New Voting districts were finalized by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) on December 28.
ROAD’s Contributions
Your ROAD board gave testimony at MICRC planning meetings regarding fairness criteria. ROAD asked them to combine Montague and Whitehall in the same Michigan state district and keep lakeshore towns, a community of interest, together. Both requests were implemented.
Litigation period
There is a litigation period during January and February. The maps are to be finalized in time for the 2022 primary and general elections. When these maps become law, Michigan will no longer be called “the most gerrymandered state in the Union.”
Key Changes for our Area:
Michigan House Districts Democratic/Republican
Montague was in District 91 (2020) 42 / 54%
Whitehall was in District 92 (2020) 59 / 37%
Montague/Whitehall are in new District 102 40 / 56%
Michigan Senate Districts
Montague/Whitehall were in District 34 (2020) 44% / 52%
Montague/Whitehall are in District 32 (2022) 47% / 50%
US Congress Districts
Montague/Whitehall District 2 (2020) 41% / 55%
Montague/Whitehall District 2 (2022) 36% / 60%
Click here for filing information – Deadline – April 19
Maps for all districts
To explore information on all the new districts:
Click here for MICRC 2022 maps
Click here for 2020 and 2022 maps with statistics
A detailed description of the new districts is below.
State House District 102 reaches north of Muskegon all the way north of Manistee (like the new state senate and US Congress districts). # 87 includes Muskegon proper but excludes Norton Shores which is now in # 88, as well as Fruitport which is now in #89. Thus, there are now four districts rather than the former two around Muskegon.
State Senate District 32 is much narrower than the old district 34 and traverses along the shore of Lake Michigan from Norton Shores to the south, including Fruitport, all the way north to Frankfort (west of Traverse City). Senator Bumstead no longer lives in this district, so either he will need to move or be replaced as the Republican candidate. This includes most ROAD members.
US Congress 2: ROAD members, in general, live in two Congressional Districts: #2 which reaches north of Manistee, south to North Muskegon, and east including Big Rapids and Mt. Pleasant, almost to Midland; and #3, which includes Muskegon, to the east for most of Grand Rapids, Allendale, but not that far south, only slightly south of Grand Haven.
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