Michigan's 13th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the
Michigan Senate
The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ...
. The 13th 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
Democrat Rosemary Bayer
Rosemary K. Bayer (born January 2, 1959) is a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 13th district since 2023.
Before being elected to the state legislature, Bayer worked as a computer engineer and analyst. She serves on t ...
since 2023, following her victory over
Republican Jason Rhines.
Geography
District 13 encompasses parts of
Oakland
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and
Wayne counties.
2011 Apportionment Plan
District 13, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered eastern
Oakland County in the northern suburbs of
Detroit, including
Troy,
Rochester Hills,
Royal Oak,
Berkley,
Clawson,
Birmingham,
Bloomfield Hills, and
Rochester.
The district was split among Michigan's
8th,
9th
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Evolution of the Arabic digit
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, and
11th congressional districts, and overlapped with the
26th,
27th,
40th,
41st, and
45th districts of the
Michigan House of Representatives
The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
.
List of senators
Recent election results
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results in District 13
Historical district boundaries
Notes
References
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Oakland County, Michigan