2018

General election

Adam Hollier (D) defeated Lisa Papas (R) in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Democratic primary election

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Lisa Papas defeated John Hauler in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 7, 2018.

2017

A special election for the position of Michigan House of Representatives District 1 took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline was April 25, 2017.

The seat became vacant on February 7, 2017, when Brian Banks (D) resigned after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor that involved falsifying financial information in order to apply for a loan.

Tenisha Yancey defeated Sandra Bucciero, Ronald Diebel, John Donahue, Burgess Foster, Kirkland Garey, Keith Hollowell, Justin Johnson, Gowana Mancill Jr., Pamela Sossi, and Washington Youson in the Democratic primary. Mark Corcoran defeated William Phillips in the Republican primary. Yancey defeated Corcoran and Libertarian Gregory Creswell in the special election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 1, Special Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tenisha Yancey	71.6%	7,266
	Republican	Mark Corcoran	25.1%	2,551
	Libertarian	Gregory Creswell	3.3%	334
	Democratic	William Phillips (write-in)	0%	1
Total Votes				10,152
Source: Michigan Department of State

Michigan House of Representatives, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tenisha Yancey	33%	2,215
Pamela M. Sossi	30.1%	2,017
Sandra Bucciero	14.2%	956
Justin Johnson	9.2%	615
Washington Youson	6.2%	415
Keith D. Hollowell	2.2%	150
Kirkland W. Garey	1.6%	107
Burgess Dwight Foster	1.2%	78
John William Donahue	1.1%	76
Gowana Mancill, Jr.	0.7%	45
Ronald D. Diebel	0.5%	36
Total Votes		6,710
Source: Michigan Department of State

Michigan House of Representatives, District 1 Republican Primary, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Corcoran	74.4%	819
William Phillips	25.6%	282
Total Votes		1,101
Source: Michigan Department of State

2016

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Harvey Santana (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sylvia Santana	94.29%	27,560
	Republican	James Stephens	5.71%	1,668
Total Votes				29,228
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sylvia Santana	49.33%	2,967
	Democratic	Annie Carter	2.51%	151
	Democratic	Tijuana Morris	3.19%	192
	Democratic	Alicia Murphy	4.01%	241
	Democratic	William Phillips	1.58%	95
	Democratic	Gary Pollard	30.49%	1,834
	Democratic	Regina Ross	8.89%	535
Total Votes				6,015

Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	James Stephens (unopposed)

2014

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Fred Durhal III defeated Cynthia Johnson and four others in the Democratic primary. Dorothy Patterson was unopposed in the Republican primary. Durhal defeated Patterson in the general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 5 General Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Fred Durhal III	94.4%	11,796
	Republican	Dorothy Patterson	5.2%	645
	Write-in	Cynthia Johnson	0.4%	50
	Write-in	Tonya Wells	0%	3
Total Votes				12,494

Michigan House of Representatives, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Fred Durhal III	50.4%	2,360
Cynthia Johnson	32.6%	1,528
Ishmail Terry	7.2%	335
Tonya Wells	3.7%	172
William Phillips	3.1%	147
Ja'meka Armstrong	3%	139
Total Votes		4,681

2012

Phillips ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 9. He ran against Hussein Berry and Harvey Santana in the Democratic primary on August 7.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Harvey Santana Incumbent	65.7%	4,875
Hussein Berry	17.2%	1,275
William Scott Phillips	17.1%	1,267
Total Votes		7,417

2010

Phillips was a Democratic candidate for District 5 in the Michigan House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Phillips was defeated in the Democratic primary on August 3, 2010, by John Olumba.