Washtenaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census,the population was 372,258. The county seat and largest city 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. The county is home to the University of Michigan,Eastern Michigan University,Washtenaw Community College,and Concordia University Ann Arbor.
Tina Liebling is a Minnesota attorney and politician who is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she represents District 26A,which consists almost entirely of the city of Rochester in Olmsted County,in southeastern Minnesota. She was a candidate for the Governor of Minnesota in 2018,but withdrew from the race in mid-March.
John Hieftje is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Ann Arbor,Michigan. Hieftje began his political career in 1999,when he was elected to the city council for Ann Arbor's 1st Ward as a Democrat. He was first as Mayor in 2000,and was re-elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,2010 and 2012.
Albert H. Wheeler was an American life-sciences professor and politician in Ann Arbor,Michigan. He became the city's first African-American mayor,serving in the office from 1975 to 1978.
Lawrence Kestenbaum is an attorney,politician,and the creator and webmaster of The Political Graveyard website.
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.
Michael H. Wray is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Wray has represented the 27th district since 2005. Wray is also a small business owner in Gaston,North Carolina.
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.
Rebekah Lynn Warren is a former American Democratic legislator from Ann Arbor,Michigan,who represented the 55th District of the Michigan House of Representatives from January 1,2019 until January 1,2021. She was elected to this position on November 6,2018,beating Republican opponent Bob Baird,74% to 26%. Previously,she served two terms as State Representative for Michigan's 53rd District,from 2007 to 2010,and two terms in the Michigan Senate,from 2010 to 2018. She was arrested for drunk driving and fleeing police in a motor vehicle on December 26,2019.
Mark Ouimet is a Republican politician and served in the Michigan House of Representatives from the 52nd district covering Washtenaw County,Michigan for one term.
Adam Frederick Zemke is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He represented Michigan's 55th district in Washtenaw County from 2013 to 2018.
Gretchen Demarest Driskell is an American politician,accountant,and real estate agent from the state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the 52nd district. Before her time in the Michigan legislature,she was the first female mayor of Saline,Michigan,a position she held for 14 years.
Jeff Irwin is an American activist,progressive and politician serving as a member of the Michigan Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he served on the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners from 1999 to 2010,and in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017.
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.
Christopher Taylor is an American attorney and politician who has served as the mayor of Ann Arbor,Michigan since 2014.
Michael Charles Mueller is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Jerry Clayton is the elected Sheriff of Washtenaw County,Michigan. A 30-year public safety professional,Clayton was first elected sheriff in 2008. He was re-elected in 2012,2016,and 2020
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.
Jason Morgan is a politician who represents the 23rd District in the Michigan House of Representatives. He previously served as a Washtenaw County commissioner representing the board's 8th district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Sue Shink is an American politician who currently represents Michigan's 14th Senate district in the Michigan Senate. She was elected in the 2022 Michigan Senate election. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
