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• Most effective way to reach your elected official is in DEFENDING Serving our community for 70 years person – visit their office or attend a coffee hour. DEMOCRACY • Phone calls or personal emails are also effective. • State your name and the reason for contact. The League of Women Voters • Use your own words. Do not use attack words. (founded in 1920) • Refer to a legislative bill by its number if known. encourages informed and active participation in 2021 government, works to increase understanding of major policy issues, and influences public policy through VOTING BASICS education and advocacy. The League neither supports

nor opposes political parties or candidates. TO VOTE IN , YOU MUST BE Who’s Who Membership is open to everyone aged 16 or older. • U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old on Election Day • Resident of Michigan and your city for 30 days Your Elected Officials Vision Statement: We envision a democracy where • Not currently serving a sentence in jail or prison every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge • Registered to vote INCLUDES CITIES OF and the confidence to participate. YOU CAN REGISTER Dearborn The 2021 Who’s Who is a project of the • At any time up to 8 p.m. on Election Day (as soon Dearborn Heights LWVDDH Voter Services Committee. as possible for more choices) • At your city clerk’s office. If less than 2 weeks Inkster before the election, you must register in person LWV Dearborn - Dearborn Heights • At any Michigan Secretary of State Office

(founded in 1951) • Online at www.michigan.gov/vote 120 N. Military, Dearborn, MI 48124 • By mail – download an application at 2021 Scheduled Elections www.lwvddh.org 313-278-6476 www.michigan.gov/vote [email protected] Tuesday May 4 Possible Local Election IF YOU MOVE • Within the city: Notify the City Clerk Tuesday August 3 • To a different city: Re-register there Primary Election

ABSENTEE BALLOTS Tuesday November 2 An absentee ballot may be requested for any reason by General Election 5 pm the Friday before election day. Obtain the form

from your local clerk’s office in person, by mail, or by https://www.vote411.org downloading from www.michigan.gov/vote Funded by VOTE411.org is a nonpartisan source for voters. After you vote the absentee ballot, sign the envelope. Become informed by reading current ballot proposals Be sure your ballot is received in the City Clerk’s Dearborn Federal Savings Bank and candidates’ positions in the Voter Guide. View office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. what is on the ballot, find your legislative district and Dearborn Rotary Club polling place, learn registration requirements, and YOUR LOCAL CLERK’S PHONE NUMBER

