Lisa Posthumus Lyons

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Lisa Posthumus Lyons
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Clerk and Register of Deeds of Kent County
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
Children4
Relatives Dick Posthumus (father), Bryan Posthumus (brother)
Education Michigan State University (BS)

Lisa Posthumus Lyons (born June 12, 1980) is an American politician from Alto, Michigan, and served three terms as a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives from District 86 (portions of Ionia and Kent Counties) from 2011 to 2016. She is currently the elected Kent County Clerk [1] / Register of Deeds. [2]

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Lyons was named by the Grand Rapids Business Journal as one of The 50 Most Influential Women [3] in West Michigan in 2018.

She is the daughter of Dick Posthumus, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and was the Republican nominee for governor in 2002.

Background

Lyons describes herself as the fourth generation to own their family's farm in Alto. She graduated from Lowell High School and from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Natural Resources Communications. Prior to elected office, Lyons was Director of Public Policy & Community Outreach for the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors.

Michigan House of Representatives

In the 2010 general election, Lyons beat Frank Hammond with 25,943 votes, to 10,996 for Hammond and 909 for Libertarian Robin VanLoon. She was subsequently re-elected in 2012 and 2014. During her tenure, she chaired the House standing committees on education and on ethics and elections, and authored 32 Public Acts [4] that were signed into law. Lyons was term-limited in 2016 after serving three terms.

Kent County, Michigan

In the 2016 General Election, Lyons was elected to the combined office of Kent County Clerk / Register of Deeds with 158,341 votes to Democratic Party candidate Christopher Reader's 115,244 votes, and Libertarian candidate James Lewis' 16,017 votes. She began her four-year term of office in January 2017.

She was re-elected Clerk/Register in the 2020 General Election with 186,362 votes to Democratic Party candidate Devin Ortega-Ferguson's 149,803 votes. She is currently serving her second four-year term.

The Kent County Clerk's Office has three major functions: [5] to manage County elections; to manage vital County records; and to process and maintain all Circuit Court files. In Kent County, the Clerk is also the Register of Deeds. The Clerk is also the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, and statutorily serves on numerous County boards and commissions.

2018 Michigan Gubernatorial Campaign

On August 15, 2018, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced [6] Lyons as his running mate for his gubernatorial campaign. Her nomination was confirmed by the Michigan Republican State Convention on August 25, 2018 [7] and she officially joined the Republican ticket as candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the State of Michigan. The pair lost the general election on November 6, 2018 to the Democratic ticket of Gretchen Whitmer and Garlin Gilchrist.

Controversies

Personal life

In 2003, Lyons married her husband Brad Lyons, who is a deputy sheriff in Kent County. [13] Together, they have four children; Easton, Charlie, Gage, and Fisher.

Electoral history

Michigan gubernatorial election, 2018 [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gretchen Whitmer
Garlin Gilchrist 		2,256,791 53.34% +6.48%
Republican Bill Schuette
Lisa Posthumus Lyons		1,853,65043.81%-7.11%
Libertarian Bill Gelineau
Angelique Chaiser Thomas		56,7521.34%+0.21%
Constitution Todd Schleiger
Earl P. Lackie		24,7010.58%-0.03%
Green Jennifer V. Kurland
Charin H. Davenport		28,8570.68%+0.21%
Natural Law Keith Butkovitch
Raymond Warner		10,2580.24%-
Majority403,1419.53%+5.47%
Turnout 4,231,00934.04%
Swing to Democratic from Republican Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Kent County Clerk website". Kent County Register of Deeds.
  2. ↑ "Kent County Register of Deeds website". Kent County, Michigan.
  3. ↑ "The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan - 2018". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. ↑ "The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan - 2018". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Kent County Clerk website". Kent County Clerk.
  6. ↑ "GOP governor nominee Bill Schuette names Lisa Lyons as running mate - Detroit Free Press".
  7. ↑ Sanford, Rod (2018-08-25). "Michigan GOP convention [Detroit News]". Detroit News. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  8. ↑ "State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons tried to exempt husband from right-to-work law". MLive.com. 12 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons: Corrections officers should be treated same as police, firefighters in right-to-work law (Guest column)". MLive.com. 21 December 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Rep. Lyons issues statement on 'pigs' remark during school dissolution bill debate". MLive.com. 17 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons speaking on HB-4813". YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Legislator's former teacher doesn't appreciate her calling him a 'hog' | Michigan Education Association". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Today marks 9 years of marriage with my hero, best friend, and soulmate. I love you Brad. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!". facebook.com.
  14. ↑ "2018 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/06/2018".
  15. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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