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Diane Young (Michigan)
Diane Young was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 36 of the Michigan House of Representatives.
Biography
Diane Young grew up in Macomb, Michigan, and lives in Rochester, Michigan. She graduated from Romeo High School in 1983. Young earned a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Oakland University in 1986 and a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Stony Brook University in 1991. Her career experience includes working as a director of financial planning at AXA Advisors, was the president and owner of The Athena Financial Group, and worked as a managing partner at Arrowroot Family Office. Young's volunteering experience includes being treasurer for the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan, on the board of the Financial Planning Association, and being on the education committee of the Financial Planning Association.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Incumbent John James defeated Carl Marlinga, Andrea Kirby, and Mike Saliba in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John James (R) | 51.1 | 217,437 |
![]() | Carl Marlinga (D) | 45.0 | 191,363 | |
![]() | Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) | 2.6 | 11,162 | |
![]() | Mike Saliba (L) | 1.3 | 5,339 |
Total votes: 425,301 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Carl Marlinga defeated Diane Young, Tiffany Tilley, and Emily Busch in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carl Marlinga | 48.8 | 32,561 |
![]() | Diane Young ![]() | 24.4 | 16,282 | |
![]() | Tiffany Tilley | 13.3 | 8,861 | |
![]() | Emily Busch ![]() | 12.8 | 8,541 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 464 |
Total votes: 66,709 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rhonda Powell (D)
- Brian Steven Jaye (D)
- Anil Kumar (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Incumbent John James advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John James | 100.0 | 52,871 |
Total votes: 52,871 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Mike Saliba advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on July 20, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mike Saliba (L) |
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Andrea Kirby advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on June 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) |
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Endorsements
To view Young's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Young in this election.
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 Peter Lucido defeated Diane Young in the Michigan House of Representatives District 36 general election.[3]
Michigan House of Representatives, District 36 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
71.84% | 33,293 | |
Democratic | Diane Young | 28.16% | 13,048 | |
Total Votes | 46,341 | |||
Source: Michigan Secretary of State |
Diane Young ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 36 Democratic primary.[4][5]
Michigan House of Representatives, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent Peter Lucido ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 36 Republican primary.[4][5]
Michigan House of Representatives, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Republican | ![]() |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Diane Young completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Young's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- I am committed to protecting Social Security. As a fiduciary financial planner, I understand how Social Security is the bedrock to retirement. I wholly support fully funding the program. I am committed to fighting any effort to raise the retirement age because doing so will significantly hurt working-class families that rely on their retirement benefits.
- No politician, attorney general, or judge should be in your doctor’s office with you. I support reproductive freedom and I will do everything in my power to enshrine Roe v. Wade into law. I will support legislation that protects access to safe and reliable medications, contraceptives, and IVF treatments.
- We need to protect our democracy by holding big corporations accountable. As a fiduciary financial planner, I work for my clients not for Wall Street. I believe that sunshine is the best disinfectant, and I support passage of legislation that ends Citizens United and eliminates dark money from our political process. I will go after corporations that aren’t paying their fair share and I will do everything in my power to help protect consumers in Congress.
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Campaign website
Young’s campaign website stated the following:
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SOCIAL SECURITY |
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—Diane Young’s campaign website (2024)[7] |
2016
Young's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[8]
“ | Michigan faces many challenges, some because of a globalized economy and some challenges are simply self-inflicted. Due to a lack of governance and accountability, we have seen our state sink in stature. The Flint Water Crisis, the Detroit Bankruptcy, and the sabotaging of our school systems.
ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE The recent road bill is not a step in the right direction. It was too little too late and place most of the burden on residents while allowing businesses to not pay their fair share. It robs more money from our schools which are already struggling. Overweight trucks are tearing up our roads and weight restrictions need to be enforced. SCHOOLS We need to fix our funding crisis for schools and give tools to the teachers so they can do their jobs, not make them the scape goat for all our children’s problems. Michigan is quickly declining because it has allowed business interest to drain our tax payer dollars away from kids to their pockets. We need to stop this immediately and return sensible governance to our educational system. JOBS AND THE ECONOMY I am committed to working to build a Michigan where families, young people and seniors can stay and succeed. Michigan politicians have put the burden on middle-class families to pay for their expensive handouts to corporations and the wealthy. It’s not the Michigan way, and it’s not working. ENVIRONMENT Michigan is home to 20 [percent] of the worlds fresh water. This is a valuable asset we need to protect as well as develop into the blue economy. Many interests would like to divert our water away from Michigan. We need to be vigilant in order to protect our future economy. As a financial planner for over 25 years, I know how hard people work for their money. I know that they want their tax dollars properly spent. People want to live in a state where they can drive safely on a road, raise their children in safe communities with excellent schools. I am committed to representing them well in Lansing.[6] |
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House Michigan District 10 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Diane Young," accessed July 24, 2024
- ↑ Diane Young for Congress, "Meet Diane Young," accessed July 24, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Diane Young’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed July 24, 2024
- ↑ Diane for Michigan, "Issues," accessed October 17, 2016