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Cara Clemente
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Democratic Party

Wayne County Commission District 4
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Michigan House of Representatives District 14
Successor: Donavan McKinney
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Official website

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Cara Clemente (Democratic Party) is a member of the Wayne County Commission in Michigan, representing District 4. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Clemente (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Wayne County Commission to represent District 4 in Michigan. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2024)

General election

General election for Wayne County Commission District 4

Incumbent Cara Clemente won election in the general election for Wayne County Commission District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Cara Clemente (D)
 
94.5
 
28,608
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.5
 
1,663

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 30,271
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 4

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Lisa Carter in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 4 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Cara Clemente
 
54.3
 
3,523
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Lisa Carter
 
45.1
 
2,925
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
36

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,484
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2022)

General election

General election for Wayne County Commission District 4

Cara Clemente defeated Loel Gnadt in the general election for Wayne County Commission District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Cara Clemente (D)
 
85.6
 
19,522
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Loel Gnadt (L)
 
12.9
 
2,948
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
324

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,794
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 4

Cara Clemente defeated Lisa Carter, Donald Agee Jr., and Glynis Woodfork in the Democratic primary for Wayne County Commission District 4 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Cara Clemente
 
42.9
 
2,952
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Lisa Carter
 
31.4
 
2,161
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Donald Agee Jr.
 
19.5
 
1,339
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Glynis Woodfork
 
5.9
 
403
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
24

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,879
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Wayne County Commission District 4

Loel Gnadt advanced from the Libertarian convention for Wayne County Commission District 4 on July 10, 2022.

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Loel Gnadt (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Darrell Stasik and Simone Coleman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Cara Clemente (D)
 
56.7
 
23,096
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Darrell Stasik (R)
 
38.6
 
15,729
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Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)
 
4.8
 
1,937

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,762
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Senan Saleh in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Cara Clemente
 
85.1
 
8,836
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Senan Saleh Candidate Connection
 
14.9
 
1,541

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Darrell Stasik advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Darrell Stasik
 
100.0
 
4,572

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,572
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Simone Coleman advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on July 26, 2020.

Candidate
✔
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Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

  • LEAP Forward[1]

2018

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Darrell Stasik in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Cara Clemente (D)
 
63.6
 
18,694
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Darrell Stasik (R)
 
36.4
 
10,695

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,389
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Mark Joseph Kremer in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Cara Clemente
 
83.2
 
6,469
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Mark Joseph Kremer
 
16.8
 
1,310

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,779
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Darrell Stasik advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Darrell Stasik
 
100.0
 
3,843

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,843
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2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 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 Paul Clemente (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.

Cara Clemente defeated Darrell Stasik and Loel Gnadt in the Michigan House of Representatives District 14 general election.[2]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Cara Clemente 59.44% 20,252
     Republican Darrell Stasik 35.75% 12,178
     Libertarian Loel Gnadt 4.81% 1,639
Total Votes 34,069
Source: Michigan Secretary of State


Cara Clemente defeated Jeff Chicoine, John Maranian and Daniela Peric in the Michigan House of Representatives District 14 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Cara Clemente 52.52% 2,397
     Democratic Jeff Chicoine 28.09% 1,282
     Democratic John Maranian 5.00% 228
     Democratic Daniela Peric 14.40% 657
Total Votes 4,564


Darrell Stasik ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 14 Republican primary.[3][4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Darrell Stasik  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Cara Clemente did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Cara Clemente did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Cara Clemente campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Michigan House of Representatives District 14Won general$53,600 N/A**
2018Michigan House of Representatives District 14Won general$21,362 N/A**
2016Michigan House of Representatives, District 14Won $29,515 N/A**
Grand total$104,477 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

State legislative tenure

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2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017


2016



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Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Clemente was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Clemente was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2017
• Financial Services
• Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
• Transportation and Infrastructure

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ LEAP Forward, "6. ENDORSEMENTS," accessed June 30, 2020
    2. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016

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