Advocacy News – July 30, 2024
On Friday, July 26, three federal judges granted final approval to a new Michigan Senate map created by Michigan’s redistricting panel. The new map will go into effect for the 2026 election cycle.
What happened: The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) was forced to redraw the metro Detroit districts after it was ordered to do so by a federal court late last year. A three-judge panel determined 13 state House and Senate maps were drawn unconstitutionally and improperly reduced Black voting percentages.
Why it matters: The new Senate map, called Crane A1, redraws six districts that had been declared unconstitutional. It also changed eight other metro Detroit districts near the ones invalidated by court to accommodate those changes.
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The new map does not put together in the same district any incumbents eligible to seek reelection to the state Senate in 2026.
The bottom line: How the new map will impact the partisan make-up of the Michigan Senate remains to be seen.
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The new map approved by the court has a slightly stronger bias in favor of Republicans, according to two of the measures of partisan fairness the commission used to evaluate its maps.
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But another measure shows a small bump in favor of Democrats.
The districts impacted include:
- Senate District 1: Includes part of Detroit, along with Ecorse, Lincoln Park, River Rouge and Wyandotte.
- Senate District 2: Includes parts of Detroit and Taylor, along with Allen Park, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Melvindale.
- Senate District 3: Includes part of Detroit, along with all of Hamtramck and Highland Park.
- Senate District 4: Includes parts of Taylor and Westland, along with all of Belleville, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Huron Township, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Sumpter Township, Trenton, Van Buren Township, Wayne and Woodhaven. State Sen. Darrin Camilleri, D-Trenton, lives in this district.
- Senate District 5: Includes part of Westland and all of Canton, Garden City, Inkster, Plymouth and Plymouth Township.
- Senate District 6: Includes part of Detroit and all of Redford Township. State Sen. Mary Cavanagh, D-Redford Township, lives in this district.
- Senate District 7: Includes part of Waterford Township and all of Auburn Hills, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Lake Angelus, Lathrup Village, Pontiac, Southfield and Southfield Township.
- Senate District 8: Includes most of Novi, along with all of Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Northville and Northville Township. State Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, lives in this district.
- Senate District 9: Includes parts of Shelby Township and Sterling Heights, along with all of Rochester, Rochester Hills, Troy and Utica. State Sen. Michael Webber, R-Rochester Hills, lives in this district.
- Senate District 10: Includes part of Warren, along with all of Berkley, Center Line, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak and Royal Oak Township. State Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, lives in this district.
- Senate District 11: Includes parts of Clinton Township, Sterling Heights and Warren, along with all of Eastpointe, Fraser and Roseville. State Sen. Veronica Klinefelt, D-Eastpointe, lives in this district.
- Senate District 13: Includes parts of Novi and Waterford Township, along with all of Commerce Township, Keego Harbor, Lyon Township, Milford Township, Orchard Lake Village, South Lyon, Sylvan Lake, Walled Lake, West Bloomfield Township and Wixom. State Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-West Bloomfield, lives in this district.
- Senate District 23: Includes part of Waterford Township, along with all of Addison Township, Almont Township, Atlas Township, Clarkston, Brandon Township, Dryden Township, Hadley Township, Highland Township, Independence Township, Metamora Township, Oakland Township, Orion Township, Oxford Township and Rose Township.
- Senate District 24: Includes parts of Clinton and Shelby townships, along with all of Bruce Township, Macomb Township, Ray Township and Washington Township.