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Jeff Gorman (Michigan)
Jeff Gorman (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 26. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Gorman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
After being born in Detroit, Michigan, Gorman grew up in Inkster and Garden City.[1] He earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the United States Naval Academy. He went on to earn an M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Cincinnati.[2]
Gorman served in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve from 1977 to 2001. Professionally, Gorman worked as a commercial airline pilot (AFL-CIO) from 1985 to 2006.[2] He now works part-time as a substitute elementary school teacher and as a historical presenter. He had also worked as a park aide, a park ranger and an actor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Dylan Wegela defeated Jeff Gorman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 26 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dylan Wegela (D)  | 65.7 | 27,162 |
 | Jeff Gorman (R) | 34.3 | 14,171 | |
| Total votes: 41,333 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Dylan Wegela defeated DeArtriss Coleman-Richardson in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 26 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dylan Wegela | 73.8 | 6,130 |
| DeArtriss Coleman-Richardson | 26.2 | 2,180 | ||
| Total votes: 8,310 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 26
Jeff Gorman advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 26 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Gorman | 100.0 | 2,316 |
| Total votes: 2,316 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Gorman received the following endorsements.
Pledges
Gorman signed the following pledges.
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent John Conyers, Jr. (D) defeated Jeff Gorman (R), Tiffany Hayden (L), and Sam Johnson (Working Class) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Conyers defeated Janice Winfrey in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2016.[3][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  John Conyers, Jr. Incumbent |
77.1% | 198,771 | |
| Republican | Jeff Gorman | 15.7% | 40,541 | |
| Libertarian | Tiffany Hayden | 3.7% | 9,648 | |
| Working Class | Sam Johnson | 3.4% | 8,835 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 257,797 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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John Conyers Jr. Incumbent |
60.8% | 30,971 | ||
| Janice Winfrey | 39.2% | 19,965 | ||
| Total Votes | 50,936 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State |
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2014
Gorman ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 13th District. Gorman ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in the primary on August 5, 2014. He was defeated by incumbent John Conyers, Jr. (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Conyers, Jr. Incumbent |
79.5% | 132,710 | |
| Republican | Jeff Gorman | 16.3% | 27,234 | |
| Libertarian | Chris Sharer | 2.1% | 3,537 | |
| Independent | Sam Johnson | 2.1% | 3,466 | |
| Total Votes | 166,947 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeff Gorman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gorman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Retired US Airline Pilot and Federal Flight Deck Officer. Born in Detroit. Raised in Inkster and Garden City. Attended the US Naval Academy and graduated with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. Attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated with a MS in Industrial Engineering. Have worked as a substitute teacher for K-12. Have worked as a park aide and a park ranger. Worked as a historical presenter and conductor at Greenfield Village. Presently work, on occasion, helping a local funeral home with processions and other duties.
Completely dedicated to service of the country and my fellow citizens. Do not believe that the oath which I repeated with every promotion in the military has an expiration date.
My campaign message is no regrets in that if you vote for me, you will have no regrets. You will have put a representative in office who will be a public servant who works to see that your constitutional rights, liberty, and freedom are preserved in all legislative action. I work for and am beholden to you and not a party or an agenda. That appears to be something rare in Lansing which is hurting this state in so many ways.
This is my home state and I want to stop the effort to complete the Kalifornication of MI. I lived in CA for 8 years. Trust me. We should want to be less like CA. The dream died there long ago thanks to the adoption of legislation that took away freedom. It's why people are leaving in droves.- Government should be used only to work at preserving constitutional rights.
- Taxes should be reasonable and only enough to cover the costs of programs necessary for the state to conduct business for the citizens. It should not be collected to cover crony capitalism where politically favored businesses are rewarded tax dollars as paybacks. We should not invest in foreign businesses that compete with US businesses in any manner. The government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers, as the did during the scamdemic.
- The balance of power in MI does not exist. The party with a slim margin has mistakenly taken its position as a mandate to serve an agenda that cripples the state and is in conflict with the constitution. The end justifies the means mindset has stopped debate and amendments from the other party.
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2016
The following issues were listed on Gorman's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeff Gorman for US Congress, "Home," accessed September 28, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on September 25, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Michigan House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed September 6, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
