Eric Borregard

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Eric Borregard

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Eric Borregard (Green Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 48. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Incumbent Jennifer Conlin defeated Brian Ignatowski and Eric Borregard in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Conlin (D)	51.5	31,153
	Submit photo	Brian Ignatowski (R)	47.1	28,471
		Eric Borregard (G)	1.4	863

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,487
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Incumbent Jennifer Conlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Conlin	100.0	11,329

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,329
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Brian Ignatowski defeated Tawn Beliger in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brian Ignatowski	67.8	6,206
		Tawn Beliger	32.2	2,954

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,160
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Eric Borregard advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on June 15, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Eric Borregard (G)

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Jennifer Conlin defeated Jason Woolford and Eric Borregard in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Conlin (D)	53.1	27,376
		Jason Woolford (R)	45.8	23,622
		Eric Borregard (G)	1.1	579

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,577
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Jennifer Conlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Conlin	100.0	11,854

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Martin L. Cousineau (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Jason Woolford defeated Jason Negri in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Woolford	53.4	6,541
	Submit photo	Jason Negri	46.6	5,697

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,238
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 48

Eric Borregard advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 48 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Eric Borregard (G)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 22

Lana Theis defeated Adam Dreher and Eric Borregard in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 22 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lana Theis (R)	56.0	76,043
	Submit photo	Adam Dreher (D)	42.1	57,167
		Eric Borregard (G)	2.0	2,659

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 135,869 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 22

Adam Dreher advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 22 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Adam Dreher	100.0	27,267

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,267
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 22

Lana Theis defeated Joseph Converse Marinaro in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 22 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lana Theis	74.8	25,957
		Joseph Converse Marinaro	25.2	8,732

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,689
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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 Gretchen Driskell (D) did not seek re-election.

Donna Lasinski defeated Randy Clark and Eric Borregard in the Michigan House of Representatives District 52 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 52 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donna Lasinski	52.44%	27,620
	Republican	Randy Clark	44.68%	23,535
	Green	Eric Borregard	2.88%	1,519
Total Votes				52,674
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Donna Lasinski defeated Barbara Ryan Fuller in the Michigan House of Representatives District 52 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donna Lasinski	52.42%	3,649
	Democratic	Barbara Ryan Fuller	47.58%	3,312
Total Votes				6,961

Randy Clark ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 52 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 52 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Randy Clark  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Eric Borregard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Eric Borregard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Eric Borregard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Borregard's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Clean Air Clean Water Clean Government

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The environment, the planet is dying so without a viable planet to live on life becomes impossible.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ralph Nader, because he has done more for the people in my lifetime than any other living politician.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

The 1966 movie the King of Hearts with Alan Bates

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Integrity

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Honesty

What legacy would you like to leave?

A planet that is not dead

What is your favorite holiday? Why?

Christmas

What is your favorite book? Why?

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Captain Planet, fiction often imitates life

Every state besides Nebraska has two legislative chambers. What do you consider the most important differences between the legislative chambers in your state?

The level of corruption

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

no, better if they don't

What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?

Clean water and air

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and the state legislature?

Collaboration

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Yes, in the end we are all human beings wanting better for the state.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

Let the Green and Libertarian Parties do it, they can be the most objective about what would be fair.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Energy

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

U.S. President

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Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Michigan House of Representatives District 48	Lost general	$0	$0
2022	Michigan House of Representatives District 48	Lost general	$0	$0
2018	Michigan State Senate District 22	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	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 from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Current members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Matt Hall

Minority Leader:Ranjeev Puri

Representatives

District 1

Tyrone Carter (D)

District 2

Tullio Liberati (D)

District 3

Alabas Farhat (D)

District 4

Karen Whitsett (D)

District 5

Regina Weiss (D)

District 6

Natalie Price (D)

District 7

Tonya Myers Phillips (D)

District 8

Helena Scott (D)

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Joseph Tate (D)

