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Michigan's 7th congressional district

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{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

| state = Michigan

| district number = 7

| image name = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Michigan's 7th congressional district (2023–2033).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=42.7|frame-longitude=-84.3|zoom=8|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px}}

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| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023

| representative = Tom Barrett

| party = Republican

| residence = Charlotte

| english area =

| percent urban =

| percent rural =

| population = 781,761

| population year = 2023

| median income = $78,247

| percent white = 79.9

| percent hispanic = 5.7

| percent black = 5.9

| percent asian = 3.2

| percent more than one race = 4.6

| percent other race = 0.7

| percent blue collar =

| percent white collar =

| percent gray collar =

| cpvi = EVEN{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|date=April 3, 2025 |language=en}}

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Michigan's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Southern Michigan and portions of Central Michigan. The current district, drawn in 2022, centers around Lansing, Michigan's state capital, and includes all of Clinton, Shiawassee, Ingham, and Livingston counties, as well as portions of Eaton, Genesee, and Oakland counties.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-15 |title=The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district |url=https://www.michiganradio.org/politics-government/2022-02-15/the-changes-to-michigans-congressional-map-district-by-district |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Michigan Radio |language=en}}

The district is currently represented by Republican Tom Barrett. The previous incarnation of this district was represented by Republican Tim Walberg, who now represents the state's 5th congressional district.

The district was identified as a presidential bellwether by Sabato's Crystal Ball, having voted for the Electoral College winner in the past five presidential elections as of 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/districts-of-change-part-two-looking-beyond-the-straight-party-districts/|title=Districts of Change, Part Two: Looking Beyond the Straight-Party Districts|date=May 9, 2024 }}

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and municipalities:[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST26/CD118_MA01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST26/CD118_MI07.pdf]

Clinton County (28)

: All 28 municipalities

Eaton County (23)

: Bellevue, Bellevue Township, Benton Township, Brookfield Township, Carmel Township, Charlotte, Chester Township, Delta Charter Township, Dimondale, Eaton Rapids, Eaton Rapids Township, Eaton Township, Grand Ledge (shared with Clinton County), Hamlin Township, Kalamo Township (part; also 2nd), Lansing (shared with Clinton and Ingham counties), Mulliken, Olivet, Oneida Township, Potterville, Roxand Township, Walton Township, Windsor Charter Township

Genesee County (1)

: Argentine Township (part; also 8th)

Ingham County (24)

: All 24 municipalities

Livingston County (21)

: All 21 municipalities

Oakland County (4)

: Lyon Charter Township, Milford (part; also 9th), Milford Charter Township (part; also 9th), South Lyon

Shiawassee County (28)

: All 28 municipalities

Recent election results from statewide races

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! Year

! Office

! Results{{cite web | url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::287ace43-1a66-4686-b596-949f578971a8 | title=Dra 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://substack.com/@drewsavicki/p-46221513 | title=Michigan: The Redistricting Shuffle }}

|2008

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 54% - 44%

|2012

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 51% - 48%

|2016

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 49% - 45%

rowspan=3|2018

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Stabenow 51% - 47%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Whitmer 53% - 44%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Leonard 48.0% - 47.6%

rowspan=2|2020

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 50% - 49%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|James 49.2% - 49.1%

rowspan=3|2022

| Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Whitmer 54% - 44%

Secretary of State

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Benson 55% - 42%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Nessel 53% - 45%

rowspan=2|2024

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 50% - 49%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Slotkin 49% - 48%

History

The 7th congressional district was formed in 1872 covering the Thumb of Michigan. It had Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac, Lapeer, St. Clair, and Macomb Counties. In 1882 Tuscola County was removed from the district but everything else remained the same. In 1892 Grosse Point and Hamtramck Townships, the latter one today mainly within the city boundaries of Detroit were moved into the 7th district.

In 1912 Tuscola County was put back in the 7th district, but it may have lost its Wayne County areas. It was definitely deprived of these areas by 1932. In 1964 the 7th district experienced its most drastic redistricting yet. Only Lapeer County was retained from the old district while Genesee County was added. In 1972 the district was redrawn again, losing Lapeer County as well as a few outlying parts of Genesee County. In 1982 most of Lapeer County was put back in the 7th district. The northern tier of townships in Genesee County were moved to the 8th district. Burns Township in Shiawasee County and all the northern tier of townships in Oakland County with the exception of Brandon Township were also put in the district.

