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, ...
is divided into 13
congressional district
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s, each represented by a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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.
The districts are currently represented in the
119th United States Congress
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by 7
Republicans
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
and 6
Democrats.
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
Cornelis Piet Hoekstra (; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is serving as Ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra had served as the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from January 10, 2018, to January 17, 2021. A member ...
and
Bill Huizenga
William Patrick Huizenga ( ; born January 31, 1969) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2011, representing the state's 4th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Huizenga served in t ...
have represented the
2nd district since 1993, but are considered the "successors" of
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
, 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 midterm elections based on information from the
2020 United States census.
Current districts and representatives
List of members of the House delegation, time in office, district maps, and the district political ratings according to the
CPVI
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. The delegation has 13 members, including 7
Republicans
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
and 6
Democrats.
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
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Michigan's at-large congressional district
Michigan's at-large congressional district may refer to a few different occasions when a statewide at-large district was used for elections to the United States House of Representatives from Michigan.
Prior to Michigan's admittance as a state o ...
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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 ...
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Michigan's 15th congressional district
Michigan's 15th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of Michigan.
Historically, the district's politics have been dominated by the Dingell family since its creation after the 1930 United States census. It ...
*
Michigan's 16th congressional district
Michigan's 16th congressional district is an obsolete United States congressional district in Michigan. It covered the communities of Dearborn, Downriver and Monroe County.Alamanac of American Politics 2002, p816
The first Representative to ...
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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 United States congres ...
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Michigan's 18th congressional district
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Michigan's 19th congressional district
See also
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United States congressional delegations from Michigan
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List of United States congressional districts
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, wi ...
Notes
References
External links
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Congressional districts
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