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Joseph Fox
Joseph Fox (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 101. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Fox (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 101. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Joseph Fox was born in Tecumseh, Michigan. Fox earned a bachelor's degree from Spring Arbor College in 1976, a graduate degree from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1982, and a graduate degree from Western Michigan University in 1991. His career experience includes working as an administrator, principal, and teacher in Christian schools and an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church. Fox has served as the director of the Newaygo County Commission on Aging and has been affiliated with Right to Life and the National Rifle Association.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Fox was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Incumbent Joseph Fox defeated Christopher Crain in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph Fox (R) | 70.4 | 36,451 |
| Christopher Crain (D) | 29.6 | 15,300 | ||
| Total votes: 51,751 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Christopher Crain advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher Crain | 100.0 | 3,890 | |
| Total votes: 3,890 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Incumbent Joseph Fox defeated Brandon McDonald in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Fox | 73.6 | 9,388 |
 | Brandon McDonald | 26.4 | 3,367 | |
| Total votes: 12,755 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Fox received the following endorsements.
Pledges
Fox signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Joseph Fox defeated Amanda Siggins in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Fox (R) | 67.8 | 27,566 |
| Amanda Siggins (D) | 32.2 | 13,101 | ||
| Total votes: 40,667 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Amanda Siggins advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amanda Siggins | 100.0 | 4,242 | |
| Total votes: 4,242 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Joseph Fox defeated Kelly Smith, Diane Schindlbeck, and Chad Pierce in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 101 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Fox | 33.3 | 5,012 |
| Kelly Smith | 32.2 | 4,840 | ||
| Diane Schindlbeck | 27.1 | 4,082 | ||
| Chad Pierce | 7.4 | 1,119 | ||
| Total votes: 15,053 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Joseph Fox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fox's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Faith is the foundation of our nation. Our rights are bestowed upon us by God not government. We have freedom OF religion. From Faith flows democracy, equality, and freedom. Church is essential to our American society. Spiritual revival is needed in our land.
- Family is the primary unit of government in a free democracy. Family membership and right to life begins at conception and continues through natural death. The family needs to be built up and protected. We must guard marriage, fatherhood, motherhood, and children. We cannot accept a radical gender theory as normal. Education is best controlled by parents. Education is for training and is not a means for social engineering children with a radical social agenda, by re-writing history, or teaching Critical Race Theory as reality. We need educational choice in Michigan.
- Freedom flows from faith. We need a limited government that seeks to protect us not control us. We need to remember that freedom was bought at great cost. We cannot keep on spending, printing money, and living on a fiat financial system. Freedom demands election integrity, i.e., safe and secure elections that are free from fraud. The preservation of freedom depends on a strong commitment to the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." As Jesus stated, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." (John 8:32)
I stand for Educational Choice. Parents need to be the primary decision-makers regarding their children's education. We limit ourselves as a State if we focus on Public Education as the primary means of education. Education is not a means of social engineering but is a means of teaching and learning what is needed for the betterment of self and society.
I stand for government that is limited in scope and agree with Gerald Ford who said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything you have." Term limits must be maintained and other means of downsizing the current bureaucracy and regulatory mentality must be implemented.
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Honesty
Integrity
Love for people
Optimism
Patience
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
I also appreciate many of the writings of C.S. Lewis, e.g., The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity.
Fighting for right to life from conception to natural death.
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 10 to December 23.
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2023
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In 2023, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 11 to November 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 12 to December 28.
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2021
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In 2021, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 31.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Michigan House of Representatives District 101 |
Officeholder Michigan House of Representatives District 101 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 6, 2022
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| Preceded by Jack O'Malley (R) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 101 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
