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.
John Mathias Engler is an American politician,lawyer,businessman,and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists,he is a member of the Republican Party.
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician. Since 2021,she has served as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011,as the first woman to hold each office.
Richard Posthumus is an American businessman,and politician. He was the 61st lieutenant governor of Michigan and majority leader of the Michigan Senate. In 2002,he was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan.
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.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,United States,sometimes referred to as MIGOP.
Michigan Government Television (MGTV) was a public affairs Government-access television (GATV) cable TV channel. Modeled on C-SPAN,its programming covered events and proceedings within the state government,including sessions of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate.
Richard Dale Snyder is an American business executive,venture capitalist,attorney,accountant,and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.
The Michigan Department of Environment,Great Lakes,and Energy (EGLE),formerly Michigan Department of Environmental Quality,is a principal department of the U.S. state of Michigan for environmental issues. The department was created in 1995.
Connie Berube Binsfeld was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Michigan. She served as the 60th lieutenant governor of Michigan. Starting as an advocate for the environment in planning for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,she also was known for protecting interests of women and children. She was the first woman to hold leadership posts in Michigan's House,Senate and executive branch,where she served four terms in the House,two in the Senate,and two as Lieutenant Governor.
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 ineligible to run again. A 1992 constitutional amendment limited the governor to two terms,even if they are nonconsecutive,effective with the 1994 election. Engler's 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.
John E. Jamian is an American businessman,former U.S. government official,and Michigan State Legislator. He served as deputy and later acting maritime administrator,the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration,an agency of the United States Department of Transportation,from 2003 until 2006. He was confirmed as deputy maritime administrator by the Senate on May 7,2003 and became acting maritime administrator February 12,2005. Prior to his service at the Maritime Administration,Jamian was elected to three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996. From 1997 to 2001 he served as executive director of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and from 2001 until his appointment as deputy director in 2003 as the executive director the Armenian Assembly of America. Between 2011 and 2015,Jamian resumed his role as executive director at the Port of Detroit. Since returning to private life in 2015,he has held the position of Chief Operations Officer for Troy,Michigan based AmeriCare Medical Inc. and continues to serve as the Armenian Assembly of America's State of Michigan Director.
Richard D. McLellan is a lawyer at McLellan Law Offices PLLC. He has served as Chairman of the Michigan Law Revision Commission since 1986. He argued on the side of the appellee in the United States Supreme Court case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,494 U.S. 652 (1990).
Brian K. Zahra is a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He was appointed to fill a vacancy by Governor Rick Snyder in 2011. Zahra won his bid for reelection in 2022 to retain his seat for eight more years,per the Michigan Constitution.
Kirk A. Profit is a practicing special interest attorney,former member of the Michigan House of Representatives,and a former lobbyist and president of the Governmental Consultant Services Inc. lobbying firm in Lansing,Michigan.
John Charles Hertel is a former chairman of the Huron–Clinton Metroparks,chairman of the Detroit Metro Convention &Visitors Bureau,and general manager of Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation. He served three terms as state senator for the 2nd District in Michigan from 1974 to 1982,was appointed by Governor John Engler to run the Michigan State Fair from 1993 to 2006,and is the only person in Michigan history to serve as chairman of the county boards of commissioners in two different counties.
Tanya Melich is one of the founders of the modern women's political movement. She was born in Moab,Utah on April 23,1936 and co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus and was an early leader of the National Women's Education Fund,which focused on educating women in gaining political power. Melich attended every Republican National Convention from 1952 through 1996 except 1984. Melich served on the staffs of Nelson Rockefeller,Jacob Javits,Charles Goodell,and John Lindsay. In 1998,she left the Republican Party over women's issues. She coined the phrase,"Republican war against women." She now considers herself a Jeffords independent in the mold of the former U.S. Senator from Vermont.
Hazel Sara Frank Gluck is an American Republican Party politician and lobbyist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and held several posts in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean. She was a top advisor to NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman as well as a founding member of one of NJ's largest lobbying firms.
Fadwa A. Hammoud is the Chief Deputy Attorney General of Michigan and the former Solicitor General of Michigan.
N. Lorraine Beebe was an American state senator and Michigan state coordinator of the 1980 Anderson for President campaign. She became the third woman in Michigan history to sit on the Michigan Senate after upsetting Democratic nominee Edward J. Robinson for the 12th Senate District seat. However,her advocacy for looser abortion regulations in Michigan caused her to lose her re-election campaign.
