2022 Michigan Senate election
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The Michigan Senate election of 2022 occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect all 38 members to the Michigan Senate. The election coincided with elections for all of Michigan's constitutional offices; governor, attorney general, secretary of state and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Seats in the Michigan Senate were last elected in 2018.
Quick Facts 38 seats in the Michigan Senate 20 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...
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Democrats gained four seats, giving them a majority of 20 out of 38 seats and winning control of the chamber for the first time since 1984.[1] Simultaneously with Democrats gains in the state house, winning control of that chamber for the first time since 2008, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer winning re-election. Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time in 40 years.[2]