Political career
Before his election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2008,Daley spent 24 years in Arcadia Township local office, [7] as township trustee (1985–1989) and treasurer and supervisor (1995–2008). [1] In the August 2008 Republican primary election,he defeated six other candidates to win the party's nomination for the 82nd House district. [8]
In the state House,Daley was chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. [9] In 2014,he voted in favor of authorizing a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. [10] In 2014,he announced his run for state Senate in the 31st district seat,challenging first-term incumbent Mike Green in the Republican primary election. [9] Green defeated Daley in a close primary race. [11]
Daley ran for the Senate seat again in 2018 and won,defeating state Representative Gary Glenn in the August 2018 Republican primary,58–41%. Daley was supported in the primary campaign by CMS Energy,Consumers Energy,and DTE Energy,which spent heavily to defeat Glenn,who later blamed the utility companies for contributing to his loss. [12] [13] Daley went on to defeat Bay County Clerk Cynthia Luczak in the November 2018 general election. [14] The district covered Bay,Tuscola,and Lapeer counties. [14] However,starting in the 2022 election (following the 2020 redistricting cycle),Daley's district changed to the 26th district,which now covers parts of Genesee,Lapeer,Saginaw,and Tuscola counties. [4] In the 2022 race,Daley won reelection,defeating Democratic nominee Charles Stadler of Vassar. [15]
In January 2021,Daley was one of 10 Michigan Senate Republicans who signed a letter to Congress in support of President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election and remain in power. [16] In 2024,Daley endorsed Trump's campaign for president. [17]
In February 2022,Daley was one of several Senate Republicans to sponsor a symbolic,non-binding resolution that claimed that "radical politics" were infiltrating Michigan public schools,"resulting in education that amounts to political indoctrination" of students. [18]
In November 2023,Daley joined the Senate Republican leadership team for the 102nd Michigan Legislature,as minority caucus chair. [19]
In April 2023,Daley voted against a bill to amend an antiquated Michigan law that made it a misdemeanor for an unmarried man and woman to cohabitate or to "lewdly and lasciviously" associate. The bill passed 23–9. [20]
Also in April 2023,Daley spoke against legislation to allow university graduate student research assistants at public colleges and universities in Michigan to unionize and collectively bargain;the bill passed the Senate on a 20-17 vote along party lines. [21] [22]
Daley is a member of the Michigan Workforce Development Board;in 2024,Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed him to a second term,expiring January 1,2027. [5]
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