Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020,the United States Census placed its population at 1,793,561,making it the 19th-most populous county in the United States. The county seat is Detroit. The county was founded in 1796 and organized in 1815. Wayne County is included in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of several U.S. counties named after Revolutionary War-era general Anthony Wayne.
Macomb County is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Michigan,bordering Lake St. Clair,and is part of northern Metro Detroit. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 881,217,making it the third-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Mt. Clemens. Macomb County is part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn,MI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Detroit is located on the county's southern border. Macomb County contains 27 cities,townships and villages,including three of the top ten most-populous municipalities in Michigan as of the 2020 census:Warren (#3),Sterling Heights (#4) and Clinton Township (#8). Most of this population is concentrated south of Hall Road (M-59),one of the county's main thoroughfares.
St. Clair Shores is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit,St. Clair Shores is located roughly 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 58,874.
Grosse Pointe Shores is a city in Wayne and Macomb counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,647 at the 2020 census,down from 3,008 in 2010.
Grosse Pointe refers to an affluent coastal area next to Detroit,Michigan,United States,that comprises five adjacent individual cities. From southwest to northeast,they are:
Candice Sue Miller is an American politician serving as the Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County,Michigan since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,Miller previously served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district from 2003 to 2017,the Michigan Secretary of State from 1995 to 2003,and the Macomb County Treasurer from 1993 to 1995. She also served as the Harrison Township Supervisor. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.
James Grant O'Hara was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan,serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.
Michigan's 13th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Wayne County,Michigan. It is currently represented by Democrat Shri Thanedar.
Michigan's 10th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It consists of southern Macomb County,Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County.
Michigan's 14th congressional district was a congressional district that stretched from eastern Detroit westward to Farmington Hills,then north to the suburb of Pontiac. From 1993 to 2013,it was based entirely in Wayne County.
Thaddeus John "T. John" Lesinski,,was an American politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Timothy Bledsoe is a politician and college professor from the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2008,he was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan State House of Representatives,taking office in 2009 and serving until 2012. He represented the 1st District,which was located in Wayne County and included the cities of Harper Woods,Grosse Pointe,Grosse Pointe Farms,Grosse Pointe Park,Grosse Pointe Shores,Grosse Pointe Woods,and a small portion of Detroit. He previously served as a political science professor at Wayne State University.
The 2002 Michigan gubernatorial election was one of the 36 United States gubernatorial elections held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican Governor John Engler,after serving three terms,was term-limited and was ineligible to run for a fourth term;his lieutenant governor Dick Posthumus,also a Republican,ran in his place. Jennifer Granholm,then Attorney General of Michigan,ran on the Democratic Party ticket. Douglas Campbell ran on the Green Party ticket,and Joseph M. Pilchak ran on the Constitution Party ticket.
Jennifer Haase is an American teacher and politician from the state of Michigan. A Democrat,she was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives in 2008,representing the 32nd State House District. It includes portions of North and East Macomb County and four rural townships in St. Clair County,and had a history of voting Republican. Prior to her election,Haase worked as an elementary school teacher in Richmond.
The 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican Spencer Abraham won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Michigan since Robert P. Griffin in 1972 and the first to win the state's Class I seat since Charles E. Potter in 1952. As of 2024,this was the only time since 1972 that Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Michigan.
Anthony G. Forlini is an American politician from Michigan. Forlini was a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 24th district from 2011 through 2016.
The 2014 Michigan House of Representatives elections were held on November 4,2014,with partisan primaries to select the parties' nominees in the various districts on August 5,2014. Members elected at the 2014 election served in the 98th Michigan Legislature which convened on January 7,2015.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 8,2016,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 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate in 33 other states and various state and local elections. The deadline for candidates to file for the August 2 primary election was April 19.
Peter J. Lucido is an American Republican politician. He currently serves as the prosecutor of Macomb County,Michigan. He formerly served as a member of the Michigan Senate,and was Senate Majority Whip.
Michigan's 2nd Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Sylvia Santana since 2023,succeeding fellow Democrat Adam Hollier.