discover other important information. Dearborn (313) 943-2030 Kiwanis Club of Dearborn Dearborn Heights (313) 791-3430 Who’s Who is updated in January and is accurate Inkster (313) 563-9770 League of Women Voters as far as possible at that time.(revision 1: 4/27/21) Dearborn-Dearborn Heights Education Fund ©2021 LWVDDH U.S. EXECUTIVE BRANCH MICHIGAN EXECUTIVE BRANCH MICHIGAN EDUCATION BOARDS 4 year terms expire January 20, 2025 4 year terms expire 12-31-22 8-yr. terms Salary Salary President Joseph R. Biden Jr., D $400,000 GOVERNOR , D $159,300 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. Box 30008, Lansing 48909 $111,510 Vice President Kamala D. Harris, D $255,800 LT. GOVERNOR II, D www.michigan.gov/mde 517-241-7161 The White House PO Box 30013, Lansing 48909 $100/meeting up to 30/year 1600 Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500 517-373-3400 (constituent services: 517-335-7858) Email Expires 202-456-1414; Comments: 202-456-1111 www.michigan.gov/whitmer Ellen Cogen Lipton D7 [email protected] 1-1-29 www.whitehouse.gov/contact Salary/Phone 6 Tom McMillin R [email protected] 1-1-25 SECRETARY OF STATE Jocelyn Benson, D $112,410 Judith Pritchett D [email protected] 1-1-27 U.S. CONGRESS th 430 W. Allegan St. 4 Floor, Lansing 48906 888-767-6424 Pamela Pugh D2 [email protected] 1-1-23 https://www.michigan.gov/sos [email protected] SENATORS 6 year terms, $174,000 Nikki Snyder R [email protected] 1-1-25 ATTORNEY GENERAL , D $112,410 Jason Strayhorn D [email protected] 1-1-29 Expires Phone 525 W. Ottawa St. 517-335-7622 Tiffany D. Tilley D5 [email protected] 1-1-27 Gary C. Peters, D 1-3-27 P.O. Box 30212 Lansing 48909 Casandra E. Ulbrich D1 [email protected] 1-1-23 724 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-6221 https://www.michigan.gov/ag [email protected] Washington, DC 20510 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BOARD OF REGENTS Patrick V. McNamara Building 313-226-6020 MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE BRANCH www.regents.umich.edu 734-763-5553 (no compensation) 477 Michigan Avenue, Suite 1837, Detroit 48226 844-506-7420 $71,685 Email Expires www.peters.senate.gov Jordan B. Acker D4 [email protected] 1-1-27 , D 1-3-25 SENATORS 4 year terms expire 12-31-22 Michael J. Behm D [email protected] 1-1-23 731 Hart Senate Office Building 202-224-4822 Binsfeld Office Building, 201 Townsend Street Mark J. Bernstein D [email protected] 1-1-29 Washington, DC 20510 Mailing address: PO Box 30036, Lansing 48909-7536 Paul W. Brown D [email protected] 1-1-27 719 Griswold St., Suite 700, Detroit 48226 313-961-4330 Sarah Hubbard R [email protected] 1-1-29 www.stabenow.senate.gov 3rd District (includes Dearborn) Denise Ilitch D3 [email protected] 1-1-25 Sylvia Santana, D Ron Weiser R [email protected] 1-1-25 REPRESENTATIVES 2 year terms expire 1-3-23, $174,000 Suite 5600 517-373-0990 Katherine E. White D [email protected] 1-1-23 Phone www.senatedems.com/santana 855-347-8003 12th District (Dearborn and 4 precincts in Dearborn Heights) [email protected] MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES www.trustees.msu.edu 517-353-4647 (no compensation) Debbie Dingell, D 5th District (includes Dearborn Heights and Inkster) 116 Cannon House Office Building 202-225-4071 Betty Jean Alexander, D Email Expires Dianne Byrum D3 [email protected] 1-1-25 Washington, DC 20515 Suite 4300 517-373-0994 Melanie Foster R [email protected] 1-1-23 19855 W. Outer Dr., Suite 103 E 313-278-2936 www.senatedems.com/alexander 855-347-8005 Dan Kelly R4 [email protected] 1-1-25 Dearborn 48124 [email protected] https://debbiedingell.house.gov Renee Knake Jefferson D [email protected] 1-1-23 13th District (Inkster and Dearborn Heights except 4 precincts) REPRESENTATIVES 2 year terms expire 12-31-22 Pat O’Keefe R [email protected] 1-1-29 Rashida Tlaib, D Anderson House Office Building, 124 North Capitol Avenue Brianna T. Scott D [email protected] 1-1-27 Kelly Tebay D [email protected] 1-1-27 1628 Longworth House Office Building 202-225-5126 Mailing address: PO Box 30014, Lansing 48909-7514 Rema Vassar D [email protected] 1-1-29 Washington, DC 20515

