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 seat of government 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 most populous county in the United States without a city of 100,000 residents. Founded in 1819 and organized the following year,Oakland County is composed of 62 cities,villages,and townships. In 2010,Oakland County was among the ten wealthiest counties in the United States to have over one million residents. It is also home to Oakland University,a large public institution that straddles the border between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
Pontiac is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit,Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area,and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 61,606.
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,serving in that body from 2003 to 2023. He led the Republican caucus as 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 a public transit agency serving Metro Detroit and the Ann Arbor area in the U.S. state of Michigan. It operates the QLINE,and coordinates and oversees public transit operations by other agencies,including DDOT,SMART,and the Detroit People Mover. Its area covers the counties of Macomb,Oakland,Washtenaw,and Wayne.
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.
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.
Jeffrey Elmore is an American politician and educator who is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 94th district from 2013 to 2024. He ran in the 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election.
Jefferson L. Ghrist is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 36 since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Caroline County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014.
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.
Jason Lowe is an American politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. He has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 97th district since 2016.
Felicia Brabec is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 33rd district.
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 2024 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term but decided that he would not do so. The Democratic nominee,state Attorney General Bob Ferguson,defeated the Republican nominee,former Congressman Dave Reichert,who conceded defeat on November 19. Inslee,who previously served in the U.S. House,was first elected governor in 2012 and won re-election in 2016 and 2020. Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985,the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third-longest streak of one-party leadership after South Dakota and Utah. Ferguson defeated Reichert with 55.51% of the vote in the general election. He also became the first Democrat to win Clallam County since 2000.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners (OCBoC) is the legislative branch of the government of Oakland County,Michigan. It is composed of 19 commissioners,each elected to represent a single-member district in the county. Commissioners are elected to four-year terms in presidential election years;prior to the 2024 election,commissioners served two-year terms.
