Michigan State House District 79
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Angela Rigas Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Zach AbbottDemocraticAngela RigasRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win
Last result · 2024 general: Angela Rigas (R) 66.2, Jason Rubin (D) 33.8
- Earlier results
- Angela Rigas (Republican) won by 31.5 points, 2022, older linesPauline Wendzel (Republican) won by 13.2 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 55,146
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela RigasWon Republican 36,51166.2% DemocraticJason Rubin Democratic 18,63533.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,870
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2023)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela RigasWon Republican 29,51065.8% DemocraticKimberly Y. Kennedy-Barrington Democratic 15,36034.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,314
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPauline WendzelWon(incumbent) Republican 25,65656.6% DemocraticChokwe Houston Democratic 19,65843.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,862
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPauline WendzelWon Republican 19,41155.7% DemocraticJoey B. Andrews Democratic 15,45144.3%
- 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
- 55,146
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela RigasWon Republican 36,51166.2% DemocraticJason Rubin Democratic 18,63533.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,870
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2023)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAngela RigasWon Republican 29,51065.8% DemocraticKimberly Y. Kennedy-Barrington Democratic 15,36034.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,314
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPauline WendzelWon(incumbent) Republican 25,65656.6% DemocraticChokwe Houston Democratic 19,65843.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,862
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPauline WendzelWon Republican 19,41155.7% DemocraticJoey B. Andrews Democratic 15,45144.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,247
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim LasataWon Republican 23,65758.8% DemocraticMarletta Seats Democratic 15,46138.4% OtherCarl G. Oehling Other 1,1292.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,150
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAl PscholkaWon(incumbent) Republican 14,74258.6% DemocraticEric Lester Democratic 9,91139.4% OtherCarl Oehling Other 4972.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,733
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAl PscholkaWon(incumbent) Republican 21,49052.8% DemocraticJim Hahn Democratic 18,63045.7% OtherCarl Oehling Other 6131.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,054
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAl PscholkaWon Republican 17,29366.4% DemocraticMary Brown Democratic 8,76133.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,410
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn ProosWon(incumbent) Republican 25,44157.3% DemocraticJim Hahn Democratic 18,96942.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,236
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. Proos IVWon(incumbent) Republican 19,66065.0% DemocraticJanet D. King Democratic 10,57635.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,080
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn M. Proos IVWon Republican 26,37762.7% DemocraticPrincella Tobias Democratic 15,70337.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,499
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles LasataWon(incumbent) Republican 16,27569.3% DemocraticRuthie Haralson Democratic 7,22430.7% OtherLawrence Streeter Other 00.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,127
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles LasataWon(incumbent) Republican 19,57162.9% DemocraticCurtis Young Democratic 11,10935.7% OtherScott Elliot Other 4341.4% OtherLawrence Streeter Other 130.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,768
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCharles LasataWon Republican 14,03167.6% DemocraticTony Wiatrowski Democratic 6,09929.4% LibertarianScott Beavers Libertarian 6383.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,328
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob BrackenridgeWon(incumbent) Republican 17,98963.5% DemocraticEmily Strayhorn Democratic 10,33936.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,520
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob BrackenridgeWon(incumbent) Republican 14,48267.3% DemocraticHelen McKenzie Democratic 6,67431.0% LibertarianScott Beavers Libertarian 3641.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,578
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBob BrackenridgeWon(incumbent) Republican 19,67460.4% DemocraticRobert Ziebart Democratic 12,90439.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,606
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNate JonkerWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,606100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,301
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNate JonkerWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,80670.3% RepublicanDavid Forsmark Republican 10,21628.9% LibertarianClifford Schwinck Libertarian 2790.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,097
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticNate JonkerWon Democratic 15,32769.4% RepublicanBettye Lewis Republican 6,77030.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,549
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn CherryWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,51756.5% RepublicanJohn Callahan Republican 14,64842.4% LibertarianCliff Schwinck Libertarian 3841.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,532
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn CherryWon Democratic 15,77359.5% RepublicanGranville E. Auker Republican 9,41835.5% OtherFran Lapeen Other 1,3415.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,011
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe ConroyWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,69870.3% RepublicanJoan K. Smith Republican 8,31329.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,219
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe ConroyWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,45376.4% RepublicanRoy Rogers Maine Sr. Republican 4,76323.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,493
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoe ConroyWon Democratic 14,53551.0% RepublicanF. Robert Edwards(incumbent) Republican 13,77948.4% OtherSharon Thill Other 1010.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 780.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,959
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanF. Robert EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 10,34851.9% DemocraticEdwin L. Knopf Democratic 9,61148.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,099
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanF. Robert EdwardsWon(incumbent) Republican 15,85054.5% DemocraticTheodore P. Mansour(incumbent) Democratic 13,24945.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,071
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
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- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames F. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican 16,13555.5% DemocraticRichard O. Shannon Democratic 12,93644.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,036
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 79, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames F. SmithWon(incumbent) Republican 18,93157.3% DemocraticRobert E. Weiss Democratic 14,10542.7%
- 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Michigan State House District 79, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mi/house/79. 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.
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