Carol Banks
Carol Banks (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 2. Banks lost in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2018.
Banks was a Democratic candidate for Michigan House of Representatives in District 4.
Elections
2018
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
Joseph Tate defeated John Palffy in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph Tate (D) | 73.5 | 22,060 |
| John Palffy (R) | 26.5 | 7,954 | ||
| Total votes: 30,014 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Tate | 28.4 | 2,951 |
 | Carla Tinsley-Smith | 20.1 | 2,095 | |
 | Latisha Johnson | 16.8 | 1,748 | |
 | Carol Banks | 15.1 | 1,575 | |
| Willie Bell | 11.5 | 1,199 | ||
| E. Regina Jones | 4.5 | 463 | ||
 | Kinda Makini Anderson | 3.5 | 367 | |
| Total votes: 10,398 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2
John Palffy advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 2 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Palffy | 100.0 | 2,543 | |
| Total votes: 2,543 | |||
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2012
Banks ran against Marcelus Brice, Paris Canty, Mohammed Hassan, Adam Hollier, Ernest Little, Rose Mary Robinson, Beverly Tran, Mervin White, Jonathan Wright, and Robert Zwolak in the Democratic primary on August 7.[1][2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Rose Mary Robinson |
24.6% | 1,993 |
| Adam Hollier | 20.5% | 1,663 |
| Carol Banks | 15.7% | 1,272 |
| Mohammed Hassan | 13.6% | 1,100 |
| Marcelus Brice | 7.8% | 632 |
| Ernest Little | 7% | 567 |
| Robert Zwolak | 5.2% | 422 |
| Mervin White | 1.7% | 135 |
| Jonathan Wright | 1.5% | 119 |
| Beverly Tran | 1.3% | 106 |
| Paris Canty | 1.2% | 95 |
| Total Votes | 8,104 | |
2010
Banks was a Democratic candidate for District 3 in the Michigan House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Banks was defeated by Alberta Tinsley Talabi in the Democratic primary on August 3, 2010.[3]
Campaign themes
2012
In a July 29 interview with The Michigan Citizen, Banks cited public safety, preschool and young adult education and lack of assistance for senior citizens as the defining issues of her campaign.[4]
- Public Safety
Banks wants to help establish a public safety task force. “You can’t get certain people to come to certain parts of the city,” she said in the interview.[4]
- Education
"I am for increasing the amount of money we spend on education. I’m for increasing the school year. At a state level, we put more dollars into prisons than in education. We used to focus on the creative side of the child. Now we’re just talking about reading writing, arithmetic and engineering."[4]
- Senior citizens
"Seniors live on fixed incomes and they don’t know a lot of the resources that are out there that they need. We need to create legislation on the state level to help them."[4]
Personal
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Banks is married with three children and three grandchildren.[5]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Michigan House of Representatives
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Banks on Facebook
- Official Campaign Website
- MiVote.org
- Michigan Board of Elections-2012 Candidate List
Footnotes
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "Election Results - Primary Election - August 07, 2012," accessed June 18, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "Election Results - General Election - November 06, 2012," accessed November 29, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, 2010 Primary Election Results – State Representative, accessed July 17, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Michigan Citizen, "The 4th District," July 29, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Carol Banks for State Rep on Facebook, "About," June 9, 2012
