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Jermaine Tobey
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Jermaine Tobey (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 1. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022.
Biography
Jermaine Tobey was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received an associate degree from Wayne County Community College in 2016. His professional experience includes being a gig worker and independent contractor.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1
Incumbent Tyrone Carter defeated Paula M. Campbell and Donald Love in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tyrone Carter (D) | 87.5 | 14,484 |
| Paula M. Campbell (R) | 10.8 | 1,790 | ||
| Donald Love (L) | 1.7 | 288 | ||
| Total votes: 16,562 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1
Incumbent Tyrone Carter defeated Jermaine Tobey and incumbent Cynthia A. Johnson in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyrone Carter | 77.3 | 4,290 |
 | Jermaine Tobey | 21.3 | 1,185 | |
 | Cynthia A. Johnson (Write-in) | 1.4 | 77 | |
| Total votes: 5,552 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1
Paula M. Campbell advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paula M. Campbell | 100.0 | 402 | |
| Total votes: 402 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 1
Donald Love advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Donald Love (L) | |
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Cynthia A. Johnson defeated Harold Day in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia A. Johnson (D) | 93.4 | 18,658 |
| Harold Day (R) | 6.6 | 1,317 | ||
| Total votes: 19,975 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Cynthia A. Johnson defeated Rita Ross and Jermaine Tobey in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia A. Johnson | 65.0 | 4,858 |
| Rita Ross | 28.4 | 2,120 | ||
| Jermaine Tobey | 6.6 | 491 | |
| Total votes: 7,469 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Harold Day advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Harold Day | 100.0 | 205 | |
| Total votes: 205 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Cynthia A. Johnson defeated Dorothy Patterson in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia A. Johnson (D) | 92.5 | 12,839 |
| Dorothy Patterson (R) | 5.5 | 765 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 270 | ||
| Total votes: 13,874 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia A. Johnson | 37.0 | 2,149 |
| Rita Ross | 36.9 | 2,140 | ||
| Mark Payne Jr. | 12.5 | 723 | ||
 | Cliff Woodards II | 5.6 | 323 | |
| Mark Murphy | 5.5 | 319 | ||
| Jermaine Tobey | 2.6 | 153 | |
| Total votes: 5,807 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5
Dorothy Patterson advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dorothy Patterson | 100.0 | 161 | |
| Total votes: 161 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Jermaine Tobey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tobey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Featured local question The issue of the talent gap, again, can be traced to the woefully neglected educational system. We shouldn't be encouraging new people to move to Michigan to fill that gap before trying to give lifelong Michiganders the opportunity to achieve. Whether in pre-K through 12, or in post high school training and education, we need to invest in Michigan's future if we have any hope of returning to the great state which we once were. Not only will current employers in need of trained talent benefit greatly from such investment, but Michigan will look far more attractive to new employers and residents alike. No one wants to come to an area that's neglected. For themselves, their current or future children, or simply to know that their community is thriving, you won't fill the talent gap from within or outside of the state without investing in areas that need it.
Featured local question I support full transparency in state government. There should be no reason, other than those that would legitimately endanger people, that anything should be kept secret from the public. I will sponsor/cosponsor legislation that promotes transparency in both the legislature and the governor's office. I will also sponsor/cosponsor legislation that holds elected officials and appointees to the high standard that we have a right to expect from them. I will be looking at the ethics and transparency laws in other states that rank above Michigan to see how I may play a part in increasing Michigan's ranking, if possible to best in the nation.
Featured local question There are specific areas in which I absolutely wouldn't vote for spending cuts. These areas are life-sustaining in most cases. COVID-19 has taken enough lives from Michiganders without our response to it causing more life-threatening situations. I would be willing to look at reducing expenditures in some areas, but barring assistance from the federal government, there may need to be increases in taxes in some areas to make up for the shortfall, as cuts alone will not achieve that without hurting those who can least afford the pain.
Featured local question I support targeted funding to public schools to improve the areas that are hurting the most. If an automobile isn't working right, you don't just buy every part and start replacing everything. You also don't make the parts of the automobile that you know are struggling worse. You diagnose the problem, find out where the major issues are, and focus on those issues. There are areas of Michigan's public education system that have been woefully neglected. I even view it as criminal neglect. These areas deserve the attention that has been denied them for decades and I will fight to ensure that they get that attention.
I am extremely passionate about reducing gun violence in our state and in our country. We have seen too many lives lost in Detroit alone on a yearly basis due to the mass proliferation of guns. It's unsustainable, costing families all over the city more pain and grief than anyone should have to endure. While Washington bickers, we can act, we can lead the way in this country with gun safety measures that actually protect lives in schools, on our streets, and in our homes, as this is going to take a real effort at the state level to get anything substantial accomplished.
My two greatest inspirations in politics are Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. In the case of FDR, the way they he fought to push through programs that would help those most greatly affected by both the Great Depression and by unregulated capitalism in general has always been a huge inspiration for me. It wasn't about what was popular. For Roosevelt, it was about what was necessary regardless of the political consequences later on. He knew what was right and fought tooth-and-nail to make sure that it was done for the American people. In the case of President Obama, no other president, in my lifetime or before, has been as decent and genuinely caring. I take great inspiration from the rhetoric of then-candidate Obama in 2007 and 2008. He had a great vision for what our country could be, not just with the policies he championed, some of which still have yet to be realized, but by his vision of us as a people united. He spoke of a vision of America in which our similarities are greater than our differences, where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. We need that kind of inspirational leadership that pushes us to aspire to something more than ourselves. We need it at every level of public life.