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Veronica Paiz (D)

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Donavan McKinney (D)

District 12

Kimberly Edwards (D)

District 13

Mai Xiong (D)

District 14

Mike McFall (D)

District 15

Erin Byrnes (D)

District 16

Stephanie Young (D)

District 17

Laurie Pohutsky (D)

District 18

Jason Hoskins (D)

District 19

Samantha Steckloff (D)

District 20

Noah Arbit (D)

District 21

Kelly Breen (D)

District 22

Matt Koleszar (D)

District 23

Jason Morgan (D)

District 24

Ranjeev Puri (D)

District 25

Peter Herzberg (D)

District 26

Dylan Wegela (D)

District 27

Rylee Linting (R)

District 28

Jamie Thompson (R)

District 29

James DeSana (R)

District 30

William Bruck (R)

District 31

Reggie Miller (D)

District 32

Jimmie Wilson (D)

District 33

Morgan Foreman (D)

District 34

Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R)

District 35

Jennifer Wortz (R)

District 36

Steve Carra (R)

District 37

Brad Paquette (R)

District 38

Joey Andrews (D)

District 39

Pauline Wendzel (R)

District 40

Matt Longjohn (D)

District 41

Julie Rogers (D)

District 42

Matt Hall (R)

District 43

Rachelle Smit (R)

District 44

Steve Frisbie (R)

District 45

Sarah Lightner (R)

District 46

Kathy Schmaltz (R)

District 47

Carrie Rheingans (D)

District 48

Jennifer Conlin (D)

District 49

Ann Bollin (R)

District 50

Jason Woolford (R)

District 51

Matt Maddock (R)

District 52

Mike Harris (R)

District 53

Brenda Carter (D)

District 54

Donni Steele (R)

District 55

Mark Tisdel (R)

District 56

Sharon MacDonell (D)

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Thomas Kuhn (R)

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Ron Robinson (R)

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Douglas Wozniak (R)

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Joseph Aragona (R)

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Denise Mentzer (D)

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Alicia St. Germaine (R)

District 63

Jay DeBoyer (R)

District 64

Joseph Pavlov (R)

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Jaime Greene (R)

District 66

Josh Schriver (R)

District 67

Phil Green (R)

District 68

David Martin (R)

District 69

Jasper Martus (D)

District 70

Cynthia Neeley (D)

District 71

Brian BeGole (R)

District 72

Mike Mueller (R)

District 73

Julie Brixie (D)

District 74

Kara Hope (D)

District 75

Penelope Tsernoglou (D)

District 76

Angela Witwer (D)

District 77

Emily Dievendorf (D)

District 78

Gina Johnsen (R)

District 79

Angela Rigas (R)

District 80

Phil Skaggs (D)

District 81

Stephen Wooden (D)

District 82

Kristian Grant (D)

District 83

John Fitzgerald (D)

District 84

Carol Glanville (D)

District 85

Bradley Slagh (R)

District 86

Nancy De Boer (R)

District 87

William Snyder (D)

District 88

Greg VanWoerkom (R)

District 89

Luke Meerman (R)

District 90

Bryan Posthumus (R)

District 91

Pat Outman (R)

District 92

Jerry Neyer (R)

District 93

Tim Kelly (R)

District 94

Amos O'Neal (D)

District 95

Bill Schuette (R)

District 96

Timothy Beson (R)

District 97

Matthew Bierlein (R)

District 98

Gregory Alexander (R)

District 99

Mike Hoadley (R)

District 100

Tom Kunse (R)

District 101

Joseph Fox (R)

District 102

Curt VanderWall (R)

District 103

Betsy Coffia (D)

District 104

John Roth (R)

District 105

Ken Borton (R)

District 106

Cameron Cavitt (R)

District 107

Parker Fairbairn (R)

District 108

David Prestin (R)

District 109

Karl Bohnak (R)

District 110

Gregory Markkanen (R)

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