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SD36 Incumbent Tony Stamas (R-Midland)

by: matt

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

2010 Status: Term-Limited

Campaign Website: Coming Soon

Biography:

Tony Stamas represents the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Otsego as Senator of the 36th District.

Stamas serves as the Vice Chair on Appropriations, and Chair of the Department of Community Heath Appropriations Subcommittee. Stamasâ€™ other appropriations committees include State Police & Military Affairs, Department of Transportation, and Community Colleges. Senator Stamas is a member of the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee and the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.

Before being elected to the Michigan State Senate, Tony Stamas served two terms as State Representative of the 98th District where he served on the House Appropriations Committee as chair of Community Colleges subcommittee and vice chair of the Capital Outlay subcommittee. He also served on the Retirement and School Aid/K-12 subcommittees.

Stamas served as a Midland County Commissioner prior to being a member of the House of Representatives, from 1991 to 1998. He served two years as the chair of the commission. Tony Stamas is a former district director for state Senator Bill Schuette, and works closely with his familyâ€™s small business in downtown Midland.

Stamas earned an undergraduate degree in communications from Michigan State University in 1988. He is a lifelong resident of Midland County, and he and his wife, Sara, are members of the Messiah Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Midland, the Jaycees and the Michigan Farm Bureau. Also, Tony Stamas is a former member of the Midland/Gladwin County Mental Health Board.
(Republican Caucus)

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SD36 District Profile

by: matt

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

District map

General election vote totals:

Year	Dem	Dem #	Dem %	Repub	Repub #	Repub %
2002	Andy Neumann	44,487	48.9	TONY STAMAS	46,511	51.1

Primary election vote totals:
2002 (R) Stamas 9,646 (45.6); Allen Lowe 8,357 (39.5); Beverly Bodem 3,146 (14.9)

Kerry % = 44.7%

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Better know an obstructionist: Sen. Tony Stamas (R-Midland)

by: Hazen Pingree

Thu May 17, 2007 at 07:54:14 AM EDT

Unless the Michigan Senate Republicans act, funding for public schools will be slashed in 14 days.

Note: today we continue our series of posts taking a closer look at the individuals in the Senate who are blocking the new revenues Michigan so desperately needs.

Name: Sen. Tony Stamas (R-Midland)
Senate District: 36

Official home page

Office phone: 1-866-305-2136 CALL NOW!

Education: undergraduate degree in communications from Michigan State University.

Occupation (before election): former district director for state Senator Bill Schuette; involved with his family's pizza business, Pizza Sam's in downtown Midland.

Awards, etc.: Leader of 2006's Proposal 4 - the successful "property rights" ballot proposal put together by the Michigan Association of Realtors. Endorsed by Citizens for Traditional Values. Member of the Michigan "Romney caucus."

Read Sen. Stamas' responses in the 2006 Michigan Family Forum voter guide here.

2006 vote total: 62.1% (37.9% for Paul M. Reid)

Official campaign finance reports (Tony Stamas for State Senate)

Cumulative political contributions for 2006 cycle: $407,021

(Total amount raised by opponent: less than $3,870)

Under term limits, Sen. Stamas is NOT eligible to run again in 2010.

36th district fiscal crisis media coverage:

MPS cuts run deep: Custodian, food service and teaching jobs affected by action - Midland Daily News, 5/15/07
Meeting to discuss proposals to eliminate township government: Gladwin County Record, 5/15/07
Tawas Area Schools bracing for more cuts - Iosco County News-Herald, 5/15/07
Midland School District to make cuts - WJRT-Flint, 5/14/07
MPS to vote on layoffs, cuts Monday - Midland Daily News, 5/13/07
Budget could hinder cleanup - Saginaw News, 5/5/07
Steve Murch: Time to fix education funding - Alpena News, 5/5/07
Pupils only 'pawns' in Lansing, angry school board members say - Saginaw News, 5/4/07
Clock starts ticking today - Midland Daily News, 5/1/07
Meridian must cut $1 million from next year's budget - Midland Daily News, 4/28/07
GCS proposal results in 1 layoff, outlines other cuts - Gaylord Herald-Times, 4/28/07
Mid Michigan education in crisis: tax increase may be only way to help - WJRT-Flint, 4/25/07
Midland school outsourcing decision nears - Midland Daily News, 4/24/07
Midland schools to discuss outsourcing - Midland Daily News, 4/22/07
Editorial: Let your voice be heard before it’s too late - Alpena News, 4/21/07
Moolenaar proposal OK'd, but he objects - Midland Daily News, 4/18/07
ArtServe rally to focus attention on arts funding - Midland Daily News, 4/17/07

Amount 36th district schools stand to lose on June 1 unless Sen. Stamas votes for new revenues (Senate Fiscal Agency):

Midland Public Schools	$-1,139,811
Alpena Public Schools	$-572,725
Gaylord Community Schools	$-410,385

See the rest of the list - totaling $-4,968,384 - below the fold...

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SD36 Former Candidate Paul Reid (D-Midland)

by: matt

Wed May 24, 2006 at 22:15:16 PM EDT

2006 status: defeated.

No campaign website found.

Biography: Head Football Coach at Meridian

High School and Technical Advisor at Dow Chemical

Company (source: Gladwin County Record)

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Analysis

by: matt

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

Alan Fox (interview with Matt Ferguson, September, 2005):

AF: That district is one that goes from fairly heavily Republican Midland in the south up to Alpena in the north. So it's fairly evenly divided. It was very hard fought last time around. Stamas won it in 2002 with just 51% of the vote against Rep. Andy Neuman. The district is not a Kerry strong point. Kerry got less than 45%. The question the Democrats have to answer when they look at that one is whether that district's Kerry numbers are down because it was an area where Kerry was weak or whether it's like the Upper Peninsula and it's some other reason. I think they may decide that. Neuman was succeeded by another Democrat who could potentially be a candidate. There is Dale Sheltrown, who was term-limited. There is a potential for some people with strength to run there. It's a little iffier that the Muskegon seat, but it may be cheaper because there is really no large media market there and I think it's one if the Democrats can find a strong candidate they'll put it on the top of the list.

MF: There is a big issue there related to dioxin contamination coming from the Dow plant in Midland. It's in the paper regularly. Is that something someone could run with?

AF: It's a difficult district for a Democrat to be portrayed as the "green" candidate - because it is a hunting-fishing-tourism sort of district. So Democrats from the northern part of the state have generally not been the strongest environmentalists for other reasons. Locally, an issue like that might be a little easier to play in that direction. But that sort of district is generally one where Democrats look for a more moderate candidate.

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