After 1992 this old 7th district constituted a large part of the new 9th district. The current 7th has no connection with the pre-1992 seventh congressional district. If populations and not just areas are considered, it is primarily an heir of the previous 3rd district. Most of the area came from the old 2nd district, and some of John Dingell's old 16th district was also included.

All of Eaton and Calhoun Counties were preserved from the 3rd to the 7th district. Half of the area of Barry County that had been in the old 3rd was retained. From the old 4th was drawn most of Branch County. The rest of Branch County and Hillsdale County, the southwestern portion of Washtenaw County and western Lenawee County, and most of Jackson County were taken from the old 2nd district. Even though most of the area of the old second was put in the new 7th, most of its population was moved into the 13th, From Ann Arbor to Plymouth, Livonia, and Northville. The portion of Lenawee County that had been in the 16th was absorbed, and a small part of the Washtenaw County area of the 15th district and the part of the old 6th that had been in Jackson County. Thus the new 7th district incorporated areas from six old districts.

The 2002 redistricting is best seen as a shift from the 3rd district to the 2nd district legacy. With the loss of its quadrant in Barry County and a small section of Calhoun County, the district lost affinity to the 3rd of yore. It took back the portion of Washtenaw County that had been lost to the 8th district, and shed the part of Washtenaw County that had come from the old 15th district. Although none of Wayne County was included in the new district, it did have Salem Township which not only borders Wayne County but is largely in a Wayne County-headquartered school district. From 2004 to 2013, the district contained all of Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, and Lenawee counties, and included most of Calhoun and much of western and northern Washtenaw counties.

In the 2012 redistricting, the district gained Monroe County as well as the portion of Washtenaw County around Saline.

List of members representing the district

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! Representative !! Party !! Years !! Cong
ress !! Election history

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| colspan=5 | {{center|District created March 4, 1873}}

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Omar D. Conger
{{Small|(Port Huron)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1881		{{USCongressOrdinal|43|46}}Redistricted from the {{ushr|Michigan|5|5th district}} and re-elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
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| colspan=2 | Vacant

March 4, 1881 –
April 5, 1881		rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|47}}
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John Tyler Rich
{{Small|(Elba)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanApril 5, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		Elected to finish Conger's term.
Lost re-election.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Ezra C. Carleton
{{Small|(Port Huron)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticA number of candidates were elected as fusion candidates, but were seated in Congress with the Democratic Party: Ezra C. Carleton in 1882 and 1884 and Justin R. Whiting in 1886, 1888, and 1890 (he was elected as a Democrat in 1892).March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		{{USCongressOrdinal|48|49}}Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Justin Rice Whiting
{{Small|(St. Clair)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1895		{{USCongressOrdinal|50|53}}Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Horace G. Snover
{{Small|(Port Austin)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899		{{USCongressOrdinal|54|55}}Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Edgar Weeks
{{Small|(Mount Clemens)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903		{{USCongressOrdinal|56|57}}Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Lost renomination.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Henry McMorran
{{Small|(Port Huron)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913		{{USCongressOrdinal|58|62}}Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Louis C. Cramton
{{Small|(Lapeer)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1931		{{USCongressOrdinal|63|71}}Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost renomination.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Jesse P. Wolcott
{{Small|(Port Huron)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMarch 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1957		{{USCongressOrdinal|72|84}}Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Robert J. McIntosh
{{Small|(Port Huron)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959		{{USCongressOrdinal|85}}Elected in 1956.
Lost re-election.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
James G. O'Hara
{{Small|(Utica)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticJanuary 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1965		{{USCongressOrdinal|86|88}}Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MI|12|C}}.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
John C. Mackie
{{Small|(Flint)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967		{{USCongressOrdinal|89}}Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
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| align=left nowrap rowspan=2 | 100px
Donald Riegle
{{Small|(Flint)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 1967 –
February 27, 1973		rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|90|94}}Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Elected as a Republican and changed political affiliation in 1973.
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| {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic

February 27, 1973 –
December 30, 1976		Re-elected in 1974.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator and resigned following early appointment.
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| colspan=2 | Vacant