I'm dedicated to the things that I commit myself to, sometimes to a fault. I've always viewed every task set before me as a clear reflection on myself. Whether I've succeeded or failed, what I put into it matters. That dedication will serve me well in public office, because I will fully dedicate myself, day and night, into the wee hours of the morning, to fighting for the things that matter to the people who elected me.
The legacy I would like to leave is of someone who legitimately cared about people and did everything that he could to help them.
The first historical event I can remember seeing was the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. I was 6-years-old and while I couldn't fully understand the gravity of what I was seeing at that age, it left a lasting impression upon me with a curiosity for science and exploration. The first event that I remember more clearly and understood more was the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was 3 weeks away from being 10-years-old. The thirst for freedom that those people had was something I would learn through later education and, mostly, through my own personal study of our own country's history, was something that even someone of my age could've understood well.
I would want to be Superman. He's genuinely dedicated to using his gifts to help people, even if it comes at his own expense. I relate to that type of self-sacrifice.
Lauren Daigle - "You Say." I've been singing that in the car for weeks. I only recently really paid close attention to the lyrics. Once I realized what it was about, it took on so much more meaning that I want it to be stuck in my head.
I've struggled to take time for myself. I burn out a lot even when just helping family and friends because I continue with what they expect of me until I accomplish it. In work, I've overextended myself frequently to please coworkers, managers, and customers. One of my greatest faults that I still struggle to overcome is doing too much, taking on more than I can handle.
I believe that one of the greatest differences between Michigan's House and Senate chambers is the balance of power within them. One party has controlled power within the Senate since the mid-1980s while power within the House has shifted back and forth over time. I believe a two chamber legislature is better than a unicameral one such as Nebraska's, but it does make for the necessity to be more open to negotiation and compromise to get anything substantial accomplished. And when one party holds a firm grip on one of the chambers, it makes that even more necessary.
While it can help in navigating the "halls of power," knowing who to go to in order to get certain things done, having prior connections you can reach out to, I don't see it as necessary. In some cases, it could be harmful because many of those who have previous government experience are just looking to "go along to get along" until they can reach the next level of government. By contrast, someone who hasn't held office or worked in government before may be more interested in changing the serious structural problems that we all know exist within the system.
Education, infrastructure, and criminal justice are three of the serious challenges that we need to deal with over the next 10 years. These are all problems that have been with us for decades and always get nothing more than band-aids as politicians are more interested in kicking the can down the road so that any real action won't cause them to lose reelection. Michigan has a serious infrastructure problem that we know about because of the uniqueness of Michigan's roads, bridges, and weather patterns. Neighboring states do more than Michigan for their infrastructure budgets and we should be looking at how they're doing it so that we don't go through the same issue year after year. In education, you get what you pay for. If you're constantly defunding education and shifting dollars to unproven private education areas, Michigan will continue to lag behind. And in an environment when politicians and CEOs argue about the need to pay exorbitant salaries to "retain talent," we should be taking that mindset in obtaining and retaining teaching talent for the students who will be our future state and world leaders. We've already seen what a lack of proper funding has done. That should tell us to go in the other direction. As for criminal justice, there are far too many in prisons and jails that could be better served, and better serve the community, through restitution other than incarceration. All that locking nonviolent offenders behind bars does is guarantee recidivism. It institutionalizes them, allows them to be influenced for years by more hardened inmates, and increases crime rather than being a department of correction that prepares them to reenter society.
The ideal relationship between the governor and the legislature should be a friendly and cooperative one. Just as with ones colleagues in the legislature, legislators must be open to speaking with and negotiating with the government to come to a consensus on crucial issues. The lines of communication must always be open between the legislature and the administration because not only do you need a passing vote in the House and Senate, but you need the governor's signature.
I absolutely believe it's beneficial to build a relationship with every legislator possible. The only way to accomplish things is through the relationships that you build. While we must always stand up for what we believe in and be vocal about the things that we disagree with, fellow legislators should be colleagues rather than adversaries at every possible chance.
The committees that I am most interested in being a part of are Judiciary, Education, Oversight, and Transportation. I believe that some of the most important issues facing Michigan will come through these committees.
Yes. I am willing to devote my entire life to being a servant of the public good. Whether it be as a Michigan Senator, US congressman or Senator, governor, or appointee, I will fully dedicate myself to doing everything in my power to improve the lives of my fellow Americans.
I spoke to a resident who lives a few blocks from my own home. She was an elderly lady who has been on this street for longer than I've been alive. I sat with her and had a long conversation about all of the good and bad in the community, all of the changes that she's seen in her 80+ years. She isn't in this city, in this neighborhood because she's "stuck" here. She's here because she loves Detroit, she cares about her neighborhood and her neighbors, and she wouldn't leave if she had the opportunity to do so. She just wants to see the people who are supposed to represent her, whether at city hall, in Lansing, or in Washington actually care. She couldn't recall a candidate or elected official ever come to her door in all of the time she's lived here. At most, they send volunteers. She got to tell me personally about some of the things that have been concerning her, and I worked with her to find solutions even long after I had lost the 2018 race for state rep. I did it because I did care about what she needed. Far too many of our seniors who have paved the way for us are ignored once people see them as "outliving their usefulness." I learned more from her that first day than I have from many "useful" people.
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- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 26, 2020
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
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