SD31 Incumbent Jim Barcia (D-Bay City)

by: matt

Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT

Campaign Website: Coming Soon

Biography:

A lifelong resident of Bay County, Michigan, Senator Jim Barcia was born in Bay City on February 25, 1952. He is a graduate of Bay City Central High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 1974. Senator Barcia is married to Vicki Bartlett. He has two step-children and five grandchildren.
After college, Senator Barcia served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1977 to 1982, including four years as Majority Whip from 1979 to 1982. Senator Barcia was elected to serve in the Michigan Senate from 1983 until he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 5th congressional district in 1992, where he served until 2002.
In Congress, Senator Barcia served on the Science Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Additionally, Senator Barcia belonged to the House Rural Caucus, the Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, the Sportsmen's Caucus, the Bow-Hunting Task Force and the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.
The 2000 census eliminated a congressional seat in Michigan. Senator Barcia, with the encouragement of his constituents, opted to run for the 31st senate district seat in the Michigan Legislature. He was elected with over 60% of the vote. Senator Barcia currently sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee and is the Minority Vice-Chair of the Agriculture, Transportation, Environmental Quality and Natural Resources subcommittees.
Senator Barcia serves as the Associate President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as the Democratic Whip.
(Democratic Caucus)

SD31 District Profile

by: matt

Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT

Sen. Jim Barcia: Renewable and Alternative Fuels --Not just the right thing, but the SMART thing

by: Jim Barcia

Mon Oct 15, 2007 at 13:38:06 PM EDT

There's a big argument going on among scientists and environmental experts about how long the world's supply of oil and natural gas is going to last.  The one thing they agree on is that it won't last forever.  While we're experiencing shortages and price fluctuations, our children and grandchildren could see a day when the oil supply runs out entirely, especially from politically volatile areas like the Middle East.  But we can prepare for and even capitalize on that dire prediction. Michigan's future lies in renewable energy and renewable fuels, and it's a theme that Gov. Granholm emphasized in her radio address last week, prior to her departure to Sweden and Germany to recruit high tech businesses to Michigan.

I too believe Michigan's future is in renewable energy and renewable fuels. That is why I'm sponsoring SB 385 to require that 20% of electricity used here in Michigan come from renewable resources, like wind, biomass from agriculture, hydro, or solar power, by the year 2020.  More than 20 states and the District of Columbia have implemented Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), ranging from a low of 2.2% by 2011 in Wisconsin up to 25% by 2025 in Minnesota. So, while this legislation I'm offering is ambitious for Michigan, it's firmly in the mainstream of policy decisions being made across the country.

SD31 Nuncio says pictures photoshopped

by: matt

Wed Jul 19, 2006 at 22:19:01 PM EDT

While Mr. Nuncio at first said he did not authorize any photos taken, he then insisted he was never present at a party where boxing took place and that he never participated in a boxing match.

Instead he said his picture had probably been "photoshopped" into the scenes.(Photoshop is a highly popular software package that allows users to manipulate photographs).

'Smash left wing scum!'

by: matt

Wed Jul 19, 2006 at 02:40:25 AM EDT

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently”

-Friedrich Nietzsche: The Dawn: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, Book 4, #297, 1881

The Campus Leadership Program, a division of the Leadership Institute, fosters permanent, effective, conservative student organizations on college campuses across America.

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Local conservative campus groups provide experience in leadership and positive character development for each young conservative who participates. The creation and maintenance of the campus group develops the principles of individual responsibility, private initiative and organizational entrepreneurship in the students.

• Host speakers and events on campus
• Start a conservative newspaper
• Win student government elections
• Fight the political correctness and the campus left!

SD31 Former Candidate Zachary Nuncio (R-Bay City)

by: matt

Wed May 24, 2006 at 21:52:54 PM EDT

No campaign website found.

Biography: pro-handgun advocate (source: Petitiononline.com)

Analysis

by: matt

Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT