SEEKING ENDORSEMENT
If you are seeking the endorsement of AFSCME Council 25’s nearly 40,000 active and retired members and their families across the State, please complete the AFSCME Council 25 questionnaire HERE. All candidates seeking AFSCME’s endorsement must return a questionnaire.
The deadline for questionnaires to be considered before the November 2022 General Election has passed. If you have any questions, you can contact Steven Rzeppa, Political Director, via email at [email protected].
AFSCME COUNCIL 25 ISSUES PRE-GENERAL ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
September 6, 2022
The AFSCME Council 25 Executive Board and Officers have ratified the recommendations of the Area PEOPLE Committees and issued the following endorsements of candidates ahead of the November 2022 election.
“AFSCME endorsed candidates are committed to standing with AFSCME on the issues that matter most to our membership- good paying jobs, secure retirements, affordable healthcare and prescriptions, quality public education, and anti-privatization measures,” said Council 25 President Lawrence A. Roehrig. “Too many politicians in Washington and Lansing, and even all the way to our Local and County governments, see working people as line items in a budget to be scrimped and saved on. However, these candidates are ready to work with us to put Michigan’s working families first.”
Lorna Davison, the AFSCME Council 25 Statewide PEOPLE Committee Chairperson and Victim’s Advocate in the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office with AFSCME Local 1659 shared President Roehrig’s excitement. “These candidates sent in questionnaires and came before committees of AFSCME members across the state to get to know us and understand the issues we fight for every day. They know that AFSCME members have kept our schools, hospitals, and communities running throughout the pandemic, and now we’re excited to help get these folks elected to office so we can fight together for good jobs and strong communities.”
Below is the list of endorsed candidates:
Office | District | November General Candidate |
Governor | Gretchen Whitmer | |
Attorney General | Dana Nessel | |
Secretary of State | Jocelyn Benson | |
Supreme Court | Richard Bernstein | |
Supreme Court | Kyra Harris Bolden | |
State Board of Ed | Pamela Pugh | |
State Board of Ed | Mitchell Robinson | |
U of M Regent | Mike Behm | |
U of M Regent | Kathy White | |
MSU Trustee | Dennis Denno | |
MSU Trustee | Renee Jefferson | |
WSU Governors | Marilyn Kelly | |
WSU Governors | Danielle Atkinson | |
Proposal 1 | Term Limits/Financial Disclosure | Yes |
Proposal 2 | Voting Rights | Yes |
Proposal 3 | Reproductive Freedom | Yes |
Congress | 3 | Hillary Scholten |
Congress | 6 | Debbie Dingell |
Congress | 7 | Elissa Slotkin |
Congress | 8 | Dan Kildee |
Congress | 10 | Carl Marlinga |
Congress | 11 | Haley Stevens |
Congress | 12 | Rashida Tlaib |
State Senate | 1 | Erika Geiss |
State Senate | 2 | Sylvia Santana |
State Senate | 3 | Stephanie Chang |
State Senate | 4 | Darrin Camilleri |
State Senate | 5 | Dayna Polehanki |
State Senate | 6 | Mary Cavanagh |
State Senate | 7 | Jeremy Moss |
State Senate | 8 | Mallory McMorrow |
State Senate | 9 | Padma Kuppa |
State Senate | 10 | Paul Wojno |
State Senate | 11 | Veronica Klinefelt |
State Senate | 12 | Kevin Hertel |
State Senate | 13 | Rosemary Bayer |
State Senate | 15 | Jeff Irwin |
State Senate | 16 | Katybeth Davis |
State Senate | 19 | Sean McCann |
State Senate | 21 | Sarah Anthony |
State Senate | 25 | Bert Van Dyke |
State Senate | 26 | Charles Stadler |
State Senate | 27 | John Cherry |
State Senate | 28 | Sam Singh |
State Senate | 29 | Winnie Brinks |
State Senate | 30 | David LaGrand |
State Senate | 31 | Kim Nagy |
State Senate | 32 | Terry Sabo |
State Senate | 33 | Mark Bignell |
State Senate | 35 | Kristin McDonald Rivet |
State Senate | 36 | Joel Sheltrown |
State Senate | 37 | Barbara Conley |
State Senate | 38 | John Braamse |
State House | 1 | Tyrone Carter |
State House | 2 | Tulio Liberati |
State House | 3 | Alabas Farhat |
State House | 5 | Natalie Price |
State House | 6 | Regina Weiss |
State House | 7 | Helena Scott |
State House | 8 | Mike McFall |
State House | 9 | Abraham Aiyash |
State House | 10 | Joe Tate |
State House | 11 | Veronica Paiz |
State House | 13 | Lori Stone |
State House | 14 | Donavan McKinney |
State House | 15 | Erin Byrnes |
State House | 16 | Stephanie Young |
State House | 17 | Laurie Pohutsky |
State House | 18 | Jason Hoskins |
State House | 19 | Samantha Steckloff |
State House | 20 | Noah Arbit |
State House | 21 | Kelly Breen |
State House | 22 | Matt Koleszar |
State House | 23 | Jason Morgan |
State House | 24 | Ranjeev Puri |
State House | 25 | Kevin Coleman |
State House | 26 | Dylan Wegela |
State House | 27 | Jaime Churches |
State House | 28 | Rob Kull |
State House | 29 | Alex Garza |
State House | 31 | Reggie Miller |
State House | 32 | Jimmie Wilson Jr |
State House | 33 | Felicia Brabec |
State House | 34 | John Dahlgren |
State House | 38 | Joey Andrews |
State House | 40 | Christine Morse |
State House | 41 | Julie Rogers |
State House | 42 | Justin Mendoza |
State House | 44 | Jim Haadsma |
