Ingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 284,900. The county seat is Mason. Lansing,the state capital of Michigan,is largely located within the county. Lansing is the only state capital in the United States located in a county of which it is not also the seat of government. The county is home to Michigan State University,Lansing Community College,and the Class A minor league baseball team Lansing Lugnuts. Ingham County is included in the Lansing–East Lansing,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is considered to be a part of Mid Michigan.
Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 49th governor of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
The Michigan Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Lavora Barnes is the party's current chair. She was previously the party's Chief Operating Officer. It is currently the state's dominant party,controlling the majority of Michigan's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
Charles Ernest Chamberlain was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Mark Hamilton Schauer is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
Virgil Paul "Virg" Bernero is an American politician and former mayor of Lansing,Michigan,elected on November 8,2005,and re-elected on November 3,2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor,Bernero served as a legislative aide,an Ingham County Commissioner and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2010,losing in the November 2 general election to Republican Rick Snyder.
Barbara Anne Byrum is a Democratic politician from the State of Michigan. Byrum currently serves as the Ingham County Clerk. Prior to her election to the position of Clerk,Byrum represented the 67th District in the Michigan House of Representatives. She succeeded her mother,House Minority Leader Dianne Byrum. She owns Byrum Hardware in Charlotte,Michigan,and lives in Onondaga with her husband Brad Delaney and their two children.
Steven Marion Bieda is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the former Assistant Democratic Floor Leader of the Michigan State Senate.
Andy Schor is an American politician currently serving as the 52nd mayor of Lansing,Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,Schor was previously a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners. He also represented the 68th district in the Michigan House of Representatives,which includes most of the City of Lansing and all of Lansing Township. Schor is the first Jewish mayor of Lansing.
Tom Cochran is an American politician,government official,and retired firefighter. A Democrat,Cochran served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Thomas More Barrett is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 24th district from 2019 to 2023. A Republican,he previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
The 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Michigan,concurrently with the election of Michigan's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Stuart John Dunnings III is an attorney who served for 19 years as the prosecutor for Ingham County,Michigan,and was the second African-American to be elected to such office in Michigan.
Kevin Hertel is an American Democratic politician who has represented Michigan's 12th Senate district since January 2023. Prior to being elected to the Michigan Senate,Hertel represented the 18th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2017 to 2022.
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2019. The district,numbered as the 8th from 2019 to 2023,stretches from Lansing to the outer northern suburbs of Detroit. A member of the Democratic Party,Slotkin was previously a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official.
Mary D. Waters is an American politician serving as an at-large member of the Detroit City Council since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Waters previously served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007,serving as the chamber's first Black minority leader from 2003 to 2006.
The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a margin of nearly 11 percentage points,a wider margin than polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
Michigan's 23rd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 23rd district was created by the 1850 Michigan Constitution,as the 1835 constitution only permitted a maximum of eight senate districts. It has been represented by Republican Jim Runestad since 2023,succeeding Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr.
The Michigan Senate election of 2022 occurred on November 8,2022,to elect all 38 members to the Michigan Senate. The election coincided with elections for all of Michigan's constitutional offices;governor,attorney general,secretary of state and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Seats in the Michigan Senate were last elected in 2018.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 5,2024,to elect the 13 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on August 6,2024.
