Michigan Election 2020: Read About The Candidates Here

MICHIGAN — Patch has reached out to candidates running in state and local races in the Nov. 3 election. Candidates filled out questionnaires regarding topics pertaining to issues they deem important and why they are running for their respective seats.

Below is a breakdown of candidate profiles published so far by Patch, organized by the various races. The article is updated weekly to include new submissions as they come in.

Anyone interested in filling out the Patch questionnaire can do so by emailing joey.oliver@patch.com.

U.S. House - District 11

• Haley Stevens
• Eric Esshaki
• Leonard Schwartz

U.S. House - District 12

• Debbie Dingell
• Jeff Jones
• Gary Walkowicz

U.S. House - District 13

• Sam Johnson
• David Dudenhoefer
• Articia Bomer
• Rashida Tlaib
• D. Etta Wilcoxon

U.S. House - District 14

• Philip Kolody
• Brenda Lawrence
• Robert Vance Patrick
• Clyde Shabazz
• Lisa Lane Gioia

State House - District 3

• Stephen Boyle
• Shri Thanedar
• Anita Vinson

State House - District 4

• MD Rabbi Alam
• Abraham Aiyash
• Howard Weathington
• Linda Rayburn

State House - District 10

• Mary Cavanagh
• Cathy Alcorn

State House - District 11

• James C. Townsend
• Jewell Jones

State House - District 12

• Alex Garza
• Michelle Bailey

State House - District 16

• Emily Bauman
• Kevin Coleman

State House - District 20

• Matt Koleszar
• John Lacny

State House - District 21

• Laurel Hess
• Ranjeev Puri

State House - District 27

• Sherry A. Wells
• Regina Weiss
• Elizabeth Goss
• Gregory Stempfle

State House - District 35

• Tim Yow
• Kyra Harris Bolden
• Daniela Davis

State House - District 39

• Julia Pulver
• Ryan Berman
• Anthony Croff

State House - District 40

• Mari Manoogian
• Kendra Cleary

State House - District 41

• Padma Kuppa
• Andrew Sosnoski

State House - District 45

• Barb Anness
• Mark Tisdel

State House - District 46

• Jody LaMacchia
• John Reilly

Royal Oak Schools

• Erika Alexander
• Lisa-Aline Hanes
• Timothy Ciechorski
• Dustin Kaupp
• Lekessha Morrison
• MaryAnne VanHaitsma

Rochester Community Schools

• Joe Pittel
• Kristin Bull
• Scott Muska

Oakland County Commissioner - District 2

• Jim Williams
• Bob Hoffman

Oakland County Commissioner - District 3

• Michelle C. McClellan
• Michael Spisz

Oakland County Commissioner - District 5

• Klint Kesto
• Kristen Nelson

Oakland County Commissioner - District 6

• Jeffrey Long
• Eileen Kowall

Oakland County Commissioner - District 7

• Karen J. Adams
• Christine Long

Oakland County Commissioner - District 9

• Gwen Markham
• David Staudt

Oakland County Commissioner - District 11

• Thomas E. Kuhn
• Tim Burns

Oakland County Commissioner - District 13

• Marcia Gershenson
• Max Rohtbart

Oakland County Commissioner - District 15

• Adam Kochenderfer
• Dr. Melanie Hartman

Oakland County Commissioner - District 16

• Penny Luebs
• Matt Pryor

Oakland County Commissioner - District 18

• Nick Rowley
• Charlie Cavell
• Michelangelo Fortuna III

Oakland County Commissioner - District 20

• David Harrell
• Gary McGillivray

Oakland County Executive

• David Coulter
• Mike Kowall

Oakland County Treasurer

• Joe Kent
• Nick Luppino
• Robert Wittenberg

Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds

• Tina Barton
• Lisa Brown

Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner

• Jim Nash
• Jim Stevens

Oakland County Prosecutor

• Karen McDonald
• Lin Goetz

Oakland County Sheriff

• Michael J. Bouchard
• Vincent Gregory

Dearborn Public Schools

• Adel Mozip

Grosse Pointe Public Schools

• Joseph Herd
• Theresa Vogler
• Lisa Papas
• David Brumbaugh
• Colleen Worden
• John W. Steininger
• Lauren Nowicki
• Keersten Colleen Kassab

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools

• Christopher Vos
• Anupam Chugh Sidhu
• Lauren Christenson
• Sebastien Ostertag

Plymouth Township Supervisor

• Kurt Heise
• Mary Starr

Plymouth Township Trustee

• John C. Stewart
• Christal V. Corliss
• Joseph H. LeBlanc
• Charles J. Curmi
• Audrey Monaghan

Canton Township Supervisor

• Pat Williams
• Anne Marie Graham-Hudak

Canton Township Trustee

• Sommer Foster
• Kate Borninski
• Steven Sneideman
• Tania Ganguly

Wayne County Commissioner - District 2

• Jim Williams

Wayne County Commissioner - District 4

• Loel Gnadt

Wayne County Commissioner - District 8

• Marc Joseph Sosnowski

Wayne County Commissioner - District 9

• Nancy Darga
• Terry Marecki

Wayne County Commissioner - District 10

• Melissa Daub

Wayne County Commissioner - District 11

• Jami Van Alstine

Detroit Police Commissioner - District 2

• Deborah Burke