Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

's 2nd 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 ...

. It has been represented by Democrat Sylvia Santana since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat

Adam Hollier Adam Hollier is an American politician who was the director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Hollier served in the Michigan Senate, representing the 2nd Senate district, serving Wayne County includ ...

Geography

District 2 encompasses part of Wayne County.

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 2, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in northern

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

in Wayne County, also covering the nearby communities of Highland Park, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Farms,

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, and Grosse Pointe Park. It shared a water border with

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along

Lake St. Clair Lake St. Clair () is a freshwater lake that lies between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. It was named in 1679 by French Catholic explorers after Saint Clare of Assisi, on whose feast day they first saw the lake. ...

. The district overlapped with Michigan's

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and 14th congressional districts, and with the

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, 3rd,

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, 5th, 6th, and 7th 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 2020 ...

List of senators

Recent election results

2018

Following incumbent Bert Johnson's resignation, a special election and a regular election were held concurrently in 2018; in the special election,

won the primary against a similar slate of candidates and won the general election uncontested.

Geography

2011 Apportionment Plan

List of senators

Recent election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

Historical district boundaries

References