The Michigan Townships Association Political Action Committee (MTA-PAC) made the following endorsements for the Nov. 2 general election. Members of the MTA-PAC Committee reviewed all 110 House races and 38 Senate races. After careful consideration, the committee endorsed candidates in 107 House districts and 37 Senate districts. Combined, the committee made endorsements in 144 of 148 legislative races.

The List of Endorsements:

The committee determined that the candidates listed below would best benefit MTA's efforts in gaining positive legislation, and stopping harmful legislation, for townships. Members of the MTA-PAC Committee would once again like to thank all of you who took the time to return your questionnaire earlier this year and participate in the decision-making process.

The MTA-PAC Committee would further like to encourage township officials to do all they can to support the endorsed candidates. NOTE: All political activities must take place outside of your public office and may not involve any public resources in any manner.

Michigan Senate

District            Candidate

001      D-Coleman A. Young

003      D-Morris Hood

004      D-Virgil Smith

005      D-Tupac A. Hunter

006      D-Glenn S. Anderson

007      D-Kathleen Law

008      D-Hoon-Yung Hopgood

009      D-Steven Bieda

010      D-Paul Gieleghem  

011      R-Jack Brandenburg

012      R-Jim Marleau

013      R- John Pappageorge

014      D-Vincent Gregory

015      R-Mike Kowall

016      R-Bruce Caswell

017      R-Randy Richardville

018      D-Rebekah Warren

019      R-Mike Nofs

020      R-Tonya Schuitmaker 

021      R-John Proos

022      R-Joe Hune

023      D-Gretchen Whitmer

024      R-Rick Jones

025      R-Phil Pavlov

026      R-David B. Robertson

027      D-John J. Gleason

028      R-Mark C. Jansen

029      R-Dave Hildenbrand

030      R-Arlan B. Meekhof

031      D-Jeff Mayes

032      R-Roger Kahn

033      R-Judy Emmons

034      R-Goeff Hansen  

035      R-Darwin L. Booher

036      R-John Moolenaar

037      R-Howard Walker

038      D-Michael A. Lahti

Michigan House of Representatives

District            Candidate

001      D-Timothy Bledsoe

002      D-Lisa L. Howze

003      D-Alberta Talabi Tinsley

004      D-Maureen L. Stapleton

005      D-John Olumba

006      D-Fred Durhal, Jr.

007      D-Jimmy Womack

008      D-Thomas F. Stallworth, III

009      D-Shanelle Jackson

011      D-David E. Nathan

012      D-Rashida Tlaib

013      D-Andrew J. Kandrevas

014      D-Paul Clemente

015      D-George T. Darany

016      D-Bob Constan

017      D-Phil Cavanagh

018      D-Richard LeBlanc

019      R-John J. Walsh

020      R-Kurt Heise

021      D-Dian Slavens

022      D-Douglas A. Geiss

023      D-Deb Kennedy

024      D-Sarah Roberts 

025      D-Jon M. Switalski

026      D-Jim Townsend

027      D-Ellen Cogen Lipton

028      D-Lesia Liss

029      D-Tim Melton

030      D-Ken Lampar

031      D-Marilyn Lane

032      D-Jennifer Haase

033      R-Ken Goike

034      D-Woodrow Stanley

035      D-Rudy Hobbs

037      D-Vicki Barnett

038      R-Hugh D. Crawford

039      D-Lisa Brown

040      R-Chuck Moss

041      R-Marty Knollenberg

042      D-Harold L. Haugh

043      R-Gail Haines

044      R-Eileen Kowall

045      R-Tom McMillin

046      R-Bradford C. Jacobsen

047      R-Cindy Denby

048      D-Richard E. Hammel

049      D-Jim Ananich

050      D-Charles Smiley

051      R-Paul Scott

052      R-Mark Ouimet

053      D-Jeff Irwin

054      D-David E. Rutledge

056      D-Kate Ebli

057      R-Nancy E. Jenkins

058      R-Kenneth L. Kurtz

059      R-Matt Lori

060      D-Sean McCann

061      R-Margaret E. O'Brien

062      D-Kate Segal

063      R-James Bolger

064      D-Martin J. Griffin

065      R-Mike Shirkey

066      R-Bill Rogers

067      D-Barb Byrum

068      D-Joan Bauer

069      D-Mark S. Meadows

070      D-Mike Huckleberry

071      R-Deb Shaughnessy

072      R-Ken Yonker

073      R-Peter MacGregor

074      R-Dave Agema

075      D-Brandon Dillon

076      D-Roy Schmidt

077      R-Thomas B. Hooker

078      R-Sharon Tyler

079      R-Al Pscholka

080      R-Aric Nesbitt

081      R-Jud Gilbert

082      R-Kevin Daley

083      R-Paul Muxlow

084      D-Terry L. Brown

085      R-Ben Glardon  

086      R-Lisa Posthumus Lyons

087      R-Mike Callton

088      R-Bob Genetski

089      R-Amanda Price

090      R-Joe Haveman

091      R-Holly Hughes

092      D-Marcia Hovey-Wright

093      R-Paul E. Opsommer

094      R-Ken Horn

095      D-Stacy Erwin Oakes

096      D-Charles M. Brunner

097      D-Mark Alan Lightfoot

098      R-Jim Stamas

099      D-Toni Sessoms

100      R-Jon Bumstead

101      D-Dan Scripps

102      R-Philip N. Potvin

103      D-Van Sheltrown

104      R-Wayne A. Schmidt

105      R-Greg MacMaster

106      R-Peter Pettalia

107      R-Frank Foster

108      D-Judy Nerat

109      D-Steven W. Lindberg

110      D-Scott Dianda