State House | 45 | Ron Hawkins |
State House | 46 | Maurice Imhoff |
State House | 48 | Jennifer Conlin |
State House | 50 | Glen Miller |
State House | 52 | Robin McGregor |
State House | 53 | Brenda Carter |
State House | 54 | Shadia Martini |
State House | 56 | Sharon MacDonnell |
State House | 57 | Aisha Farooqi |
State House | 58 | Nate Shannon |
State House | 60 | Linda Clor |
State House | 61 | Denise Mentzer |
State House | 63 | Kelly Noland |
State House | 68 | Cheri Hardmon |
State House | 69 | Jasper Martus |
State House | 70 | Cynthia Neeley |
State House | 71 | Mark Zacharda |
State House | 73 | Julie Brixie |
State House | 74 | Kara Hope |
State House | 75 | Penelope Tsernolgou |
State House | 76 | Angela Witwer |
State House | 77 | Emily Dievendorf |
State House | 80 | Phil Skaggs |
State House | 81 | Rachel Hood |
State House | 83 | John Fitzgerald |
State House | 84 | Carol Glanville |
State House | 86 | Larry Jackson |
State House | 87 | Will Snyder |
State House | 92 | Anthony Feig |
State House | 93 | Jeffrey Lockwood |
State House | 94 | Amos O'Neal |
State House | 95 | Matthew Dawson |
State House | 97 | Paul Whitney |
State House | 101 | Amanda Siggins |
State House | 103 | Betsy Coffia |
State House | 106 | Marie Fielder |
State House | 107 | Jodi Decker |
State House | 108 | Chris Lopez |
Sheriff | Wayne County | Ray Washington |
County Commission District 1 | Wayne County | Tim Kileen |
County Commission District 2 | Wayne County | Jonathan Kinloch |
County Commission District 3 | Wayne County | Martha Scott |
County Commission District 4 | Wayne County | Cara Clemente |
County Commission District 5 | Wayne County | Irma Clark-Coleman |
County Commission District 7 | Wayne County | Alisha Bell |
County Commission District 11 | Wayne County | No endorsement at this time |
County Commission District 12 | Wayne County | Glenn Anderson |
County Commission District 13 | Wayne County | Sam Baydoun |
Third Circuit Court | Wayne County | Mark Slavens |
Third Circuit Court | Wayne County | Anne Marie McCarthy |
Third Circuit Court | Wayne County | Lakena Tennille Crespo |
Third Circuit Court | Wayne County | Charise Anderson |
School Board | Allen Park | Jeannette MacDonald |
School Board | Allen Park | Steve Martin |
School Board | Allen Park | Michael Klein |
School Board | Detroit | Ridgeley Hudson |
County Commission District 6 | Macomb County | Joseph Romano |
County Commission District 9 | Macomb County | Dana Camphous Peterson |
County Commission District 10 | Macomb County | Harold Haugh |
County Commission District 11 | Macomb County | Mai Xiong |
2nd District Court of Appeals | Macomb County | Sima Patel |
School Board | Warren Consolidated | Kyle Johnson |
School Board | Warren Consolidated | Sue Trombley |
School Board | Warren Consolidated | Megan Papasian-Broadwell |
Transit Millage | Macomb County | Vote YES |
Circuit Court | Oakland County | Amanda Shelton |
County Commission District 7 | Oakland County | Kristin Watt |
County Commission District 12 | Oakland County | Mike Smith |
County Commission District 13 | Oakland County | Jim Williams |
County Commission District 14 | Oakland County | Ajay Raman |
45th District Court | Oakland County | Michelle Appel |
52-4 District Court | Oakland County | Kirsten Nielson Hartig |
2nd District Court of Appeals | Oakland County | Sima Patel |
School Board | Royal Oak | Michelle Cook |
School Board | Waterford | John Paul Torres |
Transit Millage | Oakland County | Vote YES |
Circuit Court | Washtenaw County | Arianne Slay |
County Commission District 5 | Washtenaw County | Justin Hodge |
County Commission District 6 | Washtenaw County | Annie Somerville |
Mayor | Ann Arbor | Chris Taylor |
City Council District 1 | Ann Arbor | Cynthia Harrison |
City Council District 2 | Ann Arbor | Chris Watson |
City Council District 3 | Ann Arbor | Ayesha Ghazi Edwin |
City Council District 4 | Ann Arbor | Dharma Akmon |
City Council District 5 | Ann Arbor | Jenn Cornell |
School Board | Whitmore Lake | Devin Steele |
Mayor | Ypsilanti | Nicole Brown |
County Commission District 2 | Monroe County | Danielle Hoover |
Community College Trustee | Monroe County | Jason Matthews |
County Commission District 6 | Lenawee County | Andrew Winckles |
County Commission District 8 | Kalamazoo County | Stephanie Willoughby |
Battle Creek City Commission | Calhoun County | Jake Smith |
County Commission District 9 | Ingham County | Ryan Sebolt |
County Commission District 13 | Ingham County | Graham Dietrich |
County Commission District 6 | Eaton County | TJ Youngquist |
Village Trustee | Cassopolis | Jim Pedersen |
County Commission District 1 | Genesee County | Bryant Nolden |
County Commission District 2 | Genesee County | Charles Winfrey |
County Commission District 3 | Genesee County | Ellen Ellenburg |
County Commission District 4 | Genesee County | Dominique Clemons |
County Commission District 5 | Genesee County | James Avery |
County Commission District 8 | Genesee County | Dale Weighill |
7th Circuit Court | Genesee County | Dawn Weier |
2nd District Court of Appeals | Genesee County | Sima Patel |
Mayor | Flint | Sheldon Neeley |
Trustee | Mott Community College | Art Reyes |