2008 Status: presumed to be running.
Campaign Website
Biography:
Raised in Hancock, Mike Lahti has deep roots in the Upper Peninsula and shares our values. Mike's mother was a school teacher and his father was a mechanic and heavy equipment salesman who served as Mayor of Hancock.
After graduating from Hancock High School, Mike attended Northern Michigan University and graduated in 1967. One year later, he opened the State Farm Insurance Agency in Hancock. Mike is also a real-estate developer and small-businessman.
In 1994, Mike was elected to the Hancock School Board, where he served for seven years. That same year he was elected to the Board of Trustees at Finlandia University, where he currently serves as Vice Chairman.
In 2000, he was elected to the Houghton County Board of Commissioners where he serves as Chairman.
Mike is also on the Airport, Equalization, Personnel, Transfer Station, Revolving Loan Fund and Health Department Committees. Mike Lahti is a member of the Michigan Works! Board and the UPCAP Board. Mike serves on the Board of the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau and as President of Keweenaw Trails Services, Inc. Mike was recently appointed by Governor Granholm to the Travel Michigan Board--the only Upper Peninsula member.
In 1966, Mike married Sharon Pardini, also of Hancock. They have six children and seven grandchildren.
Mike is a member of the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock.
(Source: campaign website) |
