawton George Leland Republican 1923–1934 Fennville Died in office. Frank R. Mosier Republican 1935–1936 Fennville Earl L. Burhans Republican 1937–1942 Paw Paw Harold D. Tripp Republican 1943–1950 Allegan J. Edward Hutchinson Republican 1951–1960 Fennville Frederic Hilbert Republican 1961–1964 Wayland Michael J. O'Brien Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Died in office. Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1974 Detroit Donald E. Bishop Republican 1975–1982 Rochester Philip Mastin Democratic 1983 Pontiac Recalled. Rudy J. Nichols Republican 1984–1990 Waterford Mat J. Dunaskiss Republican 1991–1994 Lake Orion Loren N. Bennett Republican 1995–2002 Canton Raymond E. Basham Democratic 2003–2010 Taylor Hoon-Yung Hopgood Democratic 2011–2014 Taylor Jack Brandenburg Republican 2015–2018 Harrison Township Peter Lucido Republican 2019–2020 Shelby Township Resigned after elected Macomb County prosecutor. Doug Wozniak Republican 2021–2022 Shelby Township Mallory McMorrow Democratic 2023–present Royal Oak
Recent election results 2022
2021
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Trump 59.1 – 39.5% 2018 Senate James 54.2 – 44.3% Governor Schuette 52.9 – 44.6% 2016 President Trump 59.7 – 35.9% 2014 Senate Peters 48.6 – 46.7% Governor Snyder 59.6 – 38.4% 2012 President Romney 53.5 – 45.6% Senate Stabenow 54.4 – 42.3%
Historical district boundaries
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1964 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Addison Township Avon Township Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township Brandon Township Oakland Township Orchard Lake Orion Township Oxford Township Pontiac Township Rochester Southfield Township Troy (part) West Bloomfield Township 1972 Apportionment Plan Oakland County (part) Addison Township Avon Township Keego Harbor Pontiac Pontiac Township Oakland Township Orion Township Oxford Township Rochester Waterford Township 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Belleville Brownstown Township Canton Township (part) Rock Huron Township Rockwood Romulus Sumpter Township Van Buren Township Wayne Westland Woodhaven 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Allen Park Ecorse Lincoln Park Melvindale Riverview Romulus Southgate Taylor Wayne Wyandotte 2001 Apportionment Plan Macomb County (part) Bruce Township Chesterfield Township Grosse Pointe Shores Harrison Township Lenox Township Mount Clemens Ray Township St. Clair Shores Shelby Township Utica Washington Township 2011 Apportionment Plan
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