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Deena Bosworth 7-18-2018 Michigan Association of macdc.us Counties GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS

Former State Representative from 2000-2006 (HD 69, 70) and State Senator from 2006-2014 (SD 23). Former Senate Minority Leader. Whitmer also served briefly as Ingham County Prosecutor in 2016.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS Abdul El-Sayed

El-Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar with a doctorate degree from Oxford University and a medical degree from Columbia University. El-Sayed was named Health Director for the city of in 2015; the youngest to ever run the department.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS Shri Thanedar

Thanedar is a businessman and entrepreneur that was born in Belgaum, India. He went on to earn a bachelorsdegree in Chemistry and then a masters degree at the University of Bombay. Thanedar owned multiple successful pharmaceutical businesses throughout the 2000’s before selling his company in 2015.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

Schuette is Michigan’s 53rd Attorney General. Former Congressman from Michigan’s 10th District from 1984-1991. Schuette then served as Director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture, later in Michigan’s State Senate, and in 2003 he was elected judge on the Michigan Fourth District Court of Appeals before being elected Attorney General in 2010.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

Called served two terms on the Ionia County Board of Commissioners, and then served in the House of Representatives from 2006-2011. Calley was chosen by Governor to be Michigan’s 63rd Lieutenant Governor; the youngest Lieutenant Governor in at the time. Calley holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS Patrick Colbeck

Colbeck was elected to the in 2011, and won re-election in 2015. A graduate with a degree in Aerospace Engineering, Colbeck went on to work for Boeing and start multiple businesses.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS Jim Hines

Medical doctor who has delivered thousands of babies over the last 38 years. Dr. Hines ran two mission hospitals and 20 Urgent Care facilities for four years in the Central African Republic as a missionary medical doctor. Hines is also a former small business owner and owner of a medical practice.

macdc.us GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES – LIBERTARIANS

Bill Gelinau – former Michigan Libertarian Party Chairman

John Tatar – former Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of medical detachment, retired teacher

macdc.us ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE- DEMOCRATS

Dana Nessel

Nessel is the Michigan Democratic Party’s nominated candidate for Attorney General. Formerly, Nessel was an assistant prosecutor for Wayne County, and currently owns a law firm in Detroit. Nessel led the fight to overturn Michigan’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

macdc.us ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES- REPUBLICANS

Tom Leonard

Leonard was first elected State Representative in 2013 and is serving him final term in Michigan’s House of Representatives as the Speaker of the House. Prior to serving in the House, Leonard served in the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office and then assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan, working under former Attorney General Mike Cox.

macdc.us ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES- REPUBLICANS

Tonya Schuitmaker

Schuitmaker was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2004, serving for three terms. Schuitmaker was then elected to the Michigan Senate in 2011 and has served as the President Pro Tempore for the duration of her term in office. Schuitmaker holds a J.D. from the Detroit College of Law, and was a partner in her family’s law firm.

macdc.us SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE- DEMOCRAT

Jocelyn Benson

Benson is the CEO of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE) and the former Dean of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. Benson accepted the Michigan Democratic Party’s nomination for Secretary of State in February 2018. Benson holds a J.D. from Harvard University Law School and previously worked for the Southern Poverty Law Center as an investigative journalist.

macdc.us SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE- REPUBLICAN

Stan Grot

Grot is a former Macomb County Commissioner, Macomb County Deputy Treasurer, Michigan Assistant Secretary of State, and Constituent Relations Representative for Attorney General’s Office of Southeast Michigan. Grot is currently the Shelby Township Clerk.

macdc.us (Incumbent) U.S. SENATE RACE Michigan Senior Senator. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. First female U.S. Senator in Michigan. Served as Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2011-2015. Currently Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Challengers John James (R) – West Point graduate, combat veteran serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, President of James Group International Sandy Pensler (R) – former faculty at Yale and Harvard Universities, former financial adviser, entrepreneur.

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: Matt Morgan (D): running as a write-in candidate after being disqualified for insufficient ballot signatures. 20 year career in U.S. Marine Corps.

