Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
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.
Barbara Ross-Lee,D.O. is an American physician,academic,and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school;she is also known as the sister of Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross,and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross. She majored in biology and chemistry at Wayne State University,graduating in 1965. Then,in 1969,she entered Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine. Ross-Lee then went on to open her own private family practice,teach as a professor,and hold other positions within the medical community. In 1993,she was elected as the first woman dean of a medical school,at Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has earned several awards and honors for her work and accomplishments.
Garlin Gilchrist II is an American politician and activist serving as the 64th lieutenant governor of Michigan since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Matthew Maddock is an Far-right American politician in the Republican Party serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. His district,the 51st,represents areas covering part of Oakland County. In his first term,Maddock was appointed to be the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation,as well as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. A Republican,Maddock was first elected in 2018. Prior to being elected to the 110-member Michigan House of Representatives,he was a businessman in Oakland County.
Daire Rendon is an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 103rd district from 2017 to 2023,succeeding her husband,Bruce,who was term-limited in 2016.
Melissa Andrea Simon is an American clinical obstetrician/gynecologist and scientist whose research,teaching,clinical care and advocacy focus on health equity across the lifespan. Simon is founder and director of the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET) in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago,Illinois,and founder of the Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative,a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer partnership led by the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University,Northeastern Illinois University,and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Simon holds the positions of the George H. Gardner,MD professor of clinical gynecology.,the vice-chair of clinical research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,professor of preventive medicine and medical social sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,and is a member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Karen Whitsett is an American politician from Michigan. Whitsett is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 4.
Kyra Harris Bolden is an American judge,politician,and civil litigation attorney. She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since January 1,2023. Bolden was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 35th district from January 1,2019 to January 1,2023.
Adam Hollier is the director of the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency and was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Hollier served in the Michigan Senate,representing the 2nd Senate district,serving Wayne County including Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Harper Woods,and Highland Park from 2018 to 2022.
The first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of Michigan were discovered on March 10,2020,one day before the outbreak of the disease was officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. As of December 20,2022,2,977,727 cases have been identified,causing 40,657 deaths.
Events from the year 2020 in Michigan.
The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a margin of 10.6 percentage points,a wider margin than expected and a larger margin than her performance back in 2018. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023,Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen is an American internist,public health official,and healthcare executive serving as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since July 10,2023. She was previously the executive vice president at Aledade and chief executive officer of Aledade Care Solution,a healthcare company.
Marcella Nunez-Smith is an American physician-scientist. She is C.N.H Long Professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine,where she serves as the inaugural Associate Dean for Health Equity Research and founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center. She also holds joint appointments at the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale School of Management. After co-chairing the Biden-Harris transition’s COVID-19 Advisory Board from November 2020 to January 2021,she was selected by President Joe Biden to serve as Senior Advisor to the White House COVID-19 Response Team and Chair of the Presidential COVID-19 Equity Task Force.
On October 8,2020,the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrests of 13 men suspected of orchestrating a domestic terror plot to kidnap American politician Gretchen Whitmer,the Governor of Michigan,and otherwise using violence to overthrow the state government. Some have labeled the attempt as an example of stochastic terrorism,where violent rhetoric by prominent figures inspired the plot.
Julie Morita is an American public health expert serving as the executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,and a member of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board. Prior to her position,she served as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Paula M. Lantz is an American social epidemiologist.
Antonia M. Villarruel is an American nurse. She has served as the Margaret Simon Bond Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing since 2014.
Tudor Dixon is an American businesswoman and conservative political commentator. A member of the Republican Party,Dixon was the party's nominee for Governor of Michigan in the 2022 election. She lost to incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer by a margin of 10.6 percentage points.
