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. Due to the county's government complex spanning 2 municipalities,its county seat is shared between Pontiac and Waterford. 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.
Waterford Township is a charter township in the geographic center of Oakland County,Michigan,United States.
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 9th congressional district is a United States congressional district located in The Thumb and northern portions of Metro Detroit of the State of Michigan. Counties either wholly or partially located within the district include:Huron,Tuscola,Sanilac,Lapeer,St. Clair,Macomb and Oakland. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+18,it is the most Republican district in Michigan.
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,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 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 the U.S. representative for Michigan's 4th congressional district,serving in Congress since 2011. The district,numbered as the 2nd district from 2011 to 2023,covers much of the southwestern corner of the state,including Kalamazoo,Holland and Battle Creek.
Lisa Brown is an American politician from the state of Michigan. A Democrat,she was elected Oakland County Clerk &Register of deed on November 6,2012. Brown was previously a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. She represented the 39th State House District,located in Central Oakland County since 2009. The district covers all of Commerce Township and most of West Bloomfield Township. She was the 2014 Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor 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 was elected to represent the 11th district in the 2022 election,defeating 9th district incumbent Andy Levin in the primary and Republican nominee Mark Ambrose in the general election. Her district includes many of Detroit's northern and western suburbs,Auburn Hills,Troy,Royal Oak,Bloomfield Hills,Birmingham,West Bloomfield,Farmington,Farmington Hills,and Pontiac.
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.
Kelly A. Hough-Breen is an American Democratic politician from Michigan. She was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 38th district in 2020. After the 2020 redistricting cycle,she was redistricted to the 21st district where she was elected in 2022.
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.
Noah Jeremy Arbit is an American politician who has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Arbit represents Michigan's 20th House District,anchored in West Bloomfield Township,alongside Keego Harbor,Orchard Lake,Sylvan Lake,and portions of Commerce and Bloomfield townships. First elected in the November 2022 general election,Arbit is the youngest LGBTQ+ person ever elected to serve in the Michigan Legislature.
