| 2006 Status: Term-Limited Out
Biography:
Democrat, of Bessemer; born April 9, 1956; graduated from Wakefield
High School;
attended Northern Michigan University and Brown Institute of
Broadcasting in
Minneapolis; wife, Ann Marie; children, Ryan and Emily; worked at WUUN
Radio in
Marquette, 1977; news director, WUPM Radio in Ironwood; instructor at
Trans
American School of Broadcasting, 1980-1981; reporter for Ironwood Daily
Globe,
1983-1984; elected Gogebic County Clerk – Register of Deeds, 1985;
former member
of the Ironwood-Hurley Rotary Club, President from 1987-1988; appointed
to the
Gogebic County Community Mental Health Board, served as Chairperson for
11 of
the past 12 years; former president of the Michigan Association of
County Clerks;
named Michigan County Clerk of the Year, 1992; former president of the
United
County Officers Association of Michigan; president of the Great Lakes
Rural Mental
Health Association, 1996-2000; awarded the Oreste Chiantello
Distinguished Public
Service Award in 1998 by the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and
Development
Region; elected President of the Michigan Association of Community
Mental Health
Boards, 2000; Drum Major (conductor) of Marty’s Goldenaires Senior Drum
and
Bugle Corps of Bessemer; elected to the House of Representatives, 2000.
(Michigan
Manual) |
Campaign finance info (2004)
Total raised: $47,146
$ per vote: $1.77
(HD110) - Top Contributors (2004)
Contributor
|
Amount
|
| MI Education Assn. / MEA
PAC |
$5,000
|
| United Auto Workers / UAW MI
Voluntary PAC |
$4,700
|
| MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers
Assn. PAC |
$4,275
|
| Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI /
BCBSM PAC |
$2,250
|
| Auto Dealers of Michigan
PAC |
$1,600
|
| MeadWestvaco PAC - MI |
$1,500
|
| MI Manufactured Housing RV &
Campground Assn. PAC |
$1,000
|
| Wisconsin Electric Power - MI
PAC |
$1,000
|
| Friends of Grand
Valley |
$775
|
| MI Assn. of Realtors / REALTORS
PAC |
$775
|
Source: Michigan Campaign Finance Network |