December 30, 1976 –
January 3, 1977		{{USCongressOrdinal|94}}
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Dale Kildee
{{Small|(Flint)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticJanuary 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1993		{{USCongressOrdinal|95|102}}Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|MI|9|C}}.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Nick Smith
{{Small|(Addison)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2005		{{USCongressOrdinal|103|108}}Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Joe Schwarz
{{Small|(Battle Creek)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007		{{USCongressOrdinal|109}}Elected in 2004.
Lost renomination.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Tim Walberg
{{Small|(Tipton)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009		{{USCongressOrdinal|110}}Elected in 2006.
Lost re-election.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Mark Schauer
{{Small|(Battle Creek)}}

{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticJanuary 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011		{{USCongressOrdinal|111}}Elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
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| align=left nowrap | 100px
Tim Walberg
{{Small|(Tipton)}}

{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanJanuary 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2023		{{USCongressOrdinal|112|117}}Elected again in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the {{Ushr|Michigan|5|C}}.
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| align=left | 100px
Elissa Slotkin
{{Small|(Lansing)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025

| {{USCongressOrdinal|118}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Michigan|8|C}} and re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

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Tom Barrett
{{Small|(Charlotte)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|January 3, 2025 –
present

|{{USCongressOrdinal|119|present}}

|Elected in 2024.

Recent election results

= 2012 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2012{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/michigan|title = 2012 Michigan House Results|website = Politico}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Tim Walberg (incumbent)|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=169,668|percentage=53.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Kurt R. Haskell|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=136,849|percentage=43.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Ken Proctor|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|votes=8,088|percentage=2.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Richard Wunsch|party=Green Party (United States)|votes=3,464|percentage=1.1}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=318,069|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2014 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2014{{Cite web|url=https://mielections.us/election/results/14GEN/|title = 2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Walberg (incumbent)|votes=119,564|percentage=53.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Pam Byrnes|votes=92,083|percentage=41.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Ken Proctor|votes=4,531|percentage=2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=David Swartout|votes=4,369|percentage=2.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=US Taxpayers Party|candidate=Rick Strawcutter|votes=3,138|percentage=1.4}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=223,685|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2016 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2016 {{cite web|url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2016GEN_CENR.html|title=2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results|publisher=Michigan Department of State|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Walberg (incumbent)|votes=184,321|percentage=55.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Gretchen Driskell|votes=134,010|percentage=40.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Ken Proctor|votes=16,476|percentage=4.9}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=334,807|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2018{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Cheryl L.|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018|url=http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/|publisher=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=April 27, 2019|date=February 28, 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Walberg (incumbent)|votes=158,730|percentage=53.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Gretchen Driskell|votes=136,330|percentage=46.2}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=295,060|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2020 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2020{{cite web |title=2020 Michigan Election Results Official |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2020GEN_CENR.html |website=Michigan Secretary of State |access-date=November 23, 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Walberg (incumbent)|votes=227,524|percentage=58.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Gretchen Driskell|votes=159,743|percentage=41.3}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=387,627|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2022{{cite web|url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html|title=2022 Michigan Election Results|publisher=Michigan Department of State|date=November 8, 2022|access-date=July 8, 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Elissa Slotkin (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 192,809

| percentage = 51.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tom Barrett

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 172,624

| percentage = 46.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Leah Dailey

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 7,275

| percentage = 1.9

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 372,708

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2024 =

{{Election box begin no change|title=Michigan's 7th congressional district, 2024{{cite web|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|title=2024 Michigan Election Results|publisher=Michigan Department of State|date=November 22, 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tom Barrett

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 226,694

| percentage = 50.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Curtis Hertel Jr.

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 209,842

| percentage = 46.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Leah Dailey

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 14,226

| percentage = 3.2

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 450,762

| percentage = 100.1

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change|winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

Historical district boundaries

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See also

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Notes

References

  • [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/MI/7 Govtrack.us for the 7th District] - Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
  • [https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807–2003]
  • [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(bh0gg4454mkrpj55i03lixvj))/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0606-0624-USRep.pdf U.S. Representatives 1837–2003], Michigan Manual 2003–2004
  • {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
  • {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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