State House Redistricting - District 77 (HD-77)

State House - District 77
Current Rep - Thomas Hooker (R-Byron Township)

Candidates:
GOP - Thomas Hooker (R-Byron Center)
Dem - Scott Barton (D-Byron Center)

Update 5-27-2012 - We have another rematch.

Old District (77th)
Thomas Hooker - 18,088
Scott Barton - 6,913

This is a safe district unchanged by redistricting. It covers Byron Township and the City of Wyoming. Wyoming leans GOP outside of the 2008 cratering by McCain. It is still getting bluer with minorities, particularly Mexicans moving there from Southern Grand Rapids. Byron Township is one of the most GOP areas of Kent County, consistently over 70% GOP with 5000+ vote spreads. Until the dems start winning Wyoming by 5000+ votes, this won't even be competitive. Even in 08, it wasn't that close.

	McCain	Obama	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Byron Township	8055	3195	11250	4860	71.60%	28.40%	43.20%
Wyoming	15042	15682	30724	-640	48.96%	51.04%	-2.08%
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Total	23097	18877	41974	4220	55.03%	44.97%	10.05%
	Bush	Kerry	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Byron Township	8084	2264	10348	5820	78.12%	21.88%	56.24%
Wyoming	18524	11979	30503	6545	60.73%	39.27%	21.46%
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Total	26608	14243	40851	12365	65.13%	34.87%	30.27%
Last State House	GOP	Dem	Total	Diff	GOP	DEM	Diff
Byron Township	6777	1164	7941	5613	85.34%	14.66%	70.68%
Wyoming	11311	5749	17060	5562	66.30%	33.70%	32.60%
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Total	18088	6913	25001	11175	72.35%	27.65%	44.70%