Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit,Southfield borders Detroit to the north,lying roughly 15 miles (24.1 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 76,618.
Assyrian Americans refers to individuals of ethnic Assyrian ancestry born in or residing within the United States of America. Assyrians are an indigenous Middle-Eastern ethnic group native to Mesopotamia in West Asia who descend from their ancient counterparts,directly originating from the ancient indigenous Mesopotamians of Akkad and Sumer who first developed the independent civilisation in northern Mesopotamia that would become Assyria in 2600 BC. Modern Assyrians often culturally self-identify as Syriacs,Chaldeans,or Arameans for religious and tribal identification. The first significant wave of Assyrian immigration to the United States was due to the Sayfo genocide in the Assyrian homeland in 1914–1924.
Hoon-Yung Hopgood is a former member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 6th district from 2011 until 2018. He is a Democrat and a former member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He represented roughly half of the cities which make up the Downriver area of Metro Detroit,as well as other cities in Wayne County. He is the first Korean American to hold state office in Michigan.
Gino H. Polidori was an American politician from the State of Michigan. He served a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was a Democrat and he represented the 15th district,which is located in Wayne County and includes the city of Dearborn.
Hansen Hashim Clarke is an American politician and former U.S. Congressman. A Democrat,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to Congress,he had been a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 through 1992 and from 1999 through 2002,and represented the 1st district in the Michigan Senate from 2003 to 2011. Clarke was also the first U.S. Congressman of Bangladeshi descent.
Virgil Clark Smith is a judge of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County,Michigan. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in this court by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Smith has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and as a Michigan state senator. He represented a district in Detroit.
In 2004,Metro Detroit had one of the largest settlements of Middle Eastern people,including Arabs and Chaldo-Assyrians in the United States. As of 2007 about 300,000 people in Southeast Michigan traced their descent from the Middle East. Dearborn's sizeable Arab community consists largely of Lebanese people who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s,and of more recent Yemenis and Iraqis. In 2010 the four Metro Detroit counties had at least 200,000 people of Middle Eastern origin. Bobby Ghosh of TIME said that some estimates gave much larger numbers. From 1990 to 2000 the percentage of people speaking Arabic in the home increased by 106% in Wayne County,99.5% in Macomb County,and 41% in Oakland County.
John Bizon was an American politician and physician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate for the 19th district. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on January 1,2019,and served until December 31,2022. He did not rerun after pleading guilty to assault and battery charges for grabbing/verbally harassing a nurse treating him with COVID-19 in August 2021.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 6,2018,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including a gubernatorial election,other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The filing deadline for candidates filing for the August 7 primary was April 24,2018. Unless otherwise indicated,the Cook Political Report rated the congressional races as safe for the party of the incumbent.
Ryan Berman is an American attorney and politician,serving as a member of Michigan House of Representatives from district 39. Elected in November 2018,he assumed office on January 1,2019.
Matt Koleszar is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 22nd district. He was first elected in November 2018,defeating incumbent Republican Jeff Noble,and was re-elected in 2020. Due to decennial re-districting,in 2022 Koleszar ran for the 22nd district,which includes Plymouth City and parts of Livonia City,Northville City,Plymouth Township,and Northville Township;he was elected as the first representative for the new district.
Adam Hollier is the director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency and was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Hollier served in the Michigan Senate,representing the 2nd Senate district,serving Wayne County including Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Harper Woods,and Highland Park from 2018 to 2022.
Michigan's 39th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Van Buren,Allegan,and Berrien County. The district was created in 1965,when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.
Michigan's 20th House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives anchored in the central Oakland County community of West Bloomfield Township,alongside the cities of Orchard Lake,Keego Harbor,Sylvan Lake,and parts of Commerce and Bloomfield townships.
Christine Morse is an American Democratic politician from Michigan. She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 61st district in 2020. She was then elected to represent the 40th district in 2022.
Ranjeev Puri is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2021,representing the 24th district,and serving as the House Majority Whip since 2023.
Tullio Liberati Jr. is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 2nd district. Elected in 2020,he assumed office on January 1,2021.
Jeffrey D. Pepper is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 15th district from 2022 to 2023.
Alabas Farhat is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 3rd district. Elected in November 2022,he assumed office on January 1,2023.
Noah Jeremy Arbit is an American politician who has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Arbit represents Michigan's 20th House District,anchored in West Bloomfield Township,alongside Keego Harbor,Orchard Lake,Sylvan Lake,and portions of Commerce and Bloomfield townships. First elected in the November 2022 general election,Arbit is the youngest LGBTQ+ person ever elected to serve in the Michigan Legislature.
