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Durrel Douglas
Durrel K. Douglas (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 8. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Douglas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Durrel K. Douglas was born in Houston, Texas. His career experience includes working as an executive director and field organizer.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Mike McFall defeated Rob Noble in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike McFall (D)  | 78.9 | 23,364 |
 | Rob Noble (R) | 21.1 | 6,254 | |
| Total votes: 29,618 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Mike McFall defeated Durrel K. Douglas, Ernest Little, David M. Soltis, and Ryan M. Nelson in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike McFall | 37.8 | 3,617 |
 | Durrel K. Douglas | 21.6 | 2,071 | |
 | Ernest Little | 17.2 | 1,643 | |
| David M. Soltis | 14.0 | 1,337 | ||
 | Ryan M. Nelson | 9.4 | 904 | |
| Total votes: 9,572 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8
Rob Noble defeated Attie Pollard in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 8 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rob Noble | 81.9 | 1,718 |
 | Attie Pollard | 18.1 | 379 | |
| Total votes: 2,097 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Durrel K. Douglas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Douglas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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From union and community organizer, to founder of a non-profit, Durrel has been in the trenches fighting for our future.
As your next State Representative, Durrel Douglas will:
- bring good-paying jobs back to our communities and fight for a livable minimum wage
-Fight to ensure every Michigan family has access to quality health care, regardless of their economic situation
-Ensure that all of our children receive the education they need to thrive
-Finally fix our crumbling roads and infrastructure
-Work for criminal justice reform to provide real second chances and to lower incarceration rates
His prior successes include:
-Winning a campaign to raise the minimum wage to $12.50 in Washington State
-Spearheading legislation to make grand jury selections more diverse and inclusive
-Leading the campaign to bring polls to the Harris County Jail for eligible voters who happen to be incarcerated
-Changing hearts and minds around the freedom to marry- We must bring good-paying jobs back to our communities and fight for a livable minimum wage. If we truly want to address income disparity and build better communities, we must provide the vocational/jobs training and access to apprenticeships that our new economy demands.
- Fight to ensure every Michigan family has access to quality health care, regardless of their economic situation. Many senior citizens and working families have to decide whether to pay for their prescriptions or to put food on the table. Michigan must do better to make healthcare accessible to all.
- We must end the pipeline to prison. We must ensure that all of our children receive the education they need to thrive and that teachers are able to focus on teaching instead of standardized testing and other ancillary requirements. We must include mental health as a component of public education.
Rising healthcare costs are killing the middle class. Seniors, working families, and small businesses are carrying the load caused by a broken healthcare system. I will propose legislation to bring down the price of prescription drugs and make sure residents can afford the medication they need.
Every child deserves access to quality public education, and our teachers should be able to focus on teaching. My brother is a high school teacher at a public school, and I have several friends who are public school teachers. We need to do more to recruit and retain the best and brightest educators in the classroom.
Not only do we pay the 2nd highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s roads and other infrastructure are crumbling. Enough is enough. It’s time to hold big corporations accountable for damage done to our roads and bridges by their overweight trucks.
Ban the Box
We have an opportunity to meet the moment and rise to the occasion when it comes to being a state with a well-trained workforce, clean water and air, and a public education system that rivals the best in the nation. To meet this moment, we have to be unapologetic when it comes to the things that matter most. Will we continue to overcrowd our prison system spending $40,000 per year on each incarcerated person when rehabilitation and alternative options would do more good for them and the community around them?
-a 501c3 based resource center with state staffers on site to address some constituent service issues
-increased funding for libraries who provide access to the internet, training materials, and community programs
-a hub for construction materials/labor for seniors and others with fixed incomes
Citizens should have the power to choose their leaders.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Michigan House of Representatives District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 26, 2022
