HD110 Incumbent Mike Lahti (D-Hancock)

by: lpackard

Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 14:39:03 PM EST

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)

District Profile

by: matt

Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT

HD110 Former Candidate David Schmidt (R-Ontonagon)

by: lpackard

Thu Dec 22, 2005 at 14:37:11 PM EST

Biography:

Ontonagon County Commissioner

HD110 Former Representative Rich Brown (D-Bessemer)

by: matt

Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT

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)

Analysis

by: matt

Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT