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.
Macomb County is a county on the eastern shore of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Detroit metropolitan area,bordering Detroit to the north and containing many of its northern suburbs. Its seat of government is Mt. Clemens,and its largest community is Warren. As of the 2020 census,the county had a population of 881,217,making it the third-most populous county in the state,behind neighboring Wayne and Oakland. Macomb County contains 27 cities,townships and villages,including three of the ten most-populous municipalities in Michigan. Most of this population is concentrated south of Hall Road (M-59),one of the county's main thoroughfares.
Waterford Township is a charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit,Waterford is located roughly 30 miles (48.3 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census,the township had a population of 70,565.
Samuel William Smith,was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Candice Sue Miller is an American politician serving as the Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County,Michigan since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Miller previously served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district from 2003 to 2017,the Michigan Secretary of State from 1995 to 2003,and the Macomb County Treasurer from 1993 to 1995. She also served as the Harrison Township Supervisor. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.
Michigan's 11th congressional district is a United States congressional district north of Detroit,comprising most of urbanized central Oakland County. Until 1993,the district covered the state's Upper Peninsula and the northernmost portion of the Lower Peninsula. In redistricting that year,it was shifted to the outer Detroit area. Its former geographical area is now the state's first district. Its current configuration dates from 2023.
Michigan's 8th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Central Michigan. The district was first created in 1873,after redistricting following the 1870 census. From 2003 to 2013,it consisted of all of Clinton,Ingham,and Livingston counties,and included the southern portion of Shiawassee and the northern portion of Oakland counties. From 2013 to 2023,the district no longer covered Clinton or Shiawassee counties and instead covered more of Oakland County,including Rochester. In 2023,the district was redrawn to be centered on the city of Flint and the "Tri-Cities" metropolitan area around Saginaw,Midland,Bay City. The district includes all of Saginaw and Bay counties,almost all of Genesee County,and portions of Midland and Tuscola counties.
Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southeast Michigan. In 2022,the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County,as well as western and southern Wayne County,a small part of southwestern Oakland County,and the city of Milan in Monroe County. In previous redistrictings,the 6th district consisted of all of Berrien,Cass,Kalamazoo,St. Joseph,and Van Buren,counties,and includes most of Allegan county.
Brenda Lawrence is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her congressional district covered most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretched west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
Shelley Goodman Taub is a Republican politician from Oakland County,Michigan. She resides in Bloomfield Hills,Michigan.
William Patrick Huizenga is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2011,representing the state's 4th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,Huizenga served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. His district,numbered as the 2nd from 2011 to 2023,covers much of Southwestern Michigan,including Kalamazoo,Battle Creek,and Holland.
Lisa Brown is an American attorney,realtor,and politician serving as the clerk and register of deeds of Oakland County,Michigan since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,Brown previously served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives,having represented the 39th State House District from 2009 to 2012. She was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Michigan in the 2014 election,alongside former Congressman Mark Schauer.
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.
Eileen Kowall is an American politician,dental hygiene practitioner,and business woman from Michigan. Kowall is a former member of Michigan House of Representatives. Kowall is the current county commissioner of Oakland County,Michigan.
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.
Jeremy Allen Moss is an American politician from Southfield,Michigan currently representing the 7th State Senate District,which includes all of Auburn Hills,Bloomfield Hills,Bloomfield Township,Lake Angelus,Lathrup Village,Pontiac,Southfield,and parts of Detroit,Southfield Township,and Waterford Township. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the first openly LGBT person elected to the Michigan Senate,as well as the first to serve as President Pro Tempore. Moss previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2014 - 2018,and remains the youngest-ever member of the Southfield City Council.
Haley Maria Stevens is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County,including many of Detroit's northern suburbs.
Michigan's 14th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 14th 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 Democratic Sue Shink since 2023,succeeding Republican Ruth Johnson.
Michigan's 43rd House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in parts of Allegan,Barry,and Eaton counties. The district was created in 1965,when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one.
Mike Harris is an American politician in the Republican Party serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. His former district,the 43rd,represented areas covering Lake Angelus,Clarkston,Independence Township,and part of Waterford Township. He was elected in a special election in May 2022. In the November 2022 election,he won 59% of the vote. In the 2022 Michigan House of Representatives election,he was redistricted to the 52nd district.
