2018 Michigan House of Representatives election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and Senate. The primary election was held on August 7, 2018.

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election

November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)

All 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.64%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tom Leonard
(term-limited)
Sam Singh
(term-limited)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 11, 2017 January 11, 2017
Leader's seat 93rd District 69th District
Last election 63 47
Seats before 63 47
Seats won 58 52
Seat change 5 5
Popular vote 1,935,174 2,128,281
Percentage 47.40% 52.13%
Swing 1.80% 3.00%

     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Republican:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker before election

Tom Leonard
Republican

Elected Speaker

Lee Chatfield
Republican

Republicans retained control of the House, despite losing the popular vote, after a net loss of five seats, winning 58 seats compared to 52 seats for the Democrats.

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