Michigan State House District 81
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Stephen Wooden Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Holly DeBoerRepublicanStephen WoodenDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Stephen Wooden (D) 55.7, Jordan Youngquist (R) 44.3
- Last election
- Stephen Wooden (Democratic) won by 11.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: DeBoerRight column: Wooden
- Races
- None listed
- Won 1 of 1
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 2
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- Stephen WoodenIncumbentDemocratic
- Holly DeBoerRepublican
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 55,041
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticStephen WoodenWon Democratic 30,66655.7% RepublicanJordan Youngquist Republican 24,37544.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,004
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRachel HoodWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,16955.7% RepublicanLynn Afendoulis Republican 20,83544.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,531
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary R. EisenWon(incumbent) Republican 33,24168.5% DemocraticDebbie Bourgois Democratic 15,29031.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,941
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary R. EisenWon Republican 22,81163.5% DemocraticJoshua Rivard Democratic 13,13036.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,701
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan LauwersWon(incumbent) Republican 28,06869.0% DemocraticStewart Sternberg Democratic 12,63331.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,982
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan LauwersWon(incumbent) Republican 18,17465.0% DemocraticBernardo Licata Democratic 9,80835.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,874
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan LauwersWon Republican 20,92953.8% DemocraticPatrick Phelan Democratic 17,94546.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,472
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJud GilbertWon Republican 19,88269.8% DemocraticCarol Morrissette Democratic 8,59030.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,882
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPhil PavlovWon(incumbent) Republican 30,12564.3% DemocraticBrent Pencak Democratic 16,75735.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,181
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPhillip J. PavlovWon(incumbent) Republican 22,36560.1% DemocraticDan Donnellon Democratic 14,81639.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,567
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPhillip J. PavlovWon Republican 26,27756.4% DemocraticMary Patterson Democratic 20,29043.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,152
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauren HagerWon(incumbent) Republican 20,03866.5% DemocraticColin Rumsey Democratic 10,11433.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,694
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauren HagerWon(incumbent) Republican 21,59753.1% DemocraticDavid Oppliger Democratic 19,09746.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,483
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLauren HagerWon Republican 14,91848.9% DemocraticHoward Heidemann Democratic 14,65048.1% LibertarianPeter Porcaro Libertarian 9153.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,285
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry LondonWon(incumbent) Republican 19,03654.0% DemocraticHoward Heidemann Democratic 16,24946.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,650
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry LondonWon(incumbent) Republican 18,57662.6% DemocraticHoward Heidemann Democratic 11,07437.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,967
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry LondonWon(incumbent) Republican 20,70553.1% DemocraticJames Docherty Democratic 18,26246.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,835
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,835100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,772
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,95576.8% RepublicanDavid Coons Republican 7,81723.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,495
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,31978.0% RepublicanJacqueline Coons Republican 5,17622.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,522
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,31461.1% RepublicanPaul Schoendorff Republican 14,20838.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,219
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,18669.1% RepublicanRichard K. Dobbs Republican 7,52025.7% OtherPaul Schoendorff Other 1,5135.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,621
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert EmersonWon Democratic 16,36163.9% RepublicanLynn A. Eastman Republican 9,26036.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,611
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMark ClodfelterWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,611100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,268
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMark ClodfelterWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,69678.8% RepublicanVal E. Rose Republican 5,38820.5% OtherPaul Joseph Harcz Jr. Other 1840.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,331
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMark ClodfelterWon Democratic 13,59170.3% RepublicanRobert W. Busha Republican 5,52728.6% OtherJohn Lord Other 2131.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,894
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDale E. KildeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,70074.2% RepublicanCarol Lee Burrow Republican 7,19425.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,912
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDale E. KildeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,70973.9% RepublicanDouglas A. Covell Republican 5,20326.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,970
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1964 to 1971)
Michigan House of Representatives District 81, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDale E. KildeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,36755.3% RepublicanCharles L. Cooper Republican 11,60344.7%
- 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
- 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 81, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/mi/house/81. Retrieved October 30, 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:81
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026