Livingston County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 193,866. It is part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat and most populous city is Howell. The county was platted in 1833,but for three years remained assigned to Shiawassee and Washtenaw counties for revenue,taxation and judicial matters. It was formally organized in 1836. As one of Michigan's "Cabinet counties",a group of ten counties whose names honor members of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet,it is named after former US Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Livingston County's location in Southeast Michigan offers residents relatively convenient access to the metropolitan centers of Detroit,Lansing,Ann Arbor,and Flint. Livingston County residents regularly commute to those centers,using the three major expressways which pass through the county:I-96,US 23,and M-59. Although continuing to be composed largely of bedroom communities,the county is experiencing and maintaining significant growth in both the service and industrial economic sectors. Major employers include Tribar,PepsiCo,Citizens Insurance,and ThaiSummit. The Brighton Recreation Area is in the county.
Hartland Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,256 at the 2020 census,up from 14,663 at the 2010 census.
Howell is the largest city and county seat of Livingston County,Michigan. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 10,068. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township,but the two are administered autonomously. Howell is part of the South Lyon–Howell–Brighton urban area,which is an extension of the larger Detroit–Warren–Dearborn metropolitan statistical area. As of 2022,the largest industries were manufacturing,health care &social assistance,and accommodation &food services.
Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative,a U.S. Senator,and the 11th governor of Michigan.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,United States,sometimes referred to as MIGOP.
Michigan's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Southern Michigan and portions of Central Michigan. The current district,drawn in 2022,centers around Lansing,Michigan's state capital,and includes all of Clinton,Shiawassee,Ingham,and Livingston counties,as well as portions of Eaton,Genesee,and Oakland counties.
Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
Rick Outman is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Since 2019,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate,elected from the 33rd Senate district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the 70th district,from 2011 to 2017. He was term limited out in 2017.
Edward W. McBroom is a Republican member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 38th district since 2019. The district is twelve of Michigan's fifteen Upper Peninsula counties:Alger,Baraga,Delta,Dickinson,Gogebic,Houghton,Iron,Keweenaw,Marquette,Menominee,Ontonagon,and Schoolcraft. He is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives,first elected in 2010 and re-elected to a second term in 2012 and a third term in 2014. His House district consisted of Dickinson,Delta,and Menominee counties.
Kevin Daley is an American politician in the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019,elected from the 26th district and 31st district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from January 2009 to 2015. A dairy farmer,he was the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
The Livingston Educational Service Agency (LESD) is an intermediate school district in Michigan,headquartered in Howell.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Michigan took place on November 6,2018,in order to elect the Class 1 U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan,concurrently with a gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.
William Gregory Rothman is an American politician. A Republican,he is currently the state senator for Pennsylvania's 34th District,and previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2015 to 2022,representing the 87th District.
Jim Runestad is an American politician. A Republican,he has been a member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 23rd district,since 2023. He was previously a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2018. In 2020,Runestad was one of 11 Republican state senators in Michigan who supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the result of the presidential election and remain in power.
The Michigan Senate elections of 2018 took place on November 6,2018,alongside elections to be Michigan's governor,Class I United States Senator,Attorney General,Secretary of State as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives;to elect the 38 members that will comprise the Michigan Senate. The Republican,Democratic and Libertarian parties chose their nominees in a partisan primary on August 7,2018. The Working Class Party,U.S. Taxpayers Party,Green Party and Natural Law Party chose their nominees at state party conventions.
Lana Theis is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,she has represented the 22nd district of the Michigan Senate since 2019. Theis was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Ann Marie Bollin is an American politician in Michigan. Bollin is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 49.
Michael Charles Mueller is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Michigan's 22nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. The 22nd 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 Republican Lana Theis since 2019,succeeding fellow Republican Joe Hune.
