Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district

Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 3rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in the northeastern portion of Wayne County, Michigan, including much of Detroit's East Side.[3] 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.[4]

Not to be confused with Michigan's 3rd congressional district.

Michigan's 3rd State
House of Representatives
District
Representative
  Shri Thanedar
D–Detroit
Demographics5.3% White
91.5% Black
0.7% Hispanic
0.6% Asian
0.4% Other
1.4% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2010)83,822
NotesSources available at [1] and [2]

List of representatives
Representative Party Dates Residence Notes
William A. Ryan Democratic 1965-72 Detroit[5] Redistricted from the former Wayne County, 3rd district
Casmer P. Ogonowski Democratic 1973-82 Detroit Resigned March 15, 1982[6] after pleading guilty to extortion;[7] redistricted from the 19th district
Clem Bykowski Democratic 1982 Detroit Elected in special election around June 1982[8]
Matthew McNeely Democratic 1983-86 Detroit Redistricted from the 16th district
Ilona Varga Democratic 1987-92 Detroit[9]
Joe Young, Sr. Democratic 1993-94 Detroit Died April 1994;[10] redistricted from the 15th district
Mary Lou Parks Democratic 1994-98 Detroit Elected in special election to fill vacancy[11]
Artina Tinsley Hardman Democratic 1999-04 Detroit[12] Term limited
LaMar Lemmons III Democratic 2005-06 Detroit[13] Not to be confused with his father, LaMar Lemmons, Jr., a fellow state representative
Bettie Cook Scott Democratic 2007-10 Detroit Later served in the 2nd district
Alberta Tinsley Talabi Democratic 2011-12 Detroit Redistricted to the 2nd district
John Olumba Democratic 2013 Detroit[14] Departed Democratic caucus to join the Independent Urban Democracy Caucus, February 19, 2013
Independent 2013-14
Wendall Byrd Democratic 2015-2020. Detroit[15]
Shri Thanedar Democratic 2021-pres. Detroit[16]

District boundaries
Years County Municipalities Map Notes
2013–present Wayne Detroit (Upper East Side and much of the area around Palmer Park)
2003-12 Wayne Detroit (Lower East Side)
1993-2002 Wayne Detroit (Lower East Side)

Recent elections
2018 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wendell Byrd 22,179 96.72
Republican Dolores Brodersen 751 3.28
Total votes 22,930
Democratic hold
2016 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wendell Byrd 28,766 96.79
Republican John Brodersen 955 3.21
Turnout 29,721
Democratic hold Swing
2014 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Wendell Byrd 19,481 97.09
Republican Dolores Brodersen 583 2.91
Democratic Write-in Damian Christian Mitchell 0 0.00
Turnout 20,064
Democratic gain from Independent Swing
2012 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John Olumba 33,938 95.86
Republican Dolores I. Brodersen 1,029 2.91
Green Louis M. Novak 436 1.23
Turnout 35,403
Democratic hold Swing
2010 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alberta Tinsley Talabi 13,200 93.99
Republican Daniel J. Lamar 522 3.72
Green Fred Vitale 322 2.29
Turnout 14,044
Democratic hold Swing
2008 Michigan House of Representatives election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bettie Cook Scott 27,828 97.04
Green Fred Vitale 468 1.63
Libertarian Tim Beck 381 1.33
Turnout 26,677
Democratic hold Swing

References
  1. "Michigan House of Representatives". Michigan House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. "Overview of State House District 3, Michigan". Statistical Atlas. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  3. "Michigan's 110 House Districts: 2011 Apportionment Plan" (PDF). Michigan Center for Geographic Information. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  4. "Speakers Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, 1835–2015" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  5. Michigan Department of Administration. Michigan Manual (1971 ed.). p. 209.
  6. "House of Representatives, 1981–1982" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  7. Ironwood Daily Globe. February 17, 1982. p. 2. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Windstorm, John (December 3, 2015). "Recalling A Forgotten Representative". Gongwer News Service. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  9. "House of Representatives, 1987–1988" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  10. Loepp, Daniel (1999). Sharing the Balance of Power: An Examination of Shared Power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993–94. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 22.
  11. Loepp, Daniel (1999). Sharing the Balance of Power: An Examination of Shared Power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993–94. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 50.
  12. "House of Representatives, 2003–2004" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  13. "House of Representatives, 2005–2006" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  14. "House of Representatives, 2013–2014" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  15. "House of Representatives, 2015–2016" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  16. https://www.livemint.com/news/world/indian-origin-democrat-millionaire-shri-thanedar-elected-to-michigan-state-legislature-in-us-11604552257126.html. Retrieved November 9, 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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