7700 2nd Avenue (4th Floor) 313-463-6220 9th District (includes 3 precincts in northeast Dearborn) WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS Detroit 48202 OR , D 26215 Trowbridge St., Inkster 48141 656 W. Kirby Rm. 4231 FAB, Detroit 48202 N 688 517-373-6990 www.bog.wayne.edu 313-577-2034 (no compensation) https://tlaib.house.gov www.housedems.com/whitsett 855-427-8399 Email Expires [email protected] Bryan C. Barnhill II D [email protected] 12-31-26 11th District (includes north Dearborn Heights and Inkster) Michael Busuito R [email protected] 12-31-24 Who funds campaigns? You can research! , D Mark Gaffney D4 [email protected] 12-31-24 • Center for Responsive Politics allows easy searching of N 690 517-373-0849 Marilyn Kelly D3 [email protected] 12-31-22 campaign finance data www.housedems.com/jones 833-284-5311 Anil Kumar D [email protected] 12-31-26 • Federal Election Commission (FEC) [email protected] R [email protected] 12-31-28 th • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Search Political Organization 13 District (includes south Dearborn Heights) Shirley Stancato D [email protected] 12-31-28 Disclosures (includes 527 committees) Tullio Liberati, D Dana Thompson D [email protected] 12-31-22 • Michigan Department of State’s Campaign Finance Reporting N 692 517-373-0845 Searchable Database www.housedems.com/liberati 866-737-1313 • Reports for local and county candidates, ballot committees, [email protected] Key Position Key 1 = President 5 = Secretary PACs and party committees that operate exclusively in one 15th District (all Dearborn except 3 northeast precincts) D = Democrat 2 = Vice President 6 = Treasurer county are filed with that county’s clerk. You must go to the R = Republican , D 3 = Chair 7 = NASBE Rep. clerk’s office to view or copy the records. N 694 517-373-0847 4 = Vice Chair 8 = President/Chair www.housedems.com/hammoud 855-775-1515 Pro Tem [email protected] MICHIGAN JUDICIAL CITY OF DEARBORN CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS www.courts.michigan.gov Dearborn Administrative Center City Hall, 6045 Fenton, Dearborn Heights 48127 16901 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn 48126, 4 year terms 313-791-3400, www.ci.dearborn-heights.mi.us SUPREME COURT JUSTICES expire 1-1-22, 313-943-2000, www.cityofdearborn.org Salary/Phone/Cell Phone 925 West Ottawa Street, 6th Floor, Lansing 48915 Salary Phone $89,879 https://courts.michigan.gov/courts/michigansupremecourt MAYOR Bill Bazzi * MAYOR John B. O’Reilly Jr. $154,103 313-943-2300 [email protected] 313-791-3490, 313-570-6546 517-373-0120, 8 year terms, $164,610 [email protected] CITY CLERK Lynne M. Senia * *Appointed or nominated by party, elected on nonpartisan ballot CITY CLERK George T. Darany $95,990 313-943-2021 $76,513 Expires [email protected] 313-791-3436 [email protected] $76,513 Bridget Mary McCormack *D, Chief Justice 1-1-29 CITY COUNCIL TREASURER Lisa Hicks-Clayton ** Richard Bernstein *D 1-1-23 Council meets on scheduled Tuesdays 7:30 pm, 313-943-2025 [email protected] 313-791-3417, 313-348-9848 Megan K. Cavanagh *D 1-1-27 Salary $14,914 and $100/meeting up to 85/year Elizabeth T. Clement *R 1-1-27 (President receives $17,915) *Appointment ends upon certification of the 11/2/21 election David F. Viviano *R, Chief Justice Pro Tem 1-1-25 Phone **Term ends 12/31/21 Elizabeth M. Welch *D 1-1-29 Susan A. Dabaja 1 313-943-2403 Brian K. Zahra *R 1-1-23 [email protected] CITY COUNCIL Michael T. Sareini 8 313-943-2404 Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 7 pm, City Hall COURT OF APPEALS – 1ST DISTRICT [email protected] 313-791-3435, Salary $10,562; chair $13,377 Cadillac Place, 3020 West Grand Boulevard Robert A. Abraham 313-943-2408 Expires Suite 14-300, Detroit 48202 [email protected] Dave Wassim Abdallah8 12-31-23 313-972-5678, 6 year terms, $167,187.03 David Bazzy 313-943-2402 [email protected] 313-203-8215 https://courts.michigan.gov/courts/coa [email protected] Zouher Abdel-Hak * Expires Erin Byrnes 313-943-2405 [email protected] 313-525-7888 Chief Justice 1-1-27 Christopher M. Murray [email protected] Mo Baydoun * Thomas C. Cameron 1-1-23 Leslie Herrick 313-943-2406 [email protected] 313-641-0100 Karen Fort Hood 1-1-27 [email protected] 12-31-21 1-1-25 Kirsten Frank Kelly Brian O’Donnell 313-943-2407 [email protected] 313-292-6500 Anica Letica 1-1-27 [email protected] 313-274-4064

Michael J. Riordan 1-1-25 CITY OF INKSTER Denise Malinowski Maxwell3 12-31-21 Cynthia Diane Stephens 1-1-23 City Hall, 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster 48141, 313-563-4232 [email protected] 810-542-2005

