Michigan State House District 63
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jay DeBoyer Republican (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28
Pamela HornbergerRepublicanJamie SonnebergerDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general (different candidates): Jay DeBoyer (R) 67.7, Robert E. Kelly-McFarland (D) 32.3
- Last election
- Jay DeBoyer (Republican) won by 35.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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The current holder, Jay DeBoyer, is not on the candidate list.
- Jamie SonnebergerDemocratic
- Pamela HornbergerRepublican
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 55,109
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJay DeBoyerWon Republican 37,30867.7% DemocraticRobert E. Kelly-McFarland Democratic 17,80132.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,648
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJay DeBoyerWon Republican 28,05064.3% DemocraticKelly L. Noland Democratic 15,59835.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,751
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt HallWon(incumbent) Republican 31,37960.6% DemocraticLuke Howell Democratic 18,61336.0% OtherRafael Wolf Other 1,0932.1% OtherJohn Anthony La Pietra Other 6601.3% Ronald Lee Hawkins Write-in 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,136
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMatt HallWon Republican 22,71156.6% DemocraticJennifer Aniano Democratic 15,80939.4% LibertarianRonald Hawkins Libertarian 1,0592.6% GreenJohn Anthony La Pietra Green 5571.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,150
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid C. MaturenWon(incumbent) Republican 26,87860.9% DemocraticLynn Shiflea Democratic 14,74933.4% GreenJohn Anthony La Pietra Green 2,5235.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,741
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid MaturenWon Republican 16,71856.2% DemocraticBill Farmer Democratic 13,02343.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,636
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames BolgerWon(incumbent) Republican 22,19650.9% DemocraticBill Farmer Democratic 21,44049.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,343
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames BolgerWon(incumbent) Republican 20,93562.8% DemocraticDave Morgan Democratic 12,40837.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,829
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames BolgerWon Republican 27,64156.6% DemocraticPhyllis A. Smith Democratic 21,18843.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,615
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLorence WenkeWon(incumbent) Republican 21,26355.1% DemocraticPhyllis A. Smith Democratic 17,35244.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,904
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLorence WenkeWon(incumbent) Republican 28,18158.8% DemocraticJames H. Geary Democratic 19,72341.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,011
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLorence WenkeWon Republican 18,09356.5% DemocraticJudy Mackinder Democratic 13,91843.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,548
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry VanderroestWon(incumbent) Republican 21,93655.5% DemocraticTom Cook Democratic 16,62742.0% LibertarianAlbert McCallum Libertarian 9852.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,434
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJerry VanderroestWon Republican 15,94256.1% DemocraticTom Cook Democratic 12,49243.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,406
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald GilmerWon(incumbent) Republican 22,59062.0% DemocraticDuane Richardson Democratic 13,81638.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,082
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald GilmerWon(incumbent) Republican 18,75066.8% DemocraticJerry Johnson Democratic 9,33233.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,482
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald GilmerWon(incumbent) Republican 24,482100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,518
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon SparksWon(incumbent) Republican 25,04272.5% DemocraticJon Buller Democratic 9,47627.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,111
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon SparksWon(incumbent) Republican 35,86976.1% DemocraticJennifer Gilroy Democratic 10,68622.7% LibertarianGerald Comptois Libertarian 5511.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 50.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,214
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon SparksWon(incumbent) Republican 18,71271.4% DemocraticVicki Kremm Democratic 7,50028.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,065
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon SparksWon(incumbent) Republican 31,80777.5% DemocraticVicki Kremm Democratic 9,25822.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,891
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGordon SparksWon Republican 19,73763.9% DemocraticVicki Kremm Democratic 11,15436.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,336
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuth B. McNameeWon(incumbent) Republican 36,91778.0% DemocraticPaul F. Dain Democratic 10,41722.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,440
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuth B. McNameeWon(incumbent) Republican 24,90176.8% DemocraticRobert L. Anderlie Democratic 7,53523.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,830
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuth B. McNameeWon(incumbent) Republican 29,29673.5% DemocraticRobert L. Anderlie Democratic 10,23025.7% LibertarianBetty Nemer Libertarian 1650.4% OtherJ. Gordon Lott Other 1390.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,042
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRuth B. McNameeWon Republican 18,87869.8% DemocraticChris M. Altemann Democratic 7,90129.2% OtherRobert M. Groat Other 2611.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,177
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. DammanWon(incumbent) Republican 26,50873.3% DemocraticJohn L. Lane Democratic 9,66926.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,574
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames J. DammanWon Republican 14,08153.0% DemocraticHarold A. Janes Democratic 12,49347.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,703
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald E. BishopWon(incumbent) Republican 18,38259.9% DemocraticRonald S. Knowles Democratic 12,32140.1%
- 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Michigan State House District 63, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mi/house/63. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:mi/sldl:63
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026