Brian Roderick Banks | |
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Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives from the 1st district | |
In office January 1, 2013 –February 6, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Tim Bledsoe |
Succeeded by | Tenisha Yancey |
Personal details | |
Born | Detroit,Michigan,U.S. | November 15,1976
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Wayne State University (BS,MEd) Michigan State University (JD) |
Website | Official |
Brian Roderick Banks (born November 15,1976) is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Banks was a candidate for the 2nd District of the Michigan Senate in 2018. He has been convicted of eight felonies related to writing bad checks and credit card fraud.
A high school dropout,Banks later received his GED. [1] Banks earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Education from Wayne State University,followed by a Juris Doctor from the Michigan State University College of Law. [1] [2]
Banks's campaign website previously stated that he was on staff at the law firm Rodnick,Unger and Kaner,P.C. and was an adjunct professor at Baker College. [3] An employee at Rodnick,Unger and Kaner,P.C. told the Huffington Post that while Banks briefly worked at the firm as a law clerk,he left after only a few months. [4]
Banks defeated Scott Benson by 96 votes to win the 2012 Democratic primary for the 1st district of the Michigan House of Representatives. [5] During the 2012 general election,the Grosse Pointe Democrats refused to endorse Banks. [6] He won again in the 2014 primary,receiving 42% of the vote. [7] [8] During the August 2016 primary election,which he won,Banks ran against attorney Pamela Sossi. [9]
As the chair of the Detroit Caucus,Banks was able to enlist the help of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, [10] other lawmakers and interest groups in Lansing to raise $140,545, [11] second most of all candidates facing Primary challengers. [12]
During the November 8 general election,Banks received 66 percent of the vote over engineer William Broman,his Republican challenger. [13]
On February 6,2017,Bank plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge of filing a false statement about financial conditions. As part of the plea deal,the felony charges against him were dropped and he resigned from office. [14] [15] On February 16,2017,Governor Rick Snyder called a special election to fill his seat. [16]
In August 2017,Banks filed candidate paperwork to run for the Michigan State Senate 2nd District seat in anticipation of a resignation by Bert Johnson,who has been federally indicted for corruption. [17] In the election,which took place in August 2018,Banks lost to first-time candidates Adam Hollier and Abraham Aiyash. [18]
In 2022 Banks ran in the August Democratic primary to represent District 1 on the Wayne County Commission,listing his address as a post office box in Grosse Pointe. [19] Incumbent Commissioner Tim Killeen defeated Banks in the primary election by 61.6% to 38.1%. [20]
In 2019 Banks was hired to recruit students for Promise Schools,a company running a K-8 school for the School District of the City of Highland Park. [21]
Since 1998 Banks has been convicted of eight felonies for writing bad checks and credit card fraud,and one misdemeanor. [22]
In 2013 Banks was sued for sexual harassment by a former aid. [23] The lawsuit was later settled for $11,950. [24]
On June 28,2016,Banks was charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette over documents he falsified to obtain a personal loan in June 2010. [25] He was formally arraigned in Circuit Court on August 23. [26] Banks filed a suit to have the prosecutor's office removed from the case,his lawyer claiming that the charges were "politically motivated" in nature. [27] His suit was dropped. [28] On February 6,2017,Banks pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of filing false financial statements [29] [30] and resigned from office as part of a plea deal to avoid felony charges. [25] He was sentenced to time served. [31] Banks announced his formal resignation in Wayne County Circuit Court on February 6,2017. [32]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Banks | 2,304 | 30 | |
Democratic | Scott Benson | 2,208 | 29 | |
Democratic | Christopher Cavanagh | 1,275 | 17 | |
Democratic | Valerie Kindle | 1,235 | 16 | |
Democratic | Gregory Robinson | 450 | 6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Brian Banks | 27,843 | 70 | |
Republican | Dan Schulte | 11,489 | 29 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Banks | 3,140 | 42 | |
Democratic | Rebecca Thompson | 2,645 | 36 | |
Democratic | Michael Koester | 813 | 11 | |
Democratic | Taryn Jones | 296 | 4 | |
Democratic | Harry Scott | 159 | 2 | |
Democratic | Paul Fillmore | 152 | 2 | |
Democratic | Corey Gilchrist | 123 | 1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Banks | 15,992 | 67.27 | |
Republican | John Hauler | 7,782 | 32.73 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Banks | 3,293 | 44 | |
Democratic | Pamela Sossi | 2,618 | 36 | |
Democratic | Washington Youson | 573 | 7 | |
Democratic | Keith Hollowell | 507 | 5 | |
Democratic | Corey Gilchrist | 218 | 2 | |
Democratic | Kameshea Amos | 211 | 2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian Banks | 24,947 | 68 | |
Republican | William Broman | 11,558 | 31 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Hollier | 6,927 | 25 | |
Democratic | Abraham Aiyash | 5,764 | 21 | |
Democratic | Brian Banks | 4,719 | 17 | |
Democratic | Regina Williams | 2,592 | 9 | |
Democratic | LaMar Lemmons III | 2,505 | 9 | |
Democratic | John Olumba | 1,730 | 6 | |
Democratic | George Cushingberry | 1,116 | 4 | |
Democratic | Anam Miah | 931 | 3 | |
Democratic | Lawrence Gannan | 555 | 2 | |
Democratic | William Phillips | 328 | 1 | |
Democratic | Tommy Campbell | 264 | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Killeen | 9,312 | 62 | |
Democratic | Brian Banks | 5,765 | 38 |