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. It has been represented by John Daniel Cherry, a member of the Democratic party, since 2023, after he succeeded Jim Ananich.
Geography District 27 encompasses part of Genesee County.
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.
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.
List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes William McCauley Democratic 1853–1854 Brighton John Kenyon Democratic 1855–1856 Tyrone John Merritt Lamb Sr. Republican 1857–1858 Dryden William S. Mills Republican 1859–1860 Lexington Daniel G. Wilder Republican 1861–1862 Watrousville David H. Jerome Republican 1863–1866 Saginaw Nathan B. Bradley Republican 1867–1868 Bay City Charles Blunt Mills Republican 1869–1870 Mayville Harrison H. Wheeler Democratic 1871–1872 Wenona Henry H. Hinds Republican 1873–1874 Stanton Allen B. Morse Democratic 1875–1876 Ionia Marsden C. Burch Republican 1877–1878 Hersey William E. Ambler Republican 1879–1882 Pentwater Fitch Phelps Republican 1883–1886 Big Rapids Ansel W. Westgate Republican 1887–1888 Cheboygan John G. Berry Republican 1889–1890 Otsego County James E. Holcomb Democratic 1891–1892 Wolverine William J. Mears Republican 1893–1894 Boyne Falls Clyde C. Chittenden Republican 1895–1896 Cadillac George G. Covell Republican 1897–1898 Traverse City Resigned after appointed U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. James W. Milliken Republican 1898–1900 Traverse City Ambrose E. Palmer Republican 1901–1902 Kalkaska Orlando C. Moffatt Republican 1903–1906 Traverse City Fred C. Wetmore Republican 1907–1910 Cadillac Robert E. Walter Republican 1911–1916 Traverse City William W. Smith Republican 1917–1920 Traverse City Albert J. Engel Republican 1921–1922 Lake City William L. Case Republican 1923–1926 Benzonia Albert J. Engel Republican 1927–1932 Lake City Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1933–1940 Cadillac James T. Milliken Republican 1941–1950 Traverse City Felix H. H. Flynn Republican 1951–1953 Cadillac Died in office. John Minnema Republican 1954–1960 Traverse City William G. Milliken Republican 1961–1964 Traverse City William Romano Democratic 1965–1966 Warren Died in office. James D. Gray Democratic 1967–1974 Warren John T. Bowman Democratic 1975–1977 Roseville Resigned to become a lobbyist. Art Miller Jr. Democratic 1977–1994 Warren Dan DeGrow Republican 1995–2002 Port Huron Robert L. Emerson Democratic 2003–2006 Flint John J. Gleason Democratic 2007–2013 Flushing Resigned after elected Genesee County Clerk/Register of Deeds. Jim Ananich Democratic 2013–2022 Flint John Daniel Cherry Democratic 2023–present Flint
Recent election results 2022
2018
2014
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.
Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 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 Macomb County (part) Armada Township Bruce Township Center Line Clinton Township Lenox Township Macomb Township Memphis Mount Clemens Ray Township Richmond Township Shelby Township Sterling Township Utica Warren Washington Township St. Clair County (part) Memphis 1964 Apportionment Plan Macomb County (part) Clinton Township (part) Fraser Mount Clemens Roseville Warren (part) 1972 Apportionment Plan Macomb County (part) Center Line Fraser Roseville Warren 1982 Apportionment Plan Lapeer County Sanilac County St. Clair County 1992 Apportionment Plan Genesee County (part) Argentine Township Clayton Township Fenton Fenton Township Flint Flint Township Flushing Flushing Township Gaines Township Genesee Township Linden Montrose Montrose Township Mundy Township Swartz Creek 2001 Apportionment Plan Genesee County (part) Burton Clio Flint Flint Township Forest Township Genesee Township Mount Morris Mount Morris Township Richfield Township Swartz Creek Thetford Township Vienna Township 2011 Apportionment Plan
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