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Alberta Tinsley-Talabi
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (Democratic Party) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 2. Tinsley-Talabi assumed office on January 1, 2011. Tinsley-Talabi left office in 2017.
Tinsley-Talabi (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 3. Tinsley-Talabi was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 2, 2022.
Tinsley-Talabi is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 2 from 2010 to 2017. She did not seek re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016 due to term limits.
Tinsley-Talabi served on the Detroit City Council from 1993 to 2009, and as a Wayne County Commissioner from 1987 to 1990.[1]
Biography
Tinsley-Talabi earned her B.S. in social work and criminal justice from Eastern Michigan University in 1976.[2]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Talabi served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Families, Children, and Seniors |
| • Military and Veterans Affairs |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Talabi served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2012 |
|---|
| • Financial Liability Reform |
| • Local Government |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Talabi served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Transportation |
Voting record details
- List of all of Alberta Tinsley-Talabi’s roll call votes, bills introduced, and floor amendments from MichiganVotes.org (use site’s "advanced search" to narrow by date range, issue category and/or keyword).
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 3
Incumbent Stephanie Chang defeated Linda Rayburn in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie Chang (D) | 85.7 | 61,247 |
 | Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party) | 14.3 | 10,243 | |
| Total votes: 71,490 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 3
Incumbent Stephanie Chang defeated Toinu Reeves in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 3 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Chang | 82.8 | 22,452 |
| Toinu Reeves | 17.2 | 4,659 | ||
| Total votes: 27,111 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D)
- John Ulaj (D)
Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 3
Linda Rayburn advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 3 on June 26, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party) |
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2018
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 1
Stephanie Chang defeated Pauline Montie and David Bullock in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Chang (D) | 72.0 | 62,071 |
| Pauline Montie (R) | 24.2 | 20,879 | ||
 | David Bullock (G) | 3.8 | 3,257 | |
| Total votes: 86,207 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 1
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Chang | 49.8 | 16,427 |
 | Alberta Tinsley-Talabi | 26.4 | 8,710 | |
 | Bettie Cook Scott | 11.2 | 3,698 | |
| James Cole Jr. | 5.2 | 1,717 | ||
| Stephanie Roehm | 4.4 | 1,464 | ||
| Nicholas Rivera | 2.9 | 941 | ||
| Total votes: 32,957 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 1
Pauline Montie advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Pauline Montie | 100.0 | 8,426 | |
| Total votes: 8,426 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
Bettie Cook Scott defeated Anthony Murray in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 general election.[3]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Bettie Cook Scott |
71.84% | 25,409 | |
| Republican | Anthony Murray | 28.16% | 9,962 | |
| Total Votes | 35,371 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bettie Cook Scott |
23.02% | 1,655 | |
| Democratic | Willie Bell | 18.47% | 1,328 | |
| Democratic | Jeremy Henner | 16.93% | 1,217 | |
| Democratic | Angles Hunt | 1.67% | 120 | |
| Democratic | E. Regina Jones | 2.46% | 177 | |
| Democratic | Joseph Tate | 14.74% | 1,060 | |
| Democratic | Carla Tinsley-Smith | 22.70% | 1,632 | |
| Total Votes | 7,189 | |||
Anthony Murray defeated Molly Augustine in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Anthony Murray |
62.12% | 679 | |
| Republican | Molly Augustine | 37.88% | 414 | |
| Total Votes | 1,093 | |||
2014
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Incumbent Alberta Tinsley-Talabi defeated Andrew Casazza and Bill Miller in the Democratic primary. Daniel Lamar was unopposed in the Republican primary. Tinsley-Talabi defeated Lamar in the general election. Danetta Simpson ran as an independent candidate but was disqualified before the general election.[6][7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent |
69.4% | 17,369 | |
| Republican | Daniel Lamar | 30.6% | 7,664 | |
| Total Votes | 25,033 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent |
64.6% | 5,413 |
| Andrew Casazza | 27.6% | 2,315 |
| Bill Miller | 7.8% | 654 |
| Total Votes | 8,382 | |
2012
Tinsley-Talabi won re-election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2. She defeated District 1 incumbent Tim Bledsoe and Anthony Zander in the August 7 Democratic primary and defeated Daniel Corrigan Grano (R) and Hans Christopher Barbe (G) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent |
71.8% | 28,990 | |
| Republican | Daniel Grano | 25.9% | 10,459 | |
| Green | Hans Barbe | 2.3% | 938 | |
| Total Votes | 40,387 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent |
51% | 5,272 |
| Tim Bledsoe Incumbent | 45.4% | 4,699 |
| Anthony Zander | 3.6% | 374 |
| Total Votes | 10,345 | |
2010
Tinsley-Talabi won election to the District 3 seat in 2010. She defeated Carol Banks, Kenneth Jackson, Isaiah Lawson, Liscious Williams III and Kirk Young in the August 3 Democratic primary. She defeated Daniel Lamar (R) and Fred Vitale (G) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11][12]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 General election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D)
|
13,200 | |||
| Daniel Lamar (R) | 522 | |||
| Fred Vitale (G) | 322 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alberta Tinsley-Talabi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
A questionnaire distributed by the League of Women Voters (dead link) asked the candidates to provide information about their legislative priorities and proposed actions regarding those priorities. Tinsley-Talabi gave the following responses:
- Job Growth and Employment Opportunities
"I will propose the state spending priorities focus on those activities that generate "real" jobs with particular consideration given to economically distressed areas."[13]
- Preventing Mortgage Foreclosures
"I will propose that OFIR establish criteria for financial institutions to grant families with underwater loans new mortgages at current market value."[13]
- Quality Public Education
"I will support higher state funding for K-12 School Aid Fund and improved teacher continuing education and technical support funding."[13]
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
Tea Party Scorecard
The Independent Tea Party Patriots, a Michigan Tea Party group, grades the votes of this and every other Michigan legislator on “core tea party issues” in a regularly-updated scorecard. 100% is considered an ideal rating.[14]
January 2011 - March 2012
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi received a 6% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.[14]
Personal
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Tinsley-Talabi is the founder of Mack Alive, the Coalition Against Billboard Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco, and the Partnership for a Drug Free Detroit.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Alberta Tinsley Talabi Biography," accessed August 2, 2012
- ↑ Michigan House Democrats, "Rep. Alberta Tinsley-Talabi's Bio," accessed August 2, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "General Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Vote411-On Your Ballot, "Michigan House District 002 Candidate Detail," accessed August 2, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Michigan Votes, "Tea Party Scorecard Jan 2011-Mar 2012," accessed June 22, 2012
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lisa Howze (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 2 2013–2017 |
Succeeded by Bettie Cook Scott (D) |
| Preceded by Bettie Scott (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 3 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by John Olumba (D) |