www.cityofinkster.com, 4 year terms expire November 2023 Ray Muscat 12-31-23 WAYNE COUNTY MAYOR Patrick Wimberly $105,000 313-563-4234 [email protected] 313-595-7883 www.waynecounty.com, 4 year terms [email protected] Tom Wencel 12-31-21 Salary Expires [email protected] 313-598-5182 Executive Warren C. Evans, D $171,690 12-31-22 CITY COUNCIL st rd Appointment ends upon certification of the 11/2/21 election 500 Griswold, 31st Floor, Detroit 48226 313-224-0286 Council meetings 1 and 3 Mondays 7 pm, City Hall * www.waynecounty.com/elected/executive [email protected] 313-563-0249, Salary: $8,397 CRESTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Clerk Cathy M. Garrett, D $128,768 12-31-24 District Email Board of Education 27235 Joy Road, Dearborn Heights 48127 2 Woodward, 2nd Floor, Detroit 48226 313-967-6938 I [email protected] George Williams Board meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays 7 pm at www.waynecounty.com/elected/clerk [email protected] La’Gina Washington II [email protected] Riverside Middle School library, 25900 W. Warren Road Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy, D $154,521 12-31-24 Sandra K. Watley III [email protected] 313-278-0903, www.csdm.k12.mi.us 1441 St. Antoine, Detroit 48226 313-224-5777 Steven Chisholm IV [email protected] $50/meeting, 6 year terms www.waynecounty.com/elected/prosecutor Kim Howard, Mayor Pro Tem V [email protected] Email Expires Treasurer Eric R. Sabree, D $128,768 12-31-24 VI [email protected] th Dennard Shaw Ed Garcia 1 [email protected] 12-31-22 400 Monroe, 5 Floor, Detroit 48226 313-224-5990 www.waynecounty.com/elected/treasurer [email protected] LIBRARY BOARD Nadia Berry 2 [email protected] 12-31-22 Register of Deeds Bernard J. Youngblood, D $128,768 12-31-24 2500 Hamlin Drive, Inkster 48141 Najah Jannoun 5 [email protected] 12-31-22 400 Monroe, 7th Floor, Detroit 48226 313-224-5850 3rd Thursday 6 pm, www.inkster.lib.mi.us, no compensation Sue Kaminsky 6 [email protected] 12-31-26 www.waynecounty.com/elected/deeds [email protected] Email Danielle Elzayat [email protected] 12-31-22 County Sheriff Raphael Washington, D $128,768 12-31-22 Michael Wells 1 [email protected] Salwa Fawaz [email protected] 12-31-24 4747 Woodward, Detroit 48201 313-224-2222 Ruth Williams 2 Mo Sabbagh [email protected] 12-31-26 http://sheriffconnect.com [email protected] Dosye A. Thompson 5 Stephanie Abernathy Lane 6 The City of Dearborn Heights school system includes Key Position Key DeAndra Crystal-Rikay Watley five school districts: Dearborn Public Schools, D = Democrat 1 = President 5 = Secretary Timothy Williams Crestwood Public Schools, Dearborn Heights District R = Republican 2 = Vice President 6 = Treasurer No. 7, Westwood Community Schools, and Taylor 3 = Chair 7 = NASBE Rep. Public Schools. 4 = Vice Chair 8 = President/Chair Pro Tem The City of Inkster covers four school districts: Romulus, Taylor, Wayne-Westland, and Westwood. WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WESTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS 500 Griswold, 7th Floor, Detroit 48226 Board of Education 18700 Audette, Dearborn 48124 3335 S. Beech Daly Road, Dearborn Hts. 48125 www.waynecounty.com/elected/commission Board meetings 2nd Monday 7 pm, 6 year terms, 313-827-3000 Board meetings 3rd Thursday, 7 pm, 313-565-1900 2 year terms expire 12-31-22, $61,808 www.dearbornschools.org $9,940 (President $10,940) www.westwoodschools.net/ $30/meeting, 6 year terms Name Email Phone Trustees also serve as the Henry Ford College Board of Trustees Email Expires 8th District (includes Dearborn Heights) Email Expires Timothy Emery 1 [email protected] 12-31-26 David Knezek Jr., D [email protected] 313-224-0930 Jim Thorpe 1 [email protected] 12-31-24 Narabia Little 2 [email protected] 12-31-22 12th District (includes Inkster) Roxanne McDonald 2 [email protected] 12-31-24 Sarah Ward 5 [email protected] 12-31-26 Glenn S. Anderson, D [email protected] 313-224-8855 Adel Mozip 5 [email protected] 12-31-26 Donald Willis 6 [email protected] 12-31-22 13th District (includes Dearborn) Irene Watts 6 [email protected] 12-31-26 Cheryl Bell-Everett [email protected] 12-31-24 Sam Baydoun, D [email protected] 313-224-0934 Hussein Berry [email protected] 12-31-22 Angela Hopkins [email protected] 12-31-24 Patrick D’Ambrosio [email protected] 12-31-22 Roderick Means [email protected] 12-31-26 WAYNE COUNTY COURTS Mary Petlichkoff [email protected] 12-31-26 WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 3rd CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT NO. 7 PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education 36745 Marquette, Westland 48185 Timothy M. Kenny, Chief Judge Board of Education 20629 Annapolis, Dearborn Heights, 48125 Check schedule for monthly board meetings 7 pm, 58 Judges, 6 year terms, www.3rdcc.org Board meetings O.W. Best School, 22201 Powers Street 734-419-2015, www.wwcsd.net 313-224-0157, [email protected], $154,467.04 313-203-1000, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 7 pm $50/meeting up to 52/year, 6 year terms The 3rd Circuit Court has jurisdiction over Civil, Criminal, and Family www.district7.net $30/meeting, 4 year terms Email Expires matters. The Family division is partitioned into Domestic Relations, Email Expires David R. Cox 1 [email protected] 12-31-22 [email protected] Friend of the Court, and Juvenile. Additionally, there is Case Carrie Harleton 1 [email protected] 12-31-22 Frederick L. Weaver 2 12-31-24 [email protected] Evaluation. All are housed in different locations. Marcia LeBar 2 [email protected] 12-31-22 Mark F. Neal 5 12-31-24 Kimberly May 6 [email protected] 12-31-26 Karen Whisler 5 [email protected] 12-31-22 [email protected] PROBATE COURT Nate Cann 6 [email protected] 12-31-24 John Albrecht 12-31-26 [email protected] 1307 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center Mandy Diroff [email protected] 12-31-24 Tom Buckalew 12-31-22 [email protected] 2 Woodward Avenue Latanya Gater [email protected] 12-31-24 Melandie Hines 12-31-26 Freddie G. Burton Jr., Chief Judge Derek Wall [email protected] 12-31-22 8 Judges, 6 year terms, www.wcpc.us HENRY FORD COLLEGE 313-224-5706, [email protected] $152,648.80 ROMULUS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Trustees 5101 Evergreen Road, Dearborn 48128 Board of Education 36540 Grant Road, Romulus 48174 Board meetings 3rd Monday, 7 pm in Building L, 1st Floor HFC 19th DISTRICT COURT Check schedule for Board meetings, 6 pm, 734-532-1600 www.hfcc.edu 313-845-9650, 6 year terms (no compensation) 16077 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn 48126 www.romulusk12.org 4 year terms, $50/meeting Henry Ford Trustees also serve on the Dearborn School Board 313-943-2060, www.cityofdearborn.org Email Expires Email Expires 6 year terms, $154,467.04 Debi Pyles 1 [email protected] 12-31-24 Jim Thorpe 3 [email protected] 12-31-24 Expires Judy Kennard 2 [email protected] 12-31-24 Roxanne McDonald 4 [email protected] 12-31-24 Gene Hunt, Chief Judge 12-31-22 Ursula Wester 5 [email protected] 12-31-22 Adel Mozip 5 [email protected] 12-31-26 Irene Watts 6 [email protected] 12-31-26 Sam Salamey 12-31-24 Denisa Terrell 6 [email protected] 12-31-22 [email protected] Hussein Berry [email protected] 12-31-22 Mark W. Somers 12-31-26 Nichole German 12-31-22 Susan Evitts [email protected] 12-31-24 Patrick D’Ambrosio [email protected] 12-31-22

