Leslie Love | |
---|---|
Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives from the 10th district | |
In office January 1, 2015 –December 31, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Phil Cavanagh |
Succeeded by | Mary Cavanagh |
Personal details | |
Born | Detroit,Michigan,U.S. | July 8,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Siena Heights University (BA) Wayne State University (MFA) Marygrove College (MA) |
Website | Official website |
Leslie N. Love [1] (born July 8,1971) [2] is an American politician and government official. A member of the Democratic Party,Love served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020. [3] Love represented the 10th District,which encompasses parts of northwest Detroit and Redford Township. [4]
After leaving the state legislature,Love was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission,becoming the first African-American to serve on the commission. [5] She is currently a candidate to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election. [6]
Love attended Detroit Public Schools and graduated from Thomas M. Cooley High School. She received a bachelor's degree from Siena Heights University and master's degrees from Marygrove College and Wayne State University. [7] [8] She lives in Detroit.
In 1998,she worked as the campaign assistant for California Assemblywoman Marguerite Archie-Hudson and for California Governor Gray Davis as a field organizer.
Love previously worked as the director of theater operations at Marygrove College and served as an adjunct professor for Marygrove College and the Wayne County Community College District. [9]
In 2014,Love ran for the Michigan House of Representatives and was elected. [9] She served in the body until she was term-limited in 2020. [10]
Love went on to be appointed to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. [11] Upon her appointment,she became the first African-American to serve on the board. Love additionally served assistant deputy director in the Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) Metro-Region. [5]
In 2023,Love announced she would run in the 2024 election for U.S. Senate. [6] If elected,Love would be the first Black Senator from Michigan. [12]
The governor of Michigan is the head of government,and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer,a member of the Democratic Party,who was inaugurated on January 1,2019,as the state's 49th governor. She was re-elected to serve a second term in 2022. The governor is elected to a four-year term and is limited to two terms.
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.
Mark Hamilton Schauer is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
Gilda Z. Jacobs was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate,representing the 14th district from 2003 through 2010. The mostly suburban district is in southeastern Oakland County,and includes the cities of Farmington Hills,Huntington Woods,Southfield,and Oak Park. Jacobs was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2002.
Curtis Hertel Jr. is an American politician who served as a state senator from 2015 to 2023,for the 23rd district in Michigan,representing the Greater Lansing Area.
Tom Cochran is an American politician,government official,and retired firefighter. A Democrat,Cochran served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Thomas More Barrett is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 24th district. A Republican,he previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. Prior to his election to the House,Barrett served as a liaison between the Michigan Department of Treasury and the office of the Governor of Michigan. Barrett was the Republican nominee in the 2022 election for Michigan's 7th congressional district,which he lost to incumbent Democrat Elissa Slotkin.
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.
Jon Hoadley is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,Hoadley has represented the 60th district—which includes the entire City of Kalamazoo and the majority of Kalamazoo Township—in the Michigan House of Representatives since first winning election in November 2014.
Lee Roberson Chatfield is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was first elected from the 107th House district in 2015. He was speaker pro tempore from 2017 to 2019,and speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021.
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.
Beau M. LaFave is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Michigan House of Representatives for District 108 from 2017 to 2022 and was a candidate for the Michigan Secretary of State election in 2022. He lost the Republican nomination to Kristina Karamo,who in turn lost the election to incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson.
Karen Whitsett is an American politician from Michigan. Whitsett is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 4. She is the most conservative Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives.
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 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 polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023,Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
The Michigan Senate election of 2022 occurred on November 8,2022,to elect all 38 members to the Michigan Senate. The election coincided with elections for all of Michigan's constitutional offices;governor,attorney general,secretary of state and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Seats in the Michigan Senate were last elected in 2018.
Jason Morgan is a politician who represents the 23rd District in the Michigan House of Representatives. He previously served as a Washtenaw County commissioner representing the board's 8th district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2022 Michigan elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2022 throughout Michigan. The Democratic Party made historic gains,taking full control of state government for the first time since 1983. Democrats won control of the Michigan House of Representatives for the first time since 2008,and the Michigan Senate for the first time since 1984. Additionally,incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer won reelection by a comfortable margin,with Democrats sweeping every statewide office. Furthermore,the Democrats maintained control of seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives,while the Republican Party took a net loss of one seat. The elections in Michigan were widely characterized as a "blue wave".
The 102nd Michigan Legislature,consisting of the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives,began its first session on January 1,2023,which ended on November 14,2023. A second session is set to begin on January 1,2024.