Kent County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census,the county had a population of 657,974,making it the fourth most populous county in Michigan,and the largest outside of the Detroit area. Its county seat is Grand Rapids. The county was set off in 1831,and organized in 1836. It is named for New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent,who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip.
Terri Lynn Land is an American politician who served as the 41st Michigan Secretary of State from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Land was elected to the Republican National Committee in 2012. She was the Republican nominee for the 2014 United States Senate race in Michigan,losing in the general election to Democrat Gary Peters. Land currently serves on the Board of Governors of Wayne State University.
John Hoult Logie was an American attorney and politician who served as mayor of Grand Rapids,Michigan from 1992 to 2003,one of the longest-serving in the city's history.
Richard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
William Duncan Schuette is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 53rd attorney general of Michigan from 2011 to 2019. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Senate in 1990 and for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
Harold Samuel Sawyer was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area,Sawyer represented Michigan's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1985.
The 2008 congressional elections in Michigan were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3,2009,until January 3,2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Elections were held on November 2,2010,to determine Michigan's 15 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013. Primary elections were held on August 3,2010.
William Patrick Huizenga is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 4th congressional district,serving in Congress since 2011. The district,numbered as the 2nd district from 2011 to 2023,covers much of the southwestern corner of the state,including Kalamazoo,Holland and Battle Creek.
Justin A. Amash is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. He was the second Palestinian American and Syrian American member of Congress. Originally a Republican,Amash left the GOP and became an independent on July 4,2019. In April 2020,he joined the Libertarian Party,leaving Congress in January 2021 as the only Libertarian to serve in Congress.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,a decrease of one following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. Except for two seats,all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th congressional districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 census,two congressmen ran against each other.
Steven Pestka is an American politician,attorney and businessman. Pestka served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives,judge,and a Kent County commissioner. He was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives 2012 election to represent Michigan's 3rd congressional district,which he lost to Justin Amash.
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.
The 2018 Michigan Attorney General election took place on November 6,2018,alongside elections to elect Michigan's governor,Class I United States Senator,Secretary of State,as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives,all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives;to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette was prohibited from seeking a third term due to term limits and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Michigan instead. The Michigan GOP was unsuccessful in looking to win its 5th straight attorney general election. Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State,the nominees for attorney general were chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Party primaries were held on August 4,2020. The Michigan delegation prior to the election consisted of seven Democrats,six Republicans and one Libertarian. Unless otherwise indicated,the Cook Political Report rated the races as safe for the party of the incumbents.
Mark E. Huizenga is a Republican member of the Michigan Senate for the 30th district.
Hillary Jeanne Scholten is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 3rd congressional district since 2023. The district,which was once represented by late President Gerald Ford,is based in Grand Rapids and includes much of the urban core of West Michigan. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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 roughly 10.5 percentage points,a wider margin than polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
The 2022 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel ran for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 49.0% of the vote.
The 2022 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson decisively won reelection to a second term,defeating far-right Republican Kristina Karamo by a 14 percentage point margin.
