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Washtenaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census,the population was 372,258. The county seat is Ann Arbor. The county was authorized by legislation in 1822 and organized as a county in 1826. Washtenaw County comprises the Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor Combined Statistical Area. The county is home to the University of Michigan,Eastern Michigan University,Washtenaw Community College,and Concordia University Ann Arbor.
Scio Township is a civil township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,081 at the 2010 census.
Superior Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 13,058 at the 2010 census.
Ypsilanti Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 53,362 at the 2010 census. The city of Ypsilanti is mostly surrounded by the township,but the two are administered autonomously.
Edward Payson Allen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891.
M-17 is a 6.390-mile-long (10.284 km) state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan,connecting the cities of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor in Washtenaw County. It was once part of a highway that spanned the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan before the creation of the U.S. Highway System in 1926. The designation once extended into downtown Detroit,but the eastern terminus was progressively scaled back in the late 1960s to the current location in Ypsilanti. The changes made to the highways in Washtenaw County spawned Business M-17,a business loop for 11 years between 1945 and 1956.
Southeast Michigan,also called southeastern Michigan,is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population,most of whom are concentrated in Metro Detroit.
Alma Wheeler Smith is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She was most recently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the 54th District,which includes the city of Ypsilanti,Augusta Township,Salem Township,Superior Township,and Ypsilanti Township in Washtenaw County,from 2005 to 2010. A Democrat,she sat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee,served two terms in the Michigan Senate from 1995 to 2002,and sought her party's nomination for Governor of Michigan in 2010.
Michigan's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Western Michigan. From 2003 to 2013 It consisted of the counties of Benzie,Manistee,Wexford,Mason,Lake,Oceana,Newaygo,Muskegon,Ottawa,and the northern portion of Allegan and the northwest portion of Kent. The borders were altered slightly for redistricting in 2012.
Pam Byrnes is a former Democratic State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives,representing the 52nd District,which covers parts of Washtenaw County. On July 18,2013,Pam Byrnes announced that she will run as a Democratic candidate to challenge Republican Representative Tim Walberg in Michigan's 7th congressional district.
Ypsilanti,commonly shortened to Ypsi,is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
David E. Rutledge is a former state representative,who represented the 54th House District.
Paint Creek is a stream mostly located within Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The stream flows south before entering as a tributary to Stony Creek along the county line with Monroe County.
Michelle Regalado Deatrick is an American politician,activist,and poet. Deatrick serves as the elected National Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis,which she founded in August,2019. Deatrick also served as a surrogate and 2020 Michigan co-chair for the Bernie Sanders campaign. She served in the Peace Corps in East Africa,and as Vice Chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. Elected to the Democratic National Committee in 2016,she was also elected Midwest Representative to the DNC Women's Caucus in 2018. Deatrick was the Special Projects Director in Michigan for the 2016 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign,and stumped for Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was a policy analyst at Stanford University. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University (Connecticut) and holds Master's degrees from Harvard University and the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor. Deatrick is also a member of UAW Local 2320 and serves as a delegate to her regional labor federation. She serves on the board of directors of the Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy. In addition to her political career,she has won several national poetry fellowships and awards.
Yousef D. Rabhi is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives currently serving as the Democratic Floor Leader. He represents Michigan's 53rd House District,encompassing the majority of Ann Arbor,since 2017. He replaced Jeff Irwin,who was term limited. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Helen Walker McAndrew was Washtenaw County's first documented female physician,and by many accounts,Michigan's first female physician.
Ronnie D. Peterson is an American Democratic politician who has served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 54th district since 2017. Ronnie is a former Washtenaw County Commissioner and Ypsilanti City Council Member.
Michigan's 18th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Jeff Irwin since 2019,succeeding fellow Democrat Rebekah Warren.
Abel Millington was a Michigan politician and physician.
Felicia Brabec is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 55th district. Elected in 2020,she assumed office on January 1,2021.
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