Matt Dame

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Matt Dame

---

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 7, 2018

Contact

Campaign Facebook

Matt Dame (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 16. Dame lost in the Republican primary on August 7, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 16

Incumbent Mike Shirkey defeated Val Cochran Toops and Ronald Muszynski in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 16 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Shirkey (R)	62.7	56,980
	Submit photo	Val Cochran Toops (D)	34.3	31,129
	Submit photo	Ronald Muszynski (L)	3.0	2,760

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,869 (100.00% precincts reporting)
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 16

Val Cochran Toops advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 16 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Val Cochran Toops	100.0	14,255

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,255
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 16

Incumbent Mike Shirkey defeated Matt Dame in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 16 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Shirkey	63.5	18,105
	Submit photo	Matt Dame	36.5	10,389

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,494
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 16

Ronald Muszynski advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 16 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ronald Muszynski	100.0	211

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 211
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

See also

• State legislative elections, 2018
• Michigan State Senate elections, 2018
• Michigan State Senate

External links

• Search Google News for this topic

Footnotes

[show]

Current members of the Michigan State Senate

Senators

District 1

Erika Geiss (D)

District 2

Sylvia Santana (D)

District 3

Stephanie Chang (D)

District 4

Darrin Camilleri (D)

District 5

Dayna Polehanki (D)

District 6

Mary Cavanagh (D)

District 7

Jeremy Moss (D)

District 8

Mallory McMorrow (D)

District 9

Michael Webber (R)

District 10

Paul Wojno (D)

District 11

Veronica Klinefelt (D)

District 12

Kevin Hertel (D)

District 13

Rosemary Bayer (D)

District 14

Sue Shink (D)

District 15

Jeff Irwin (D)

District 16

Joseph Bellino (R)

District 17

Jonathan Lindsey (R)

District 18

Thomas Albert (R)

District 19

Sean McCann (D)

District 20

Aric Nesbitt (R)

District 21

Sarah Anthony (D)

District 22

Lana Theis (R)

District 23

Jim Runestad (R)

District 24

Ruth Johnson (R)

District 25

Dan Lauwers (R)

District 26

Kevin Daley (R)

District 27

John Cherry (D)

District 28

Sam Singh (D)

District 29

Winnie Brinks (D)

District 30

Mark Huizenga (R)

District 31

Roger Victory (R)

District 32

Jon Bumstead (R)

District 33

Rick Outman (R)

District 34

Roger Hauck (R)

District 35

Vacant

District 36

Michele Hoitenga (R)

District 37

John Damoose (R)

District 38

Ed McBroom (R)

Democratic Party (19)

Republican Party (18)

Vacancies (1)