Michigan's 4th congressional district

Coordinates: 43°43′54″N 84°45′01″W / 43.73167°N 84.75028°W / 43.73167; -84.75028
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Michigan's 4th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Bill Huizenga
R–Holland
Distribution
  • 63.33% rural[1]
  • 36.67% urban
Population (2022)778,490[2]
Median household
income		$70,086[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+5[4]

Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States congressional district located in the state of Michigan. The current 4th district contains much of Michigan's old 2nd district, and includes all of Allegan and Van Buren counties, as well as portions of Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Berrien counties.[5] In 2022, the district was redrawn to start in St. Joseph Township and extend north to Port Sheldon Township. [5] The 4th is currently represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who previously represented the old 2nd district.

Cities

Presidential election results

This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.
Year Results
1992
George H.W. Bush
37%
1996 Bill Clinton 47% – Bob Dole 41%
2000 George W. Bush 54% – Al Gore 44%
2004 George W. Bush 55% – John Kerry 44%
2008 Barack Obama 50% – John McCain 48%
2012 Mitt Romney 54% – Barack Obama 46%
2016 Donald Trump 60% – Hillary Clinton 35%
2020 Donald Trump 61% – Joe Biden 37%

Recent election results from statewide races

This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.
Year Office Results
2018 Senate John James 51.6% – Debbie Stabenow 46.2%
Governor Bill Schuette 49.4% – Gretchen Whitmer 47.4%
Attorney General Tom Leonard 52.3% – Dana Nessel 42.8%
2020 Senate John James 53.6% – Gary Peters 44.5%

History

Michigan's 4th congressional district was first formed in 1852. At this time It covered everywhere from

Eaton County
only going west again Midland County was reached. It went west again along Midland and subsequent counties southern lines and then headed north again on the east side of Muskegon County, with Manistee being its southern county that bordered Lake Michigan.

In 1863 it gained the areas around

Muskegon
but lost everything east of Ionia County and most of the Upper Peninsula. In 1872 it was redrawn to cover Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Van Buren and St. Joseph Counties. In 1892 these boundaries were altered by the addition of Allegan and Barry Counties but the subtraction of Kalamazoo County. This remained the district boundaries for the next 72 years.

In 1964 the 4th district was redrawn. Barry County was subtracted from the district while Branch and Hillsdale Counties were added. In 1972 the district boundaries were altered by adding small sections of Calhoun County and subtracting small portions of Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties.

The 1982 redistricting removed from the district all of Hillsdale County and the portion of Calhoun County that was in the district. Quincy and Butler Townships in Branch County were also removed. In Kalamazoo County Schoolcraft Township and most of Portage were added to the district. The southern and western portions of Allegan County and most of western Ottawa County including Holland, Michigan were also in the district.

In the renumbering of 1992 this district essentially became the 6th, while the old 10th became the new 4th.

The old 10th and 1990s 4th

The old 10th included most of Grand Traverse and all of Kalkaska County which were lost to the new 1st (old 11th) in the 1992 redistricting. It also included Wexford County that was moved to the new 2nd (old 9th) in the 1992 redistricting. The only other areas lost were small parts of Antrim and Iosco Counties and a portion of Shiawasee County consisting of Durand and Vernon Township.

The new 4th gained Montcalm county from the old 9th district. It gained the Clinton and most of the Shiawasee portions of the old 6th district and the northern half of Oscoda County. It also gained a portion of south-west Saginaw County and the portion of Midland County that had not been in the old 10th.

In 2002 Leelaunau County and a small section of north-west Grand Traverse County were the only areas gerrymandered from the 1st and other districts into the 4th that had not been in the old 10th.

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1853
Hestor L. Stevens
(Pontiac) 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd
Elected in 1852
.
Retired.

George Washington Peck
(Lansing) 		Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th
Elected in 1854
.
Lost re-election.
De Witt C. Leach
(Lansing
) 		Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 		35th
36th
Re-elected in 1858
.
Retired.

Rowland E. Trowbridge
(Birmingham) 		Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 		37th
Elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 5th district
and lost re-election.

Francis William Kellogg
(Grand Rapids) 		Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865 		38th Redistricted from the
re-elected in 1862
.
Retired.

