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Jeffrey Noel
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Jeffrey Noel (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 88. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Noel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jeffrey Noel was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned an associate degree in 2012 and 2013 from Grand Rapids Community College and a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 2021. His career experience includes working as a sales executive.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 88
Incumbent Greg VanWoerkom defeated Christine Baker and Marv Bolthouse in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 88 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg VanWoerkom (R) | 56.3 | 27,448 |
 | Christine Baker (D)  | 41.9 | 20,416 | |
| Marv Bolthouse (L) | 1.8 | 886 | ||
| Total votes: 48,750 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 88
Christine Baker defeated Jeffrey Noel in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 88 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Baker | 84.0 | 5,557 |
 | Jeffrey Noel | 16.0 | 1,057 | |
| Total votes: 6,614 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 88
Incumbent Greg VanWoerkom defeated Mick Bricker in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 88 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg VanWoerkom | 62.7 | 11,230 |
 | Mick Bricker | 37.3 | 6,688 | |
| Total votes: 17,918 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 88
Marv Bolthouse advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 88 on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Marv Bolthouse (L) | |
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jeffrey Noel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Noel'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 a progressive Democrat seeking to represent the working-class of the lakeshore community.
- Education - In K-12 education, we should expand the school day and school year to reflect the same work schedule of many parents. I support 3 -13 week trimesters with school hours being from 9 AM to 5 PM. Teacher pay should start at $52,000 a year and increase by $9,600 every 5 years with a cap after year 26 and beyond. I support the MI Opportunity Scholarship fund that would provide a college education at any 2-year institution, trade school, or university; but we also need to invest in more trade school infrastructure that provide job training for jobs that can't be exported or offshored in a globalized economy.
- Equality - We need to eliminate pay discrimination by mandating employers publish their pay scales to current and prospective employees in advance of wage negotiations and during the term of employment. Women also experience employment discrimination by employers because of an unfair consideration that they will take FMLA leave of absence due to pregnancy. We need to eliminate this inequality by guaranteeing paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents. Lastly, women are unfairly and exceptionally burdened by childcare. Women often have to forego both personal and career opportunities, for the sake of childcare. We must guarantee childcare to all parents because it does take a village to raise a child.
- Entrepreneurship - It is exceptionally difficult in the State of Michigan to not only compete locally, but also nationally and globally. We need to work together to not only rewrite the rules that encumbers entrepreneurs, but we need to massively invest in entrepreneurship here in Michigan. We have become far too dependent on large corporations moving existing operation in to Michigan to provide jobs for our community. Often at a cost higher than the incomes they generate. Instead, we need to be building those large corporation with roots right here in Michigan. We do this by taking risks and investing in innovation.
The working-class has been significantly divided and underrepresented in both State and Federal government. As a result, instead of working together to establish common-sense solutions to the issues we face, we instead default to petty team-sport like behaviors that has divided families and friends on the sole basis of a letter next to a name or a color on a map. Progressivism isn't socialism, communism, a dictatorship, or the like. It is about identifying a common problem and proposing an unprecedented solution. It is through progressivism that I believe that we can work together to move our country forward and make it truly great, and a place that we can all be proud to call home.
Over my life, I have connected with several people that inspires me in different aspects of my life. From Steve Yzerman to my Dad, but in politics, I look up-to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He inspired a generation of Americans to fight for something better and against tyranny. His popularity led him to win the presidency so many times that we had to amend the constitution. Many of his progressive policies led to jobs that still exist today, and was the catalyst for the booming economy in the 40's, 50's, and 60's.
Civil Disobedience by Henri David Thoreau, Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr., and Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders.
An elected official should represent the diverse values of their community not just those that are partisan and politically convenient. They should advocate for those that are oppressed and underrepresented. They should be willing to choose the will of their voters over the will of their donors.
Over the last 20 years, I have been able to connect with individuals and groups of people that believe in me and my campaign because of the diversity of values and experiences that align perfectly with my community. I am not seeking to be a lifelong politician, nor part of the revolving-door, nor to represent that values of the rich and powerful. I believe in representing the working class of my community - the factory worker, the gig-worker, the entrepreneur, and small business owner. These people, and groups, are the foundation that Michigan and this country are built on. We make it possible for everything to happen. We pop your popcorn at the movies; cook your meals at restaurants; stock your grocery store shelves, and so much more. As the 88th District's representative, I will work to represent the working-class values of my community because, when we do, good public policy for the working-class creates a better society for everyone.
The first time I heard about war was during the Gulf War. I was 7 or 8 years old.
My first job was working at my Dad's marina in Grand Haven at Grand Valley Marina. I started working there when I was a kid just picking up cinder blocks and stacking them up on pallets, but I also did general labor work like pulling weeds and sweeping parking lots. Many people remember me riding around on the forklift with my Dad and helping drop and pull boats out of the water. I did that until I was 15 or 16, so about 6 to 8 years every summer.
Each branch serves to represent the values of their constituency. The Governor serves to represent the values of the State, while the Legislature serves to represent the values of their District. Should those align, they should work together to align their goals towards a mutual outcome. Should those not align, they should compromise to find solutions that improve the general welfare of its citizens.
Roads have always been a problem here in Michigan, and we have struggled to find a way to pay for their upkeep and improvement. On one hand, gas taxes are too high, and it isn't a good system for paying for roads. On the other, without enough funding - roads either become completely unusable, dangerous, or more expensive to fix later on.
A unicameral legislature makes more sense at a state-level because a state legislature is already made up of district lines around common-interest communities. It makes the government more efficient, and can respond to crisis faster; which would have been preferred during Covid. It also reduces some of the expenses associated with having a Republic.
The drawback to a unicameral system, to me, only exists in that it gives power to the Speaker that is effectively equal to the Governor; but the Speaker is only elected out of one district and by one party.
The drawback to a unicameral system, to me, only exists in that it gives power to the Speaker that is effectively equal to the Governor; but the Speaker is only elected out of one district and by one party.
No, and they shouldn't. Lifelong political insiders become detached from the communities that they serve which leads to corruption and misrepresentation of that community's evolving values.
Yes. We go farther together than we do alone. Policy is never made in a vacuum, so the contributions of others are essential to good policymaking.
Michigan's independent redistricting has done a fantastic job. It allows people to pick their politicians, not the other way around.
Agriculture, Education, Health, and Tax.
I have always been a supporter of Winnie Brinks. I think she has done an incredible job representing West Michigan.
3rd Congressional District - U.S. Congress in 2024
The great thing about running a grassroots campaign is that I have met an incredible diversity of people in my community. I connected with a mother who has a trans-child in a part of my district that is not accommodating to LGBT issues. She is scared of coming home every day to either her child ending their life over bullying, or having her child taken away because of changing laws that are effectively criminalizing parents of trans-children as child abusers. It is truly an impossible position for a parent to have to choose between her child's life or her right to parent her child. It is cruel, and expect that I will fight for the individual liberties of all people, parents, and children.
Compromise is how good-ideas are made into good-policies. Absolutism is how bad-ideas become tyrannical-policies and talking points.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 20, 2022
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
District 8
Helena Scott (D)
District 9
Joseph Tate (D)
District 10
Veronica Paiz (D)
District 11
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
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
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)
District 57
Thomas Kuhn (R)
District 58
Ron Robinson (R)
District 59
Douglas Wozniak (R)
District 60
Joseph Aragona (R)
District 61
Denise Mentzer (D)
District 62
District 63
Jay DeBoyer (R)
District 64
Joseph Pavlov (R)
District 65
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
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
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
Republican Party (58)
Democratic Party (52)
