Michigan's 19th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the
Michigan Senate
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. The 19th 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
Sean McCann since 2023, succeeding
Republican John Bizon
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.
Geography
District 19 encompasses parts of
Kalamazoo and
Van Buren counties.
2011 Apportionment Plan
District 19, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in
Battle Creek and covered all of
Barry,
Calhoun, and
Ionia Counties. Other communities in the district included
Ionia
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,
Albion
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,
Marshall,
Springfield
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Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
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,
Level Park-Oak Park,
Hastings,
Middleville,
Belding
Belding is a city in Ionia County, Michigan, Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan, completely surrounded by Otisco Township, Michigan. The population was 5,757 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census.
History
In 1838, six years bef ...
,
Portland
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* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
,
Emmett Township,
Bedford Township, and
Pennfield Township.
The district was located entirely within
Michigan's 3rd congressional district, and overlapped with the
62nd,
63rd,
86th, and
87th districts of the
Michigan House of Representatives
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.
List of senators
Recent election results
2018
2014
Federal and statewide results in District 19
Historical district boundaries
References
{{Michigan State Senators
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Barry County, Michigan
Calhoun County, Michigan
Ionia County, Michigan