Michigan's 27th Senate district

Michigan's 27th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 27th district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution, as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts.[2][3] It has been represented by Democrat John Cherry III since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Jim Ananich.

Michigan's 27th
State Senate district
Senator
  John Cherry III
D–Flint
Demographics61% White
30% Black
4% Hispanic
1% Asian
1% Native American
4% Other
Population (2018)241,394[1]

Geography

District 27 encompasses part of Genesee County.[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 27, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, was based in Flint, also covering the surrounding Genesee County communities of Burton, Clio, Mount Morris, Swartz Creek, Flint Township, Mount Morris Township, Genesee Township, and Vienna Township.[5]

The district was located entirely within Michigan's 5th congressional district, and overlapped with the 34th, 48th, 49th, and 50th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.[6]

List of senators
Senator Party Dates Residence Notes
William McCauley Democratic 1853–1854 Brighton [7][8][9]
John Kenyon Democratic 1855–1856 Tyrone [7][10][11]
John Merritt Lamb Sr. Republican 1857–1858 Dryden [7][12]
William S. Mills Republican 1859–1860 Lexington [7][13]
Daniel G. Wilder Republican 1861–1862 Watrousville [7][14][15]
David H. Jerome Republican 1863–1866 Saginaw [7][16]
Nathan B. Bradley Republican 1867–1868 Bay City [7][17]
Charles Blunt Mills Republican 1869–1870 Mayville [7][18][19]
Harrison H. Wheeler Democratic 1871–1872 Wenona [7][20]
Henry H. Hinds Republican 1873–1874 Stanton [7][21]
Allen B. Morse Democratic 1875–1876 Ionia [7][22]
Marsden C. Burch Republican 1877–1878 Hersey [7][23]
William E. Ambler Republican 1879–1882 Pentwater [7][24]
Fitch Phelps Republican 1883–1886 Big Rapids [7][25]
Ansel W. Westgate Republican 1887–1888 Cheboygan [7][26]
John G. Berry Republican 1889–1890 Otsego County [7][27]
James E. Holcomb Democratic 1891–1892 Wolverine [7][28]
William J. Mears Republican 1893–1894 Boyne Falls [7][29]
Clyde C. Chittenden Republican 1895–1896 Cadillac [7][30]
George G. Covell Republican 1897–1898 Traverse City Resigned after appointed U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.[7][31][32]
James W. Milliken Republican 1898–1900 Traverse City [7][33]
Ambrose E. Palmer Republican 1901–1902 Kalkaska [7][34]
Orlando C. Moffatt Republican 1903–1906 Traverse City [7][35]
Fred C. Wetmore Republican 1907–1910 Cadillac [7][36]
Robert E. Walter Republican 1911–1916 Traverse City [7][37]
William W. Smith Republican 1917–1920 Traverse City [7][38]
Albert J. Engel Republican 1921–1922 Lake City [7][39]
William L. Case Republican 1923–1926 Benzonia [7][40]
Albert J. Engel Republican 1927–1932 Lake City [7][39]
Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1933–1940 Cadillac [7][41]
James T. Milliken Republican 1941–1950 Traverse City [7][42]
Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1951–1953 Cadillac Died in office.[7][41]
John Minnema Republican 1954–1960 Traverse City [7][43]
William G. Milliken Republican 1961–1964 Traverse City [7][44]
William Romano Democratic 1965–1966 Warren Died in office.[7][45][46]
James D. Gray Democratic 1967–1974 Warren [7][47]
John T. Bowman Democratic 1975–1977 Roseville Resigned to become a lobbyist.[7][48][49]
Art Miller Jr. Democratic 1977–1994 Warren [7][50]
Dan DeGrow Republican 1995–2002 Port Huron [7][51]
Robert L. Emerson Democratic 2003–2006 Flint [7][51]
John J. Gleason Democratic 2007–2013 Flushing Resigned after elected Genesee County Clerk/Register of Deeds.[7][52]
Jim Ananich Democratic 2013–2022 Flint [7][53][54]
John Cherry III Democratic 2023–present Flint [55]

Recent election results

2018
2018 Michigan Senate election, District 27[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Ananich (incumbent) 59,108 71.2
Republican Donna Kekesis 23,942 28.8
Total votes 83,050 100
Democratic hold

2014
2014 Michigan Senate election, District 27[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Ananich 51,291 77.3
Republican Brendt Gerics 15,062 22.7
Total votes 66,353 100
Democratic hold

2013 special

In January 2013, incumbent senator John J. Gleason assumed office as Clerk/Register of Deeds for Genesee County, triggering a special election that May.

2013 Michigan Senate special election, District 27[56]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Ananich 8,472 51.4
Democratic Woodrow Stanley 6,237 37.8
Democratic Ted Henry 1,409 8.5
Democratic Chris Del Morone 231 1.4
Democratic Lawrence Woods 148 0.9
Total votes 16,497 100
Republican Robert Daunt 1,025 54.6
Republican Adam Ford 851 45.4
Total votes 1,876 100
General election
Democratic Jim Ananich 8,728 75.3
Republican Robert Daunt 2,640 22.8
Libertarian Robert Nicholls (write-in) 143 1.2
Green Bobby Jones 80 0.7
Total votes 11,591 100
Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results in District 27
Year Office Results[57]
2020 President Biden 62.3 – 36.2%
2018 Senate Stabenow 66.2 – 31.3%
Governor Whitmer 68.3 – 28.7%
2016 President Clinton 62.2 – 33.5%
2014 Senate Peters 75.6 – 20.9%
Governor Schauer 71.9 – 25.7%
2012 President Obama 74.3 – 24.8%
Senate Stabenow 78.2 – 18.8%

Historical district boundaries
Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes
1964 Apportionment Plan[58]
1972 Apportionment Plan[59]
1982 Apportionment Plan[60]
1992 Apportionment Plan[61]
2001 Apportionment Plan[62]
2011 Apportionment Plan[63]

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