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Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020,the United States census placed its population at 1,793,561,making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit. The county was founded in 1796 and organized in 1815. Wayne County is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne.
Dearborn County is one of 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana. Located on the Ohio border near the southeast corner of the state,Dearborn County was formed in 1803 from a portion of Hamilton County,Ohio. In 2020,the population was 50,679. The county seat and largest city is Lawrenceburg. Dearborn County is part of the Cincinnati,OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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.
Michigan's 14th congressional district was a congressional district that stretched from eastern Detroit westward to Farmington Hills,then north to the suburb of Pontiac. From 1993 to 2013,it was based entirely in Wayne County.
Gino H. Polidori was an American politician from the State of Michigan. He served a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was a Democrat and he represented the 15th district,which is located in Wayne County and includes the city of Dearborn.
John Lesinski Jr. was a U.S. Congressman for seven terms from the state of Michigan. He was the son of John Lesinski Sr. He was of Polish descent.
Charles Gibb Oakman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Bob Constan is a politician from the state of Michigan. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat,he represented the 16th district in Wayne County,and includes the portions of Dearborn Heights,Garden City,Inkster and Allen Park. He currently sits on the City Council for the City of Dearborn Heights.
Andrew Dillon is a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. While Dillon is a Democrat,he was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder,a Republican,to be the state's treasurer. Before serving in the Cabinet,Dillon was speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.
The Green Party of Michigan is a political party in Michigan. It is the state affiliate of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). The party has had ballot access in Michigan since November 2000,when their presidential candidate,Ralph Nader captured 2.74% of the national vote and 2% in Michigan. In 2016,the Green Party of Michigan elected 5 officers to local governments.
Gary Charles Peters Sr. is an American lawyer,politician,and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district,which included the eastern half of Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Southfield,and Pontiac,from 2009 to 2015.
Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD),commonly known as WC3,is a public community college district with its headquarters in Detroit,Michigan. It was founded in 1967 and has six campuses:Eastern,Downtown,Downriver,Northwest,Western,and University Square.
The Detroit metropolitan area has one of the largest concentrations of people of Middle Eastern origin,including Arabs and Chaldo-Assyrians in the United States. As of 2007 about 300,000 people in Southeast Michigan traced their descent from the Middle East. Dearborn's sizeable Arab community consists largely of Lebanese people who immigrated for jobs in the auto industry in the 1920s,and of more recent Yemenis and Iraqis. In 2010 the four Metro Detroit counties had at least 200,000 people of Middle Eastern origin. Bobby Ghosh of TIME said that some estimates gave much larger numbers. From 1990 to 2000 the percentage of people speaking Arabic in the home increased by 106% in Wayne County,99.5% in Macomb County,and 41% in Oakland County.
David M. Knezek Jr. is an American politician who represents the 8th district on the Wayne County Commission. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his appointment to the Wayne County Commission in 2020,he served as a member of the Michigan Senate from 2015 to 2018 and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2014. Knezek was defeated in the August 2018 Michigan Senate District 5 Democratic Primary by dark horse candidate Betty Jean Alexander who reported spending nothing on the campaign.
George Zaven Hart was an American politician.
The Michigan Secretary of State election of 2018 took place on November 6,2018,alongside Michigan's governor,Class I United States Senator,Attorney General,as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives,all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives;to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson could not seek a third term due to term limits. The Michigan Republican Party was looking to win its 7th straight Secretary of State election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General,the nominees for Secretary of State were chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.
Clara Jane Bryant Ford was a suffragist and the wife of Henry Ford. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Fadwa A. Hammoud is the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Michigan and the former Solicitor General of Michigan.
Jeffrey D. Pepper is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 15th district from 2022 to 2023.
Alabas Farhat is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023,currently representing the 3rd district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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