Result
Rep. Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) won a third term in Michigan House District 23 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Republican Miriam Corvino with 66.6% of the vote. Unofficial results show Morgan with 28,336 votes to Corvino’s 13,672, or 32.2%, while Green Party candidate Christina Marudas took 1.2%.
Morgan improved on his 2024 result, when he won 61.5% against Republican David Stamp and Marudas. Both Morgan and Corvino were unopposed in their August primaries this year. Morgan’s new term begins Friday, Jan. 1, 2027.
Candidates and Platforms
Morgan served on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners from 2017 to 2023 and previously worked as a Washtenaw Community College instructor and as director of constituent services for the Michigan Department of State. He sits on the House Appropriations Committee and was the primary sponsor of two bills signed into law this year, House Bill 6126 and House Bill 6127. They change how money from Michigan’s internet sports betting and internet gaming funds is distributed, including $1 million a year from each fund for federally recognized tribal governments. In June, he and Ypsilanti-area lawmakers introduced legislation to end the University of Michigan’s unilateral land purchases.
Corvino was making her second bid for the seat after losing the 2024 Republican primary to Stamp with 37.3% of the vote. Branch Politics reported she had no campaign website or online issue positions as of May.
District and Chamber
District 23 includes central and western Ann Arbor, most of Superior Township, Salem Township, the city of South Lyon and parts of Ann Arbor, Plymouth, Northville and Lyon townships. Statewide, Democrats won a 63-47 House majority, flipping a chamber Republicans had controlled 58-52 and giving Democrats full control of state government.
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