Michigan Congressional Districts, 118th Congress

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

is divided into 13

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s, each represented by a member of the

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. The districts are currently represented in the

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by 7 Democrats and 6 Republicans. Due to considerable demographic and population change in Michigan over the years, an individual numbered district today does not necessarily cover the same geographic area as the same numbered district before reapportionment. For example, Pete Hoekstra and

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have represented the 2nd district since 1993, but are considered the "successors" of

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, since the current 2nd covers most of the territory represented by Vander Jagt in the 9th district before 1993. Michigan lost a congressional seat after the 2022 mid-term elections based on information from the

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Current districts and representatives

List of members of the House delegation, time in office, district maps, and the districts' political ratings according to the

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. The delegation has 13 members, including 7 Democrats and 6 Republicans.

Historical district boundaries

Below is a table of United States congressional district boundary maps for the State of Michigan, presented chronologically forward. All redistricting events that took place in Michigan in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Obsolete districts

* Michigan's at-large congressional district *

Michigan's 14th congressional district Michigan's 14th congressional district was a congressional district that stretched from eastern Detroit westward to Farmington Hills, then north to the suburb of Pontiac. From 1993 to 2013, it was based entirely in Wayne County. It was last r ...

* Michigan's 15th congressional district * Michigan's 16th congressional district *

Michigan's 17th congressional district Michigan's 17th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. The first Representative to Congress elected from the 17th district, George Anthony Dondero, took office in 1933, after reapportionment App ...

Michigan's 18th congressional district Michigan's 18th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. The first Representative to Congress elected from the 18th district, George Anthony Dondero, took office in 1953, after reapportionment due to ...

Current districts and representatives

Historical district boundaries

Obsolete districts

See also

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