LANSING — First-term Democratic legislator Emily Dievendorf of Lansing and Republican Cady Ness-Smith are running for the 77th Michigan House seat .
The district, with a population of more than 92,000, spans across a large part of Clinton County, and includes portions of Eaton and Ingham counties. The district covers north Lansing, parts of Lansing Township, DeWitt, most of the city of Grand Ledge, and DeWitt, Watertown, Riley, Westphalia and Eagle townships as well as northern Oneida Township.
Dievendorf won 66% of the vote in the August primary over challenger Angela Mathews, while Ness-Smith won her primary against DeWitt’s Julie DeRose with 55% of the vote…