Maurice Sanders

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Maurice Sanders

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2022

Maurice Sanders (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 2. Sanders lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 2

Incumbent Sylvia Santana defeated Harry Sawicki and Larry Betts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Santana (D)	68.0	43,258
		Harry Sawicki (R)	29.4	18,726
		Larry Betts (Working Class Party)	2.6	1,632
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2

Incumbent Sylvia Santana defeated Maurice Sanders in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Santana	80.7	15,020
	Submit photo	Maurice Sanders	19.3	3,599

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,619
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Adel Mozip (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2

Harry Sawicki advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Harry Sawicki	100.0	5,984

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,984
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 2

Larry Betts advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 2 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Larry Betts (Working Class Party)

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Campaign themes

2022

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See also

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Footnotes

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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)

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Republican Party (18)

Vacancies (1)