Mary Petlichkoff [email protected] 12-31-26 20th DISTRICT COURT

25637 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn Heights 48125 WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 313-277-7480, www.ci.dearborn-heights.mi.us TAYLOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Trustees 801 West Fort Street, Detroit 48226 6 year term, $154,467.04 Board of Education 23033 Northline, Taylor 48180 nd th Board meetings 4th Wednesday on alternate months, Expires Board meetings 2 and 4 Mondays 6 pm, 734-374-1200 www.taylorschools.net, $30/meeting up to 52/year, 4 year terms 313-496-2510, www.wcccd.edu 12-31-26 Mark J. Plawecki, Chief Judge Email [email protected] 9 trustees elected by districts, 4 year terms (no compensation) David D. Turfe 12-31-24 Expires District 6 includes Dearborn Heights Rhonda Danaj 1 12-31-24 (except HFC district) and Inkster 22nd DISTRICT COURT Jodi Thomas 2 12-31-24 District 6 Email Expires 26279 Michigan Avenue, Inkster 48141 Amber McNew 5 12-31-24 313-277-8200, http://districtcourt22.com Marla J. Edwards Wheeler [email protected] 12-31-22 Daryl Thomas 6 12-31-24 6 year term, $154,467.04 Ann Block 12-31-22 Expires Vicky Horth 12-31-22 Sabrina L. Johnson, Chief Judge 12-31-24 David Meyers 12-31-22

Key Position Key D = Democrat 1 = President 5 = Secretary https://www.facebook.com/lwvddh.org R = Republican 2 = Vice President 6 = Treasurer 3 = Chair 7 = NASBE Rep. 4 = Vice Chair 8 = President/Chair Pro Tem