Michigan's 23rd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 23rd district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. It has been represented by Republican Jim Runestad since 2023, succeeding Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr.
Geography District 23 encompasses part of Oakland County.
2011 Apportionment Plan District 23, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Lansing and covered most of Ingham County, also included the surrounding communities of East Lansing, Mason, Haslett, Holt, Okemos, Edgemont Park, Meridian Township, and Delhi Township.
The district was located entirely within Michigan's 8th congressional district, and overlapped with the 67th, 68th, and 69th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.
List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes Israel V. Harris Democratic 1853–1854 Tallmadge Mordecai L. Hopkins Democratic 1855–1856 Ottawa County Marcus B. Wilcox Republican 1857–1858 Pinckney Robert Crouse Republican 1859–1860 Hartland John H. Galloway Republican 1861–1862 Howell William A. Clark Democratic 1863–1864 Howell Hugh McCurdy Democratic 1865–1866 Corunna Willard B. Arms Republican 1867–1868 Fentonville Thaddeus G. Smith Republican 1869–1870 Fentonville Josiah W. Begole Republican 1871–1872 Flint Ira H. Butterfield Republican 1873–1874 Lapeer Jeremiah Jenks Republican 1875–1876 Huron County Dan P. Foote Democratic 1877–1878 Saginaw William H. P. Benjamin Democratic 1879–1880 Bridgeport John Welch Republican 1881–1882 East Saginaw John Roost Democratic 1883–1884 Holland John W. Moon Republican 1885–1886 Muskegon Lewis G. Palmer Republican 1887–1890 Big Rapids Aaron B. Brown PatronsThe Patrons of Industry were a farming organization founded in Port Huron, Michigan which, by 1890, had begun participating in political action independent of other political parties at the state level. 1891–1892 Sheridan Charles L. Brundage Republican 1893–1896 Muskegon William Savidge Republican 1897–1898 Spring Lake Suel A. Sheldon Republican 1899–1900 Berlin William D. Kelly Republican 1901–1904 Muskegon Suel A. Sheldon Republican 1905–1906 Berlin Luke Lugers Republican 1907–1908 Holland Tom J. G. Bolt Republican 1909–1910 Ravenna John Vanderwerp Republican 1911–1912 Muskegon Joseph B. Hadden Progressive 1913–1914 Holland Edward Hofma Republican 1915–1916 Spring Lake Vincent A. Martin Republican 1917–1918 Fruitport William M. Connelly Republican 1919–1920 Spring Lake Arthur J. Bolt Republican 1921–1922 Muskegon William M. Connelly Republican 1923–1924 Spring Lake Vincent A. Martin Republican 1925–1928 Fruitport Gordon F. Van Eenenaam Republican 1929–1936 Muskegon Earnest C. Brooks Democratic 1937–1938 Holland John Vanderwerp Republican 1939 Muskegon Died in office. Earnest C. Brooks Democratic 1941–1942 Holland Frank E. McKee Republican 1943–1944 Muskegon William C. Vandenberg Republican 1945–1950 Holland Frank E. McKee Republican 1951 Muskegon Died in office. Clyde H. Geerlings Republican 1951–1964 Holland Harold J. Volkema Republican 1965–1967 Holland Died in office. Gary Byker Republican 1968–1978 Hudsonville Edgar Fredricks Republican 1979–1990 Holland William Van Regenmorter Republican 1991–1994 Jenison Joanne G. Emmons Republican 1995–2002 Big Rapids Virgil Bernero Democratic 2003–2005 Lansing Resigned after elected mayor of Lansing. Gretchen Whitmer Democratic 2006–2014 East Lansing Curtis Hertel Jr. Democratic 2015–2022 East Lansing Jim Runestad Republican 2023–present White Lake
Recent election results 2022
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 66.6 – 31.5% 2018 Senate Stabenow 66.9 – 31.2% Governor Whitmer 68.7 – 28.4% 2016 President Clinton 61.9 – 32.2% 2014 Senate Peters 66.0 – 30.7% Governor Schauer 58.8 – 39.3% 2012 President Obama 64.8 – 34.2% Senate Stabenow 68.3 – 28.5%
Historical district boundaries
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Allegan County Barry County (part) Yankee Springs Township Ottawa County Van Buren County 1964 Apportionment Plan Allegan County Barry County (part) Prairieville Township Kalamazoo County (part) Alamo Township Kent County (part) Grandville Ottawa County Van Buren County (part) Arlington Township Bangor Bloomingdale Township Columbia Township Covert Township Geneva Township Gobles South Haven South Haven Township 1972 Apportionment Plan Allegan County Ottawa County (part) Allendale Township Blendon Township Chester Township Coopersville Crockery Township Ferrysburg Georgetown Township Grand Haven Grand Haven Township Holland Holland Township Hudsonville Olive Township Park Township Polkston Township Port Sheldon Township Robinson Township Spring Lake Township Tallmadge Township Wright Township Zeeland Zeeland Township 1982 Apportionment Plan Barry County Ionia County Isabella County Mecosta County Montcalm County 1992 Apportionment Plan Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Delhi Township East Lansing (part) Ingham Township Lansing (part) Lansing Township Leroy Township Locke Township Meridian Township Onondaga Township Wheatfield Township White Oak Township Williamston Williamstown Township 2001 Apportionment Plan Ingham County (part) Alaiedon Township Aurelius Township Bunker Hill Township Delhi Township East Lansing Ingham Township Lansing Lansing Township Leslie Leslie Township Mason Meridian Township Onondaga Township Stockbridge Township Vevay Township White Oak Township 2011 Apportionment Plan
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