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Haley Stevens
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Michigan's 11th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Education American University (BA, MA)
Website House website

Haley Maria Stevens [1] (born June 24, 1983) 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.

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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.

Early life and career

Stevens grew up in Rochester Hills, Michigan and graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan. She went to American University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and philosophy; she received a Master of Arts degree in social policy and philosophy. [2] She became involved in politics in 2006, working for the Michigan Democratic Party as a volunteer organizer. She worked on Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008; she worked with Clinton before the primary. [3]

In 2009, Steven Rattner hired Stevens to join the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, and she was his chief of staff. [3] She next worked for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago, returning to Michigan in 2017. [4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

During January and February 2017, Stevens moved back to Rochester Hills. She announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives seat in Michigan's 11th congressional district in April 2017. The district had been represented by two-term Republican Dave Trott. [5] Trott announced his retirement in September 2017, making the 11th district an open seat. [4] Stevens defeated state Representative Tim Greimel in the Democratic Party primary election [6] and Republican businesswoman Lena Epstein in the general election. [7] Her victory, and that of Elissa Slotkin in the neighboring 8th district, made it the first time since the 1930s that no Republicans represented Oakland County in the House. [8] She became the first Democrat to represent the 11th for a full term since the 11th and the 9th districts were reconfigured in 2003.

Stevens and Colin Allred, both alumni of the Obama administration, were selected as co-presidents of the House Democratic freshman class of the 116th United States Congress. [9]

2020

Stevens ran for reelection. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary. [10] In the general election, she defeated the Republican nominee, Eric Esshaki, by less of a margin than was expected. [11]

2022

Stevens defeated Andy Levin, 60%-40%, becoming the first woman to represent the 11th District. [12] [13] As a result of population loss, Michigan lost a seat in the United States House of Representatives. The newly drawn 11th District put Stevens and fellow Congressman Andy Levin in the same district. The redrawing of the district covered more of Stevens's earlier electoral base. [14] [15] She reportedly outspent Levin by a factor of five. [14] Her victory was aided by $5 million from EMILY's List [15] and by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which invested $4 million targeting Levin and hailed her victory as proof that "being pro-Israel is both good policy and good politics". [16] [17] [18] Changes in generational and gender dynamics are also said to have played an important role, with a long term Oakland Democrat trend to favor women, and the impact of the Supreme Court's overturning the Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey precedents regarding abortion. [19]

Tenure

Stevens voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis. [20]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Democratic primary results, Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Haley Stevens 24,309 27.0
Democratic Tim Greimel 19,67321.8
Democratic Suneel Gupta19,25021.4
Democratic Fayrouz Saad 17,49919.4
Democratic Nancy Skinner 9,40710.5
Total votes90,138 100.0
Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Haley Stevens 181,912 51.8
Republican Lena Epstein158,46345.2
Libertarian Leonard Schwartz5,7991.7
Independent Cooper Nye4,7271.3
Total votes350,901 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican
Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Haley Stevens (incumbent) 226,128 50.2
Republican Eric Esshaki215,40547.8
Libertarian Leonard Schwartz8,9362.0
Total votes450,473 100.0
Democratic hold
Democratic primary results, Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Haley Stevens 70,508 59.91
Democratic Andy Levin 47,11740.04
Total votes117,681 100.0
Michigan's 11th congressional district, 2022 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Haley Stevens (incumbent) 224,537 61.32
Republican Mark Ambrose141,64238.68
Total votes366,179 100.0
Democratic hold

Personal life

Stevens lives in Waterford, Michigan. [5] She and Rob Gulley, a software engineer she met in high school, were engaged in 2020. [25] They married on September 3, 2021. [26] On October 5, 2022, Stevens and Gulley announced their divorce. [27]

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