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Jenifer Almassy
Jenifer Almassy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 69. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Almassy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jenifer Almassy was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Michigan University in 1996 and a graduate degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 2008. She has experience working as a high school business and English teacher.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 69
Jasper Martus defeated Jesse Couch and Adam Childress in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 69 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jasper Martus (D)  | 56.3 | 21,007 |
| Jesse Couch (R) | 41.0 | 15,311 | ||
 | Adam Childress (L) | 2.7 | 991 | |
| Total votes: 37,309 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 69
Jasper Martus defeated Jenifer Almassy and Kenyetta V. Dotson in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 69 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jasper Martus | 39.0 | 3,776 |
 | Jenifer Almassy | 30.6 | 2,963 | |
 | Kenyetta V. Dotson | 30.4 | 2,948 | |
| Total votes: 9,687 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 69
Jesse Couch advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 69 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jesse Couch | 100.0 | 5,667 | |
| Total votes: 5,667 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 69
Adam Childress advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 69 on July 10, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Adam Childress (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jenifer Almassy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Almassy'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 believe in the age-old philosophies of the greater good and the golden rule. I was raised to believe you are a small part of something bigger and treat others as we want to be treated. I’m a democrat, a Catholic, and believe we have a duty to help those less fortunate.
I believe in civic duties. I volunteer, help where I can, ran for local office, and was a Flushing Township Trustee. I’ve worked on tough campaigns and understand what it takes to really give it your all to fight for what you believe in. I’ve been elected at different levels and different types of boards including Genesee County Metro Alliance Board, Michigan Education Association Board, Staff Retirement Planning Board, and the Meadowbrook HOA Board.
I grew up in Cleveland, OH, and moved to Michigan in the 80's. I received my Bachelor's degree (Business Education and English) from Northern Michigan University, and my Master's degree from Saginaw Valley State University.
- As a public school student & a retired public school educator, I believe that every child deserves a GREAT public education. We must let our education professionals be the leaders at every table making rules & regulations regarding education. Charter schools need to be held to the same standards of transparency & accountability as traditional public schools. More testing does not equate to better learning conditions and the crumbling infrastructures are our responsibility and repairs are needed to keep our children in better learning conditions. Mental health concerns for our students needs addressing as Michigan's counselor to student ratio is appalling. We must get great people to want to be educators!
- Cities, villages, and townships survive on revenue sharing from the state. Although some of the funding is required by our State Constitution, the statutory funding is determined by the Legislature on a formula basis rather than on a per capita basis and has been under-funding municipalities. In order to have strong communities, we need to keep our businesses here and attract new ones to open and provide additional jobs and tax base. We need employers offering full-time positions with good wage and benefits offered. We need to demand to hire local people for services needed-not hire out-of-state workers.
- Smaller communities have had to bear a lot of the cost of the police and fire departments. Since 2011 when much of the revenue sharing was cut, the legacy costs of local departments has been difficult to budget for and at the same time keep the positions with good wages & benefits. Communities have had to bargain away so much of the wages & benefits that it has been difficult to hire new employees and keep long term. In a time when we need to better train our officers in de-escalation, cultural differences, and so much more, our police departments can barely afford to meet the minimum weapon training requirements.
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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 June 20, 2022
