Mike Kowall

Mike Kowall
Majority Floor Leader of the Michigan Senate
In office January 15, 2015 – December 31, 2018
Preceded by	Arlan Meekhof
Succeeded by	Peter MacGregor
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 15th district
In office January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2018
Preceded by	Nancy Cassis
Succeeded by	Jim Runestad
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 44th district
In office January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2002
Preceded by	David N. Galloway
Succeeded by	John Stakoe
Personal details
Born	(1951-09-10) September 10, 1951 Detroit, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Eileen Kowall
Children	Two
Profession	Business owner

Mike Kowall (born September 10, 1951) is a former Republican member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 15th district from 2011 until 2018. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.

Kowall's wife, Eileen, serves in the Michigan House of Representatives, making them the first married couple to serve in the Legislature at the same time in 25 years (John Engler and Colleen House were the last).

Electoral history

Michigan state House 44th District election 1998, Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall	4,710	64.7	N/A
	Republican	James F. McCarthy	1,829	25.1	N/A
	Republican	Rick Gladstone	737	10.1	N/A
Majority			2,881	41.6	N/A
Turnout			7,276		N/A

Michigan state House 44th District election, 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall	16,415	53.3	N/A
	Democratic	Matt Hogan	14,397	46.7	N/A
Majority			2,018	6.6	N/A
Turnout			30,812		N/A
	Republican hold		Swing

Michigan state House 44th District election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall (I)	26,439	61.6	+8.3
	Democratic	Matthew E. Hogan III	16,477	38.4	−8.4
Majority			9,959	23.2	16.6
Turnout			42,916		+39.2
	Republican hold		Swing

Michigan state Senate 15th District election 2010, Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall	16,816	53.2	N/A
	Republican	Kerry Bentivolio	4,971	15.7	N/A
	Republican	Paul Graves	3,554	11.3	N/A
	Republican	Alan Stephens	2,881	9.1	N/A
	Republican	Steven Valentini	2,045	6.5	N/A
	Republican	John Cyrus Mohyi	1,318	4.2	N/A
Majority			11,845	37.5	−6.5
Turnout			31,585		+11.1%

Michigan state Senate 15th District election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall	65,216	62.4	+4.8
	Democratic	Pam Jackson	39,233	37.6	−2.1
Majority			25,983	24.8	+7.1
Turnout			104,449		−9.5
	Republican hold		Swing

Michigan state Senate 15th District election 2014, Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall (I)	11,344	49.8	−3.4
	Republican	Matt Maddock	9,721	42.7	N/A
	Republican	Ron Molnar	1,707	7.5	N/A
Majority			1,623	7.1	−30.4
Turnout			22,772		−27.9

Michigan state Senate 15th District election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Kowall (I)	52,797	58.5	−3.9
	Democratic	Michael D. Smith	37,489	41.5	+3.9
Majority			15,308	17.0	−7.0
Turnout			90,286		−13.6
	Republican hold		Swing

Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2018 Republican primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lena Epstein	26,925	30.9
	Republican	Rocky Raczkowski	22,216	25.5
	Republican	Mike Kowall	16,011	18.4
	Republican	Klint Kesto	12,213	14.0
	Republican	Kerry Bentivolio	9,831	11.3
Total votes			87,196	100.0