Michigan State House District 72
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mike Mueller Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Mike MuellerRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winThomas RyanDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Mike Mueller (R) 60.8, John Dolza (D) 39.2
- Last election
- Mike Mueller (Republican) won by 21.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: MuellerRight column: Ryan
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeMuellerNo published score for Ryan
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
- None listed
- Years since first win
- 4
- Not available
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- Thomas RyanDemocratic
- Mike MuellerIncumbentRepublican
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 57,422
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike MuellerWon Republican 34,91060.8% DemocraticJohn Dolza Democratic 22,51239.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,536
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike MuellerWon(incumbent) Republican 26,45258.1% DemocraticStacy Taylor Democratic 19,08441.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 53,784
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven JohnsonWon(incumbent) Republican 29,61455.1% DemocraticLily Cheng-Schulting Democratic 24,17044.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,832
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven JohnsonWon(incumbent) Republican 21,37453.7% DemocraticRon Draayer Democratic 17,27343.4% LibertarianJamie Lewis Libertarian 1,1853.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,036
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteven JohnsonWon Republican 26,34358.5% DemocraticSteve Shoemaker Democratic 18,69341.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,214
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YonkerWon(incumbent) Republican 17,88268.2% DemocraticKemal Hamulic Democratic 8,33231.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,116
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YonkerWon(incumbent) Republican 24,65358.5% DemocraticScott Urbanowski Democratic 15,98238.0% LibertarianWilliam Wenzell Libertarian 1,4813.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,020
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen YonkerWon Republican 24,80172.9% DemocraticBrian Bosak Democratic 9,21927.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,267
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJustin AmashWon Republican 31,24561.0% DemocraticAlbert S. Abbasse Democratic 18,46336.0% LibertarianWilliam R. Wenzell Libertarian 1,5593.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,151
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlenn Steil Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 27,00565.6% DemocraticKyle Eric Hinton Democratic 13,05531.7% LibertarianWilliam Robert Wenzell III Libertarian 5911.4% OtherWilliam A. Mohr Other 5001.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,642
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlenn Steil Jr.Won(incumbent) Republican 33,28368.4% DemocraticThomas Burke Democratic 14,59430.0% LibertarianWilliam Robert Wenzell III Libertarian 7651.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,212
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGlenn D. Steil Jr.Won Republican 24,16672.8% DemocraticChristopher Vogt Democratic 8,39125.3% LibertarianDavid Good Libertarian 6552.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,851
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark JansenWon(incumbent) Republican 35,94673.6% DemocraticChristopher Vogt Democratic 12,90526.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,964
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark JansenWon(incumbent) Republican 27,01877.3% DemocraticJudy Crandall Democratic 7,94622.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,348
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark JansenWon Republican 30,52972.1% DemocraticJudy Crandall Democratic 11,81927.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,626
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter DelangeWon(incumbent) Republican 25,31177.6% DemocraticAl Rice Democratic 7,31522.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,048
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWalter DelangeWon(incumbent) Republican 34,048100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,203
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSharon GireWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,59064.7% RepublicanMary Fitch Republican 8,84732.5% LibertarianRudy Zornik Libertarian 7662.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,366
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSharon GireWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,36657.2% RepublicanBob Perakis Republican 15,59041.7% LibertarianRudolph Zornik Libertarian 4101.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,066
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSharon GireWon Democratic 12,45956.5% RepublicanBob Perakis(incumbent) Republican 9,60743.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,816
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob PerakisWon Republican 18,33254.2% DemocraticDavid Evans(incumbent) Democratic 15,25545.1% LibertarianRudy Zornik Libertarian 2290.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,501
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid EvansWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,94954.7% RepublicanRobert A. Perakis Republican 11,55245.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,806
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNick CiaramitaroWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,12467.6% RepublicanMichael Moritz Republican 8,68232.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,121
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNick CiaramitaroWon Democratic 11,11573.5% RepublicanPatrick J. Driscoll Republican 4,00226.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,010
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWarren N. GoemaereWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,70170.8% RepublicanMarian Susan Dinning Republican 7,30929.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,112
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWarren N. GoemaereWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,11878.0% RepublicanJ. Edward Wyszynski Republican 3,99422.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,646
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWarren N. GoemaereWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,83962.8% RepublicanJ. Edward Wyszynski Republican 8,80737.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,347
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWarren N. GoemaereWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,62876.8% RepublicanDonald W. Loomis Republican 7,71923.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,064
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 72, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWarren N. GoemaereWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,34267.4% RepublicanHarold Donaldson Republican 9,58924.6% OtherEugene J. May Other 3,1338.0%
- 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 72, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mi/house/72. 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:72
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026