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Gary Gardner (Michigan)
Gary Gardner (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 15. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Gardner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gary Gardner earned a high school diploma from Dearborn High School, a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1975, and a law degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1981. His career experience includes working as a attorney at law.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Erin Byrnes defeated Gary Gardner in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Erin Byrnes (D) | 56.3 | 19,974 |
 | Gary Gardner (R)  | 43.7 | 15,512 | |
| Total votes: 35,486 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Erin Byrnes advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 15 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erin Byrnes | 100.0 | 6,391 |
| Total votes: 6,391 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 15
Gary Gardner advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 15 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Gardner | 100.0 | 2,794 |
| Total votes: 2,794 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gardner in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gary Gardner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gardner'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 recognize the United States Constitution as the foundation of our republic and I respect and will uphold the Constitution that I swore to when I was admitted to the bar of the State of Michigan, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. I've been married for 40 years. My wife and I have three amazing and successful daughters I am an immigrant who followed all of the rules for entry into the United States and in obtaining my citizenship. I appreciate what true choice is regarding "reproductive rights:" My birth mother gave me life and put me up for adoption. I was raised by loving parents who were grateful for the opportunity to teach, encourage, and give me a faithful foundation. I was raised as a Roman Catholic and attend mass regularly. I've been a lector at my church for over 25 years and am actively involved in parish activities. I have volunteered for over twenty years as a softball coach for my children's elementary school, the Detroit Police Athletic League, and the Dearborn Baseball League.
I've been a member of the Dearborn Kiwanis Club for 30 years, and I am a cohost of a cable access television show sponsored by our club - Kiwanitalk, which is the longest-running cable access program in the world.- Because the Constitution is the foundation of our government I firmly believe in supporting and defending it as an originalist. The wisdom of the founders who created our Republic was torn early visionary.
- Responsibility and self-reliance are essential to our individual lives and continuation of our way of life. The government has a limited role in controlling our way of life, our morals and our finances.
- Our country and our state cannot sustain the burden of illegal immigration, the deterioration of our economy and lack of fiscal responsibility and leadership
"Don't worry; I have a plan," Billy Murray's character says in the movie Stripes when asked how he is going to train his fellow soldiers in a close-order drill. Harold Ramis' character responds, "Custer had a plan."
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 1, 2024
