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Canton Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Canton is located roughly 23 miles (37.0 km) west of downtown Detroit, and 15 miles (24.1 km) east of Ann Arbor. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 98,659, making it Michigan's second most-populated township and ninth most-populated municipality overall.
Inkster is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Inkster is located about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 26,088.
Romulus is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 23,989 at the 2010 census. Romulus is a western suburb of Metro Detroit and is also considered part of the Downriver collection of communities. It is most notable as the location of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a major hub for Delta Air Lines.
Wayne is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Wayne is located about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 17,713.
Westland is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Westland is located about 18 miles (29 km) west of downtown Detroit. As of 2022, the city had a population of 84,037.
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Robert Anthony "Bob" Ficano is an American politician, and the former County Executive and former Sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan.
Bruce Patterson was a Republican member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 7th district from 2003 to 2011. His district covers parts of Wayne County.
Hoon-Yung Hopgood is a former member of the Michigan State Senate, representing the 6th district from 2011 until 2018. He is a Democrat and a former member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. He represented roughly half of the cities which make up the Downriver area of Metro Detroit, as well as other cities in Wayne County. He is the first Korean American to hold state office in Michigan.
Gino H. Polidori was an American politician from the State of Michigan. He served a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was a Democrat and he represented the 15th district, which is located in Wayne County and includes the city of Dearborn.
The Great Lakes Field Service Council was a field service council of the Michigan Crossroads Council, a local council of the Boy Scouts of America. It served the Detroit metropolitan area and covers all of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. The council had eight districts, one council service center, and four camp properties.
Glenn S. Anderson is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. A Democratic, he has served on the Wayne County Commission since 2016. He was previously member of the Michigan Senate from 2007 to 2015 and the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. In the 2012 election, Anderson challenged U.S. House of Representatives member John Conyers in a primary election, after Conyers lost part of his district to redistricting after the 2010 U.S. Census.
Martha G. Scott is an American politician serving as a member of the Wayne County Commission. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Michigan State Senate from 2001 through 2010, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1994 through 2001. Her senate district included the northeast section of Detroit and the cities of Hamtramck, Highland Park, Harper Woods, and the five Grosse Pointes. She was term limited at the 2010 elections, and ran for the office of Wayne County Commissioner. She won election has since been reelected several times to the Wayne County Commission.
Raymond E. Basham is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 8th District from 2003 to 2009. His district was located in central Wayne County. Previously he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002. He currently serves as a member of the Wayne County Commission.
Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD), commonly known as WC3, is a public community college district with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded in 1967 and has six campuses: Eastern, Downtown, Downriver, Northwest, Western, and University Square.
The Phillip and Maria Hasselbach Dingledey House was a private house located at 1638 Haggerty Road, near Westland in Canton Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The house is no longer at its listed location; a small commercial complex now occupies the site.
Patricia "Trish" Brown is a national education advocate, public relations practitioner, journalist, and entrepreneur.
John G. Chirkun is a Democratic politician from Michigan currently representing the 22nd District—which includes the city of Roseville and part of the city of Warren—in the Michigan House of Representatives after being elected in November 2014.
Matt Koleszar is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 22nd district. He was first elected in November 2018, defeating incumbent Republican Jeff Noble, and was re-elected in 2020. Due to decennial re-districting, in 2022 Koleszar ran for the 22nd district, which includes Plymouth City and parts of Livonia City, Northville City, Plymouth Township, and Northville Township; he was elected as the first representative for the new district.
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.