Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick is a former American politician who was U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. In August 2010 she lost the Democratic primary election to Hansen Clarke,who replaced her in January 2011 after winning the 2010 general election. Kilpatrick is also the mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Robert Paul Griffin was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He co-sponsored the Landrum-Griffin Act,which regulates the internal affairs of labor unions. As a deputy minority leader in the Senate,he called on President Richard Nixon,a fellow Republican,to resign during the Watergate scandal.
James Grant O'Hara was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan,serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.
Susy (Heintz) Avery is an American politician from the state of Michigan. She was Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1995 to 1996 and the Party's 1996 nominee to represent Michigan's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Hansen 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.
Andrew Dillon is a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. While Dillon is a Democrat,he was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder,a Republican,to be the state's treasurer. Before serving in the Cabinet,Dillon was speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Tupac Amaru Hunter is an American politician who is a former member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 5th district which encompasses northwest Detroit,Dearborn Heights and Inkster. He served as the Minority Floor Leader.
George Cushingberry Jr. is an American politician from Michigan. Cushingberry was a member of the Detroit City Council and a member of Michigan House of Representatives.
Brian Nelson Calley is an American politician who served as the 63rd Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was previously elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
Ellen Cogen Lipton is an American politician and patent attorney from Huntington Woods,Michigan. She currently serves on the Michigan State Board of Education.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,a decrease of one following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. Except for two seats,all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th Congressional Districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 Census,two congressmen ran against each other. Despite Democrats winning more than 240,000 more votes for U.S. House districts statewide,Republicans won nine of 14 seats and Michiganders tied a state record by electing the lowest rate of U.S. Representatives by a major party whilst simultaneously casting its electoral votes for that party's presidential nominee.
The 2014 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4,2014,with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5,2014. Members elected at the 2014 election served in the 98th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 7,2015.
An election was held on November 8,2016 to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices,including U.S. President,U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The primary election was held on August 2,2016.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was 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 has rated the congressional races as safe for the party of the incumbent.
Tenisha Yancey is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the 1st House District. The 1st House District comprises the cities of Harper Woods,Grosse Pointe Woods,Grosse Pointe Shores and a portion of Detroit.
Brenda B. Jones is an American politician who served as a member of the Detroit City Council from 2006 to 2022,and as the president of the City Council from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones also briefly served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from November 29,2018 to January 3,2019. She won the 2018 special election to succeed John Conyers following his resignation in December 2017,and was succeeded by Rashida Tlaib. She ran for the seat again in 2020,losing the Democratic primary to Tlaib by a wide margin.
Darrin Camilleri is an American politician from Michigan who represents the 23rd District in the Michigan House of Representatives since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,his constituency includes several Downriver communities,including Brownstown,Gibraltar,Grosse Ile,Huron,Trenton and Woodhaven. He is a candidate for the Michigan State Senate in 2022.
Kelly A. Hough-Breen is an American Democratic politician from Michigan. She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 38th district in 2020.
Jeffrey D. Pepper is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 15th district. He assumed office on May 10,2022.
