Michigan redistricting 2022: Congressional maps by district

Redistricting in Michigan

Here’s how new congressional maps shift voting power in every state

By Janie Boschma, Renée Rigdon, Byron Manley and Ethan Cohen, CNN. Additional reporting and design by Melissa DePalo, Eleanor Stubbs and Christopher Hickey, CNN

Last updated: November 8, 2022

Every 10 years, states redraw the boundaries of their congressional districts to reflect new population counts from the census. This is the first time an independent commission was responsible for drawing Michigan’s map, and it shakes up the state’s political landscape.

There will be a member-versus-member Democratic primary in eastern Michigan, with Rep. Andy Levin running against Rep. Haley Stevens in the 11th Congressional District just north of Detroit. Republicans almost had their own member-versus-member primary in the western 4th District, but Rep. Fred Upton’s decision to retire left Rep. Bill Huizenga as the only incumbent running for the seat.

How the districts voted in 2020, by presidential vote margin in percentage points

Democratic

30+
15+
5+

Competitive

Within 5

Republican

5+
15+
30+

Old map 14 districts

In the old congressional map, there are 4 Democratic, 5 competitive and 5 Republican districts.

Change

Change in Democratic districts: 1+1D

Change in Competitive districts: -1-1C

Change in Republican districts: -1-1R

New map 13 districts(-1)

In the new congressional map, there are 5 Democratic, 4 competitive and 4 Republican districts.

How the new map shifts voting power by demographic

Michigan loses one of its 14 seats in the House after the 2020 census. Under the new map, there are no districts where Black residents represent the majority. The previous map had two — both outside Detroit. One of those was Michigan’s 14th District, represented by Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, the only Black member of Congress in Michigan’s delegation. She referenced redistricting in announcing her retirement: “As we have a new redistricting map, a new generation of leaders will step up. We need to make sure our elected officials, in Michigan and across this country, look like our communities,” Lawrence said.

The new map has two districts where no single racial or ethnic group represents the majority. There are also 11 White-majority districts, one fewer than under the old map.

Number of White-majority districts
Old Map
12
New Map
11
A chart showing the number of White-majority districts has decreased by 1, for a total of 11
Black-majority districts
2
0
A chart showing the number of Black-majority districts has decreased by 2, for a total of 0
No group has majority
0
2
A chart showing the number of districts where no group has a majority has increased by 2, for a total of 2.

The group that represents the majority in each district

White
Black
No group has majority

About the data

Sources: US Census Bureau, Edison Research, each state’s legislature or other redistricting authority

Methodology note: Block-level demographic data from the 2020 census is reaggregated into each new district’s boundaries.