Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a principal county of the Detroit metropolitan area,containing the bulk of Detroit's northern suburbs. Its county seat is Pontiac,and its largest city is Troy. As of the 2020 Census,its population was 1,274,395,making it the second-most populous county in Michigan,and the largest county in the United States without a city of 100,000 residents.
Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County,Michigan,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city had a total population of 61,606. A part of Metro Detroit,Pontiac is about 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Detroit.
Thomas H. Bates was the 21st mayor of Berkeley,California,and a member of the California State Assembly. Bates is married to Loni Hancock,another former mayor of Berkeley and State Assembly member who served in the California State Senate. He is a graduate of the University of California,Berkeley and was a member of the Golden Bears' 1959 Rose Bowl team. Bates was a captain in the United States Army Reserves after graduating from college and served in Germany. He worked in real estate before serving on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and in the state legislature.
Louis S. Viverito is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 11th district from 1995 until his resignation in 2011.
David Howard Senjem is an American politician currently serving on the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners. He is a former member of the Minnesota Senate,in that office from 2003 to 2023. He served as its majority leader from 2011 to 2013. A moderate Republican,Senjem has crossed party lines on many occasions,notably environmental policy and women's issues. He represented District 25,which at the time included portions of Dodge and Olmsted counties in the southeastern part of the state. Much of the northern half of Rochester was in his district.
Philip O. Mastin Jr. was an American politician from Pontiac,Michigan.
The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) is the agency with oversight and service coordination responsibility for mass transit operations in metropolitan Detroit,Michigan. The counties of Macomb,Oakland,Washtenaw,and Wayne are included in the agency's jurisdiction.
Robert Ecklund is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he formerly represented District 3A in northeastern Minnesota.
Kevin Byrne is the 6th County Executive of Putnam County,NY and is a former state legislator of the New York State Assembly. He is a registered Republican.
Shane Morigeau is an American politician. He grew up in Ronan,Montana,and he is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation.
Robert Bierman is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Bierman represents District 56A in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the city of Apple Valley and parts of Dakota County.
Jim Ellison is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2017-2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He now serves as Oakland County's Chief of Older Adult Services,a position introduced in 2023.
William (Bill) Roemer is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,since 2019,representing the 31st district. The district encompasses the majority of western and northern Summit county. A Republican,he is serving his third term in the House of Representatives.
Charlie Baum is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,representing District 37 (Murfreesboro) since November 6,2018. Baum is also a professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University.
Nancy L. Quarles is a Michigan politician.
John P. Garfield is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
Abraham Penn Jones is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 38th district since 2021.
Armor Reece Pyrtle Jr. is a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 65th district since 2021. He was appointed in August 2021 to the fill the vacancy left by Jerry Carter,who died in office. A retired police chief from Eden,North Carolina,Pyrtle previously served on the Rockingham County board of commissioners from 2016 to 2021.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 19 commissioners who are elected by district. Oakland County,which abuts the city of Detroit,is Michigan's second-largest county with a population of 1.3 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property,public health services,public safety,and maintenance of county highways. It is presided over by its chair,currently Dave Woodward.