Thomas W. Ferry
(Grand Haven) 		Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871 		39th
40th
41st
elected U.S. Senator
.
Vacant March 4, 1871 –
December 4, 1871 		42nd

Wilder D. Foster
(Grand Rapids) 		Republican April 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
Elected April 4, 1871 to finish Ferry's term and seated December 4, 1871.
Redistricted to the 5th district
.

Julius C. Burrows
(Kalamazoo) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		43rd
Elected in 1872
.
Lost re-election.

Allen Potter
(Kalamazoo) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th
Elected in 1874
.
Retired.

Edwin W. Keightley
(Constantine) 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879 		45th
Elected in 1876
.
Retired.

Julius C. Burrows
(Kalamazoo) 		Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883 		46th
47th
Re-elected in 1880
.
Lost re-election.

George L. Yaple
(Mendon) 		Democratic[a] March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885 		48th
Elected in 1882
.
Lost re-election.

Julius C. Burrows
(Kalamazoo) 		Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893 		49th
50th
51st
52nd
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 3rd district
.

Henry F. Thomas
(Allegan) 		Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897 		53rd
54th
Re-elected in 1894
.
Lost renomination.

Edward L. Hamilton
(Niles) 		Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1921 		55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
Re-elected in 1918
.
Retired.

John C. Ketcham
(Hastings) 		Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1933 		67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Re-elected in 1930
.
Lost re-election.

George E. Foulkes
(Hartford) 		Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935 		73rd
Elected in 1932
.
Lost re-election.

Clare Hoffman
(Allegan) 		Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1963 		74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Re-elected in 1960
.
Retired.

Edward Hutchinson
(St. Joseph) 		Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1977 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
Re-elected in 1974
.
Retired.

David Stockman
(St. Joseph) 		Republican January 3, 1977 –
January 21, 1981 		95th
96th
97th
Re-elected in 1980.
Resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget
.
Vacant January 21, 1981 –
April 21, 1981 		97th

Mark Siljander
(Three Rivers) 		Republican April 21, 1981 –
January 3, 1987 		97th
98th
99th
Re-elected in 1984
.
Lost renomination.

Fred Upton
(St. Joseph) 		Republican January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993 		100th
101st
102nd
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 6th district
.

Dave Camp
(Midland) 		Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2015 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012
.
Retired. 		1993–2003
2003–2013
2013–2023

John Moolenaar
(Midland) 		Republican January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2023 		114th
115th
116th
117th 		Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.

Bill Huizenga
(Holland) 		Republican January 3, 2023 –
present 		118th Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2022. 2023–present

Recent election results

2012

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2012[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Camp (incumbent) 197,386 63.1
Democratic Debra Freidell Wirth 104,996 33.6
Libertarian John Gelineau 4,285 1.4
Constitution
 George Zimmer 3,506 1.1
Green
 Pat Timmons 2,776 0.9
Total votes 312,949 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2014[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Moolenaar 123,962 56.5
Democratic Jeff Holmes 85,777 39.1
U.S. Taxpayers
 George Zimmer 4,990 2.3
Libertarian Will White 4,694 2.1
Total votes 219,423 100.0
Republican hold

2016

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2016 [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Moolenaar (incumbent) 194,572 61.6
Democratic Debra Wirth 101,277 32.1
Libertarian Leonard Schwartz 8,516 2.7
Constitution
 George M. Zimmer 5,595 1.8
Green
 Jordan Salvi 3,953 1.2
Natural Law Keith Butkovich 1,838 0.6
Total votes 315,751 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2018[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Moolenaar (incumbent) 178,510 62.6
Democratic Jerry Hilliard 106,540 37.4
Total votes 285,050 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2020[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Moolenaar (incumbent) 242,621 65.0
Democratic Jerry Hilliard 120,802 32.4
Libertarian David Canny 5,374 1.4
Green
 Amy Slepr 4,448 1.2
Total votes 373,245 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Michigan's 4th congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Huizenga (incumbent) 183,936 54.3
Democratic Joseph Alfonso 143,690 42.4
Libertarian Lorence Wenke 8,478 2.5
U.S. Taxpayers
 Curtis Michael Clark 2,244 0.6
Total votes 338,348 100.0
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. fusion candidate
    , but was seated in Congress with the Democrats.
  1. ^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt [bare URL plain text file]
  2. ^ "My Congressional District".
  3. ^ "My Congressional District".
  4. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district". Michigan Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico.
  7. ^ "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".
  8. ^ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

References

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