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 5th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the

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. It has been represented by Democrat

Dayna Polehanki Dayna Lynn Polehanki is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the Michigan's 5th Senate district, 5th district since 2023. She previously represented the Michigan's 7th Senate district, 7th di ...

since 2023, following her primary defeat of fellow Democrat

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Geography

District 5 encompasses part of Wayne County.

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 5, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in central Wayne County, covering parts of western

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as well as the surrounding communities of

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, Garden City, Inkster, and Redford. The district was largely located within

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, also extending into the 12th and 14th districts. It overlapped with the 7th,

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, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 13th districts of the

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Geography

2011 Apportionment Plan

List of senators

Recent election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

Historical district boundaries

References