MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTYDRAIN COMMISSIONERS

Political and Legislative Update

Deena Bosworth Michigan Association of Counties

7-18-2018macdc.us

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS

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Gretchen Whitmer

Former State Representative from 2000-2006 (HD 69, 70) and State Senator from

2006-2014 (SD 23). Former Senate MinorityLeader. Whitmer also served briefly as Ingham

County Prosecutor in 2016.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS

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Abdul El-Sayed

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

the department.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - DEMOCRATS

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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.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

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Bill Schuette

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.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

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Brian Calley

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 Rick Snyder to be Michigan’s 63rd Lieutenant Governor; the youngest Lieutenant Governor in the nation at the time. Calley holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

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Patrick Colbeck

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

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES - REPUBLICANS

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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.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES – LIBERTARIANS

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Bill Gelinau – former Michigan Libertarian Party Chairman

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE- DEMOCRATS

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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.

ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES- REPUBLICANS

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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.

ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATES- REPUBLICANS

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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.

SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE- DEMOCRAT

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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.

SECRETARY OF STATE CANDIDATE- REPUBLICAN

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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.

U.S. SENATE RACE

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Debbie Stabenow (Incumbent)

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.

ChallengersJohn James (R) – West Point graduate, combat veteran serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, President of James Group InternationalSandy Pensler (R) – former faculty at Yale and Harvard Universities, former financial adviser, entrepreneur.

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Jack Bergman (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.

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Bill Huizenga (R, Incumbent)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Justin Amash (R, Incumbent)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. John Moolenaar (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.

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Dan Kildee (D, Incumbent)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Fred Upton (R, Incumbent)

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

*presumed frontrunners on Democratic ticket

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Tim Walberg (R, Incumbent)

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

*presumed frontrunner on Democratic ticket

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Mike Bishop (R, Incumbent)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Sandy Levin (D, Retiring)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Paul Mitchell (R, Incumbent)

Challengers:

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. David Trott (R, Retiring)

Challengers: Tim Greimel (D) Kerry Bentivolio (R)Suneel Gupta (D)* Lena Epstein (R)Fayrouz Saad (D) Klint Kesto (R)Nancy Skinner (D) Mike Kowall (R)*Haley Stevens (D) Rocky Raczkowski (R)Leonard Schwartz (LIB) Cooper Nye (I)*presumed frontrunners

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 12TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D, Incumbent)

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

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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VACANT (Rep. Conyers retired in 2017)

Challengers: Ian Conyers (D) – state senatorShanelle Jackson (D) – former state repBrenda Jones (D) – Detroit City Council President

Rashida Tlaib (D)* - former state repBill Wild (D) - mayor of Westland Coleman Young II – state senator*presumed frontrunner

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL – 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

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Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D, Incumbent)

Challengers: Marc Herschfus (R)

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

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OPEN HOUSE AND SENATE SEATS 2018

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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

ANTICIPATED 2019-2020 MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERSHIP

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House of Representatives

Lee Chatfield (R) Chris Greig (D)Currently serving in his second-term as a representative fromLevering, Michigan. Expectedto replace term-limited TomLeonard, who is running for

Attorney General.

Currently serving in her second-term as a

representing Farmington and

Farmington Hills, Michigan. Would replace Minority

Leader Sam Singh.

ANTICIPATED 2019-2020MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERSHIP

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Michigan SenateMike Shirkey Jim Ananich

Served one term in the MichiganHouse of Representatives.Currently serving his first full term in the Senate as Senate Minority Leader since 2015.

Former member of the Michigan House of Repres-

entatives. Current first-term

member of the MichiganSenate. Would replace term-limited Senator

Arlan Meekhoff as Majority Leader.

REMAINING LEGISLATURE SESSION DATES

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House of Representatives29 remaining days of

session currently scheduled. (14 lame duck

session days)Senate

30 remaining days of session currently

scheduled (14 lame duck session days)