State Senate Redistricting - District 19 (SD-19)

State Senate - District 19
Current Rep – Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek)

2010 Results - Old District (19th)
Mike Nofs - 46,543
Brenda Abbey - 26,657

The old 19th (Calhoun and part of Jackson County) was the swing district of swing districts. It generally mirrors the trend of the country. It was open in 2002 and went for Mark Schauer. Mike Nofs won it in a special election after Schauer won his congressional race in 2008. Nofs won re-election easily. The old 19th voted for Bush, Granholm, and Obama.

The new 19th is much more republican, dropping its portion of Jackson County (competitive, maybe slight republican) and picks up GOP stronghold Barry County from the 24th district and GOP leaning Ionia County from the 33rd district. The Jackson portion went to the 16th district.

The only way this district will flip is if the GOP candidate loses Calhoun County by a gigantic margin, and also underperforms in Barry/Ionia.  This district isn't safe, but leans GOP.

	McCain	Obama	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Barry County	16431	13449	29880	2982	54.99%	45.01%	9.98%
Calhoun County	28553	34561	63114	-6008	45.24%	54.76%	-9.52%
Ionia County	14156	12565	26721	1591	52.98%	47.02%	5.95%
			0	0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Total	59140	60575	119715	-1435	49.40%	50.60%	-1.20%
	Bush	Kerry	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Barry County	18638	11312	29950	7326	62.23%	37.77%	24.46%
Calhoun County	32093	29891	61984	2202	51.78%	48.22%	3.55%
Ionia County	16621	10647	27268	5974	60.95%	39.05%	21.91%
			0	0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Total	67352	51850	119202	15502	56.50%	43.50%	13.00%
Last St Senate	GOP	Dem	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Barry County			0	0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Calhoun County	25918	14855	40773	11063	63.57%	36.43%	27.13%
Ionia County			0	0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
			0	0	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Total	25918	14855	40773	11063	63.57%	36.43%	27.13%