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: Rob Davidson (D): E.R. physician serving in small communities across West Michigan. Obtained medical degree from Michigan State University

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: Cathy Albro (D): Teacher and small business owner. Fred Wooden (D): Reverend at Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: Jerry Hilliard (D): elementary teacher and community college lecturer. Zigmond Kozicki (D): Professor, associate Dean at Davenport University, city commissioner and school board member.

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (D, Incumbent)

Challengers: Travis Wines (R): U.S. Navy veteran, currently working with Genesee County drain commissioners office.

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: David Benac (D)* Rich Eicholz (D) George Franklin (D)* Matt Longjohn (D)

*presumed frontrunners on Democratic ticket

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: Gretchen Driskell (D)* - Public accountant, City Councilor and Mayor in Saline, State Representative. Ran for the seat in 2016 Steve Friday (D) – Air Force veteran and Social Worker at Department of Veterans Affairs.

*presumed frontrunner on Democratic ticket macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (R, Incumbent)

Challengers: (D)* - Graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities, CIA Middle East analyst, 3 tours served in Chris Smith (D) – Harvard University graduate, Professor at Michigan State University. *presumed frontrunner on Democratic ticket

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. Sandy Levin (D, Retiring)

Challengers: (D)* - son of Sandy Levin Ellen Lipton (D) - Former State Rep Martin Brook (D) Candius Stearns (R) John McDermott (D) *presumed frontrunner

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. Paul Mitchell (R, Incumbent)

Challengers:

Frank Accavitti Jr. (D) Kimberly Bizon (D) Michael McCarthy (D) Jeremy Peruski (I) Harley Mikkelson (Green)

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. David Trott (R, Retiring)

Challengers: (D) (R) Suneel Gupta (D)* Lena Epstein (R) Fayrouz Saad (D) Klint Kesto (R) Nancy Skinner (D) (R)* (D) Rocky Raczkowski (R) Leonard Schwartz (LIB) Cooper Nye (I) *presumed frontrunners

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (D, Incumbent)

Challengers: Jeff Jones (R) Steve Young (Green)

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

VACANT (Rep. Conyers retired in 2017)

Challengers: Ian Conyers (D) – state senator Shanelle Jackson (D) – former state rep Brenda Jones (D) – Detroit City Council President (D)* - former state rep Bill Wild (D) - mayor of Westland II – state senator *presumed frontrunner

macdc.us U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Rep. (D, Incumbent)

Challengers: Marc Herschfus (R)

macdc.us BALLOT INITIATIVES

• Recreational Marijuana – on ballot • Independent redistricting – not yet approved • Minimum wage increase to $12/hr – not yet approved • Paid sick leave – not yet approved • Voting policy changes (absentee, early voting, etc.) – not yet approved

macdc.us OPEN HOUSE AND SENATE SEATS 2018

House of Representatives: • 37 State Representatives vacating their seats due to term limits, or running for a different elected office • 16 Democrats, 21 Republicans State Senate • 26 State Senators vacating their seats due to term limits, or running for a different elected office • 7 Democrats, 19 Republicans

macdc.us ANTICIPATED 2019-2020 MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERSHIP House of Representatives

Lee Chatfield (R) Chris Greig (D) Currently serving in his second- Currently serving in her term as a representative from second-term as a Levering, Michigan. Expected representing to replace term-limited Tom Farmington and Leonard, who is running for Farmington Hills, Michigan. Attorney General. Would replace Minority Leader Sam Singh.

macdc.us ANTICIPATED 2019-2020 MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERSHIP Michigan Senate Former member of the Michigan House of Repres- Served one term in the Michigan entatives. Current first- House of Representatives. term Currently serving his first full member of the Michigan term in the Senate as Senate. Would replace Senate Minority Leader since term-limited Senator 2015. Arlan Meekhoff as Majority Leader.

macdc.us REMAINING LEGISLATURE SESSION DATES House of Representatives 29 remaining days of session currently scheduled. (14 lame duck session days) Senate 30 remaining days of session currently scheduled (14 lame duck session days)

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