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.
| Michigan's 4th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2023) | 777,277[2] |
| Median household income | $69,754[3] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+5[4] |
Composition
edit| # | County | Seat | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Allegan | Allegan | 121,939 |
| 21 | Berrien | St. Joseph | 152,261 |
| 25 | Calhoun | Marshall | 133,366 |
| 77 | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo | 262,215 |
| 139 | Ottawa | Grand Haven | 303,372 |
| 159 | Van Buren | Paw Paw | 75,798 |
Cities, townships, villages, and CDPs of 10,000 or more people
edit- Kalamazoo – 73,598
- Georgetown Township – 54,091
- Jenison – 16,640
- Battle Creek – 52,721
- Portage – 48,891
- Holland Charter Township – 38,276
- Beechwood (part) – 3,121
- Holland – 34,540
- Oshtemo Township – 23,747
- Kalamazoo Township – 22,777
- Eastwood – 6,366
- Comstock Northwest (part) – 5,562
- Park Township – 18,625
- Beechwood (part) – 3,121
- Texas Charter Township – 17,691
- Comstock Township – 15,231
- Comstock Northwest (part) – 5,562
- Benton Charter Township – 14,374
- Fair Plain (part) – 7,402
- Benton Heights – 3,652
- Antwerp Township – 13,425
- Mattawan – 2,550
- Zeeland Charter Township – 12,008
- Emmett Charter Township – 11,744
- Cooper Township – 10,418
2,500 – 10,000 people
edit- St. Joseph Charter Township – 9,993
- Fair Plain (part) – 7,402
- Jamestown Charter Township – 9,630
- Westwood – 9,621
- Bedford Charter Township – 9,198
- Level Park–Oak Park – 3,260
- Benton Harbor – 9,103
- Pennfield Charter Township – 8,781
- Richland Township – 8,693
- Dorr Township – 7,922
- Dorr – 3,520
- St. Joseph – 7,856
- Hudsonville – 7,629
- Fair Plain – 7,402
- Blendon Township – 7,081
- Leighton Township – 7,001
- Paw Paw Township – 6,881
- Paw Paw (village) – 3,362
- Pavilion Township – 6,387
- Gun Plain Township – 6,148
- Laketown Township – 5,928
- Otsego Township – 5,903
- Zeeland – 5,719
- Almena Township – 5,308
- Springfield – 5,292
- Allegan – 5,222
- Port Sheldon Township – 5,206
- Salem Township – 5,156
- Coloma Charter Township – 5,051
- Paw Paw Lake (part) – 3,323
- Olive Township – 5,007
- Ross Township – 4,851
- Allegan Township – 4,689
- Wayland – 4,435
- Otsego – 4,120
- South Haven Charter Township – 4,041
- South Haven – 3,964
- Heath Township – 3,937
- Alamo Township – 3,805
- Lee Township (Allegan County) – 3,805
- Plainwell – 3,788
- Benton Heights – 3,652
- Decatur Township – 3,575
- Wayland Township – 3,573
- Saugatuck Township – 3,443
- Geneva Township – 3,416
- Manlius Township – 3,312
- Lawrence Township – 3,289
- Hagar Township – 3,243
- Overisel Township – 3,113
- Watervliet Township – 3,036
- Paw Paw Lake (part) – 3,323
- Hartford Township – 3,021
- Pine Grove Township – 2,994
- Bloomingdale Township – 2,930
- Casco Township – 2,796
- Fillmore Township – 2,778
- Hopkins Township – 2,760
- Martin Township – 2,723
- Bainbridge Township – 2,682
- Ganges Township – 2,574
- Porter Township – 2,568
- Columbia Township – 2,546
- Trowbridge Township – 2,530
- Hartford – 2,515
- Covert Township – 2,510
- Waverly Township – 2,506
Presidential election results
edit- 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 | Bill Clinton 38% – 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
edit- 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
editMichigan's 4th congressional district was first formed in 1852. At this time It covered everywhere from Macomb County to the western end of the Upper Peninsula. Ingham County was not in the district, and then the boundary turned northward after 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 Grand Rapids and 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
editThe 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
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Recent election results
edit2012
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
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Notes
edit- ^ George L. Yaple was elected as a fusion candidate, but was seated in Congress with the Democrats.
- ^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/26/ur_cd_26.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district". Michigan Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico.
- ^ "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".
- ^ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "2022 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
References
edit- Govtrack.us for the 4th District - Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
- The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807-2003
- U.S. Representatives 1837-2003, Michigan Manual 2003-2004
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present