Michigan's 1st Congressional District

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Michigan's 1st congressional district is a United States Congressional district containing the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan and part of the Lower Peninsula. The district is represented by Republican Dan Benishek. The district is the second-largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River by land area. Its boundaries contain much of the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula in addition to the entire Upper Peninsula. Altogether, the district makes up about 44% of the land area of the state of Michigan. It contains the second-longest shoreline of any district in the United States, behind the at-large district of Alaska. Of the 83 counties in Michigan, 30 lie fully within the district, and it contains a portion of another. The 1st from 1992–2002 was similar to the... (More from Freebase)

Senators

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Debbie Ann Stabenow Democrat 11 years in office

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Carl Levin Democrat 33 years in office

Representative

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1st District Dan Benishek MyOC Group Republican 1 year in office

District Boundary Map

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