Michigan's 1st Senate district

American legislative district

Michigan's 1st
State Senate district

Senator

Erika Geiss
D–Taylor

Demographics

44% White
47% Black
5% Hispanic
2% Asian
2% Other

Population (2018)

249,358^[1]

Michigan's 1st Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Erika Geiss since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Stephanie Chang.^[2]^[3]

Geography

District 1 encompasses part of Wayne County.^[4]

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 1, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered parts of Wayne County along the Canadian border, including much of Detroit as well as River Rouge, Ecorse, Wyandotte, Riverview, Trenton, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile, and parts of Brownstown.^[5]

The district was split three ways among Michigan's 12th, 13th, and 14th congressional districts. It overlapped with the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 14th, and 23rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.^[6]

Recent election results

2018

2018 Michigan Senate election, District 1^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang	16,427	49.8
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley-Talabi	8,710	26.4
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	3,698	11.2
	Democratic	James Cole Jr.	1,717	5.2
	Democratic	Stephanie Roehm	1,464	4.4
	Democratic	Nicholas Rivera	941	2.9
Total votes			32,957	100
General election
	Democratic	Stephanie Chang	62,071	72.0
	Republican	Pauline Montie	20,879	24.2
	Green	David Bullock	3,257	3.8
Total votes			86,207	100
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Michigan Senate election, District 1^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Coleman Young II (incumbent)	48,510	71.8
	Republican	Barry Berk	19,021	28.2
Total votes			67,531	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results^[8]
2020	President	Biden 70.4 – 28.3%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 72.0 – 26.1%
2018	Governor	Whitmer 73.4 – 24.2%
2016	President	Clinton 70.6 – 26.2%
2014	Senate	Peters 77.1 – 19.9%
2014	Governor	Schauer 70.0 – 28.4%
2012	President	Obama 78.0 – 21.4%
2012	Senate	Stabenow 80.0 – 17.2%

Historical district boundaries

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Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park	1964 Apportionment Plan	^[9]
Macomb County (part) Lake Township Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township	1972 Apportionment Plan	^[10]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods	1982 Apportionment Plan	^[11]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Township Grosse Pointe Woods Harper Woods	1992 Apportionment Plan	^[12]
Wayne County (part) Detroit (part)	2001 Apportionment Plan	^[13]
Wayne County (part) Brownstown Township (part) Detroit (part) Ecorse Gibraltar Grosse Ile Township River Rouge Riverview Trenton Woodhaven Wyandotte	2011 Apportionment Plan	^[14]

References

^ "State Senate District 1, MI". Census Reporter. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Legislator Details - Erika Geiss". Library of Michigan. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
^ "Legislator Details - Stephanie Chang". Library of Michigan. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
^ "Linden_Senate". Michigan. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "Michigan's 38 Senate Districts - 2011 Apportionment Plan" (PDF). Michigan Senate. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Michigan State Senate District 1". Ballotpedia. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Michigan Manual 1965/1966". Michigan Legislature. 1965. p. 376. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "Michigan Manual 1975/1976". Michigan Legislature. 1975. p. 454. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "SENATORIAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. 1989. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "SENATORIAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. 1997. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "SENATORIAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. 2001. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "MICHIGAN SENATE DISTRICT 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2022.