Michigan State House District 29

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jim DeSana Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Darian CountsDemocratic

Last result · 2024 general: Jim DeSana (R) 55.0, Kyle Wright (D) 45.0

Jim DeSanaRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win

Earlier results: Jim DeSana (Republican) won by 3.0 points, 2022, older linesBrenda Carter (Democratic) won by 45.8 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections

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Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 46,644
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim DeSanaWonName as filed: James Desana	Republican	25,66955.0%	55.0%
DemocraticKyle Wright	Democratic	20,97545.0%	45.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,044
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2023)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim DeSanaWonName as filed: James Desana	Republican	18,04251.5%	51.5%
DemocraticAlex Garza(incumbent)	Democratic	17,00248.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,178
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBrenda CarterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,09972.9%	72.9%
RepublicanS. Dave Sullivan	Republican	10,07927.1%	27.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,938
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBrenda CarterWon	Democratic	19,96474.1%	74.1%
RepublicanTimothy D. Carrier	Republican	6,97425.9%	25.9%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

All elections (29 for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 46,644
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim DeSanaWonName as filed: James Desana	Republican	25,66955.0%	55.0%
DemocraticKyle Wright	Democratic	20,97545.0%	45.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,044
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2023)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJim DeSanaWonName as filed: James Desana	Republican	18,04251.5%	51.5%
DemocraticAlex Garza(incumbent)	Democratic	17,00248.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,178
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBrenda CarterWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,09972.9%	72.9%
RepublicanS. Dave Sullivan	Republican	10,07927.1%	27.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,938
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBrenda CarterWon	Democratic	19,96474.1%	74.1%
RepublicanTimothy D. Carrier	Republican	6,97425.9%	25.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,418
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim GreimelWon(incumbent)	Democratic	23,09771.3%	71.3%
RepublicanGarren W. Griffith	Republican	8,25325.5%	25.5%
GreenArtelia Marie Leak	Green	1,0683.3%	3.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,422
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim GreimelWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,04273.7%	73.7%
RepublicanDavid Lonier	Republican	5,38026.3%	26.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,044
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim GreimelWon	Democratic	25,57777.4%	77.4%
RepublicanBrian Stebick	Republican	7,46722.6%	22.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,160
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim MeltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,21778.3%	78.3%
RepublicanBret Allen	Republican	3,94321.7%	21.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,774
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim MeltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,70083.5%	83.5%
RepublicanScott E. Sampeer	Republican	5,07416.5%	16.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,832
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTim MeltonWon	Democratic	16,59176.0%	76.0%
RepublicanTom March	Republican	4,13118.9%	18.9%
OtherMary Barr	Other	1,1105.1%	5.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,879
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticClarence PhillipsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,27274.5%	74.5%
RepublicanSamantha Moffett	Republican	7,60725.5%	25.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,967
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticClarence PhillipsWon(incumbent)	Democratic	13,67576.1%	76.1%
RepublicanTom March	Republican	4,29223.9%	23.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 40,691
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJennifer FaunceWon(incumbent)	Republican	21,29252.3%	52.3%
DemocraticSteve Bieda	Democratic	18,96746.6%	46.6%
LibertarianE. Sahutske	Libertarian	3080.8%	0.8%
OtherSteven Revis	Other	1240.3%	0.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 32,756
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJennifer FaunceWon	Republican	16,85851.5%	51.5%
DemocraticCharles Busse	Democratic	15,37046.9%	46.9%
LibertarianE. Sahutske	Libertarian	5281.6%	1.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,721
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis OlshoveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	23,92761.8%	61.8%
RepublicanSteve Rice	Republican	14,24936.8%	36.8%
OtherMathew Ignash	Other	5451.4%	1.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 34,729
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis OlshoveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,72156.8%	56.8%
RepublicanMichael Wiecek	Republican	14,56541.9%	41.9%
LibertarianPaul Soyk	Libertarian	4431.3%	1.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,701
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis OlshoveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	22,35450.0%	50.0%
RepublicanJohn Chmura	Republican	22,34750.0%	50.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,421
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGregory PitoniakWon(incumbent)	Democratic	8,78870.8%	70.8%
RepublicanDavid Mortensen	Republican	3,63329.3%	29.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,966
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGregory PitoniakWon	Democratic	12,88664.5%	64.5%
RepublicanDaniel Dobbins	Republican	7,08035.5%	35.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,370
Election day: November 4, 1986
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRick SitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	9,70978.5%	78.5%
RepublicanRoger Paull	Republican	2,66121.5%	21.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,387
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRick SitzWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,31552.9%	52.9%
RepublicanRoger Paull	Republican	10,07047.1%	47.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	20.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,578
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRick SitzWon	Democratic	12,577100.0%	100.0%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,691
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,98663.1%	63.1%
RepublicanLeonard D. Wisniewski	Republican	11,70136.9%	36.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,032
Election day: November 7, 1978
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,02199.9%	99.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	110.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,294
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,13572.2%	72.2%
RepublicanRosalie A. Burek	Republican	8,15827.9%	27.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,095
Election day: November 4, 1974
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	14,80277.5%	77.5%
RepublicanArthur William Habitz Jr.	Republican	4,29322.5%	22.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,929
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	16,41063.3%	63.3%
RepublicanRobert Hawks	Republican	9,51936.7%	36.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,136
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1964 to 1971)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	15,14671.7%	71.7%
RepublicanGeorge W. Ward	Republican	5,99028.3%	28.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,273
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1964 to 1971)

Michigan House of Representatives District 29, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfred A. SheridanWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,87968.0%	68.0%
RepublicanGeorge W. Ward	Republican	8,39431.9%	31.9%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

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