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Brandon Dillon

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Brandon Dillon
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Prior offices
Michigan House of Representatives District 75

Brandon Dillon is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 75 from 2010 to August 3, 2015. He resigned after he was elected chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.[1]

Dillon previously served on the Kent County Commission.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Dillon served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Dillon served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2012
Appropriations

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Dillon served on the following committees:

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

2014

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 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 Brandon Dillon was unopposed in the Democratic primary. John Lohrstorfer was unopposed in the Republican primary. Dillon defeated Lohrstorfer in the general election.[2][3][4][5]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 75 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Dillon Incumbent 73.8% 12,393
     Republican John Lohrstorfer 26.2% 4,405
Total Votes 16,798

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dillon won re-election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 75. He defeated Andrew J. Garlick in the August 7 Democratic primary and defeated Nathan Sneller (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 75, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Dillon Incumbent 75.8% 23,593
     Republican Nathan Sneller 24.2% 7,540
Total Votes 31,133
Michigan House of Representatives, District 75 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrandon Dillon Incumbent 82.8% 2,721
Andrew Garlick 17.2% 564
Total Votes 3,285

2010

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

Dillon won election to the District 75 seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Bing Goei in the general election on November 2, 2010.[7][8]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 75 General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brandon Dillon (D) 13,682
Bing Goei (R) 13,020
Larry DeLeon (L) 463

Campaign finance summary


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Brandon Dillon campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Michigan House of Representatives, District 75Won $89,193 N/A**
2012Michigan State House, District 75Won $84,667 N/A**
2010Michigan State House, District 75Won $296,810 N/A**
Grand total$470,670 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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.[9]

January 2011 - March 2012

Brandon Dillon received a 14% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.[9]

2016 Democratic National Convention

Personal

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Dillon has two children.

Noteworthy events

Recall efforts

See also: Brandon Dillon recall, Michigan House of Representatives (2011)

In early September 2011, a recall petition was being circulated against Dillon for his vote against a bill that would have shortened unemployment benefits.[18] In a September 27 hearing before the Kent County Election Commission, the recall language was approved by the commission by a 3-0 vote.

The claim made on the petition, that he voted against HB 4408, however, was false. Dillon voted for the bill but against amendments that would have reduced unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks. The elections board concluded that their role was to determine if the language was clear, not if it was true. Panel Chairman and Kent County Probate Judge David Murkowski explained, “The standard to review a petition is lenient to very lenient. I don't know what we would do if we had a petition that said Mr. Dillon killed the Lindbergh baby. There isn't a standard of absurdity.”[19]

Dillon appealed the ruling, but Kent County Circuit Judge George Buth upheld the decision of the commission. However, the GOP ended their efforts for a recall in November.[20]

Recall supporters had 90 days to collect 6,845 signatures from within the district in order to get the recall on the ballot.

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Detroit Free Press, "Dillon will leave his state House seat effective Aug. 3," accessed July 14, 2015
  2. Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
  3. Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
  4. Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
  5. Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
  6. Associated Press, "Michigan - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 7, 2012
  7. Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
  8. Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
  9. 9.0 9.1 Michigan Votes, "Tea Party Scorecard Jan 2011-Mar 2012," accessed June 25, 2012
  10. Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
  11. MLive, “Time to unite around Hillary Clinton, Michigan Democrats say,” June 11, 2016
  12. To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
  13. Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
  14. CNN, "Michigan exit polls," March 8, 2016
  15. 15.0 15.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
  16. The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
  17. Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
  18. MLive, "State Rep. Brandon Dillon says recall petition is a GOP effort to 'distract' Democratic lawmakers," September 13, 2011
  19. MLive, "Kent County Elections Board approves recall petition language targeting State Rep. Brand Dillon," September 27, 2011
  20. MLive, "State Rep. Brandon Dillon looks forward to 'normal' re-election campaign after GOP drops recall threat," November 22, 2011
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Dean (D)
Michigan House of Representatives District 75
2011–August 3, 2015
Succeeded by
David LaGrand (D)


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