Michigan's 80th House of Representatives district

Michigan's 80th House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 80th House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Kent County. The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.

List of representatives

Representative	Dates	Residence	Notes
Edward Suski	Democratic	1965–1972	Flint
Harold Joseph Scott	Democratic	1973–1977	Flint	Resigned when elected to Michigan Senate.
Thomas E. Scott	Democratic	1977–1982	Flint
Floyd Clack	Democratic	1983–1992	Flint
James Mick Middaugh	Republican	1993–1998	Paw Paw
Mary Ann Middaugh	Republican	1999–2004	Paw Paw
Tonya Schuitmaker	Republican	2005–2010	Lawton
Aric Nesbitt	Republican	2011–2012	Porter Township
Bob Genetski	Republican	2013–2014	Saugatuck
Cindy Gamrat	Republican	2015	Plainwell	Expelled amid scandal.
Mary Whiteford	Republican	2016–2022	South Haven	Lived in Allegan in 2016. Lived in Casco Township from around 2017 to 2019.
Phil Skaggs	Democratic	2023–present	East Grand Rapids

Recent elections

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Whiteford	25,000	63.65
	Democratic	Mark Ludwig	14,275	36.35
Total votes	39,275	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Whiteford	29,721	67.41%
	Democratic	John Andrysiak	12,376	28.07%
	Constitution	Arnie Davidsons	1,990	4.51%
Total votes	44,087	100.00%
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives special election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Whiteford	14,860	64.0
	Democratic	David Gernant	6,945	29.9
	Libertarian	Arnie Davidsons	1,424	6.1
Total votes	23,229
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cindy Gamrat	17,630	62.78
	Democratic	Geoff Parker	9,451	33.65
	Libertarian	Arnis Davidsons	1,003	3.57
Total votes	28,084	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Genetski	25,440	62.22
	Democratic	Stuart Peet	15,444	37.78
Total votes	40,884	100.0
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aric Nesbitt	15,492	64.23
	Democratic	Thomas Erdmann	7,850	32.55
	Independent	Cheryl Evick	778	3.23
Total votes	24,120	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tonya Schuitmaker	23,428	61.07
	Democratic	Jessie Olson	14,935	38.93
Total votes	38,363	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Genesee County (part) Flint (part) Genesee Township	1964 Apportionment Plan
	Genesee County (part) Flint (part) Genesee Township (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan
	Genesee County (part) Flint (part) Genesee Township (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan
	Cass County (part) Dowagiac LaGrange Township Pokagon Township Silver Creek Township Volinia Township Wayne Township Van Buren County	1992 Apportionment Plan
	Allegan County (part) Otsego Otsego Township Watson Township Van Buren County	2001 Apportionment Plan
	Allegan County (part) Allegan Allegan Township Casco Township Cheshire Township Clyde Township Village of Douglas Fennville Fillmore Township Ganges Township Gun Plain Township Heath Township Holland (part) Hopkins Township Laketown Township Lee Township Manlius Township Martin Township Monterey Township Otsego Otsego Township Overisel Township Plainwell Salem Township Saugatuck Saugatuck Township South Haven (part) Trowbridge Township Valley Township Watson Township	2011 Apportionment Plan