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Kevin Hertel
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Michigan State Senate District 12
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Michigan House of Representatives District 18
Successor: Jason Hoskins
Predecessor: Sarah Roberts

Compensation

Base salary

$71,685/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid. Legislators receive an expense allowance of $10,800/year for session and interim.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Notre Dame High School

Bachelor's

Michigan State University

Personal
Profession
Analyst
Contact

Kevin Hertel (Democratic Party) is a member of the Michigan State Senate, representing District 12. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Hertel (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 12. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Hertel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kevin Hertel lives in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, part of metropolitan Detroit. Hertel graduated from Notre Dame High School. Hertel earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Michigan State University. His career experience includes working as a legislative analyst and a special assistant to the office of the president for Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Hertel was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hertel was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hertel was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2017
Communications and Technology
Health Policy
Oversight, Vice chair

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 12

Kevin Hertel defeated Pamela Hornberger in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 12 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel (D) Candidate Connection
 
50.2
 
62,772
Image of Pamela Hornberger
Pamela Hornberger (R)
 
49.8
 
62,368

Total votes: 125,140
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 12

Kevin Hertel advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 12 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
25,728

Total votes: 25,728
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 12

Pamela Hornberger defeated Michael D. Williams in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 12 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pamela Hornberger
Pamela Hornberger
 
64.5
 
19,198
Michael D. Williams
 
35.5
 
10,547

Total votes: 29,745
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel defeated Michael Babat and Christine Timmon in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel (D)
 
60.3
 
32,569
Image of Michael Babat
Michael Babat (R) Candidate Connection
 
39.7
 
21,462
Christine Timmon (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
7

Total votes: 54,038
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel defeated Christopher Jeffery and Patrick Biange in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel
 
72.6
 
9,715
Image of Christopher Jeffery
Christopher Jeffery Candidate Connection
 
15.0
 
2,007
Image of Patrick Biange
Patrick Biange Candidate Connection
 
12.4
 
1,655

Total votes: 13,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Michael Babat defeated Christine Timmon and Brian Hakola in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Babat
Michael Babat Candidate Connection
 
37.1
 
2,775
Christine Timmon
 
37.1
 
2,771
Brian Hakola
 
25.8
 
1,933

Total votes: 7,479
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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 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel defeated Kyle McKee in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel (D)
 
62.6
 
25,820
Kyle McKee (R)
 
37.4
 
15,394

Total votes: 41,214
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kevin Hertel
Kevin Hertel
 
100.0
 
11,129

Total votes: 11,129
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Kyle McKee advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kyle McKee
 
100.0
 
6,552

Total votes: 6,552
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2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Sarah Roberts (D) did not seek re-election.

Kevin Hertel defeated Renata Polonaise in the Michigan House of Representatives District 18 general election.[3]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Hertel 63.31% 29,247
     Republican Renata Polonaise 36.69% 16,953
Total Votes 46,200
Source: Michigan Secretary of State


Kevin Hertel defeated Steven Fleck and Paul Francis in the Michigan House of Representatives District 18 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Hertel 76.31% 5,454
     Democratic Steven Fleck 7.12% 509
     Democratic Paul Francis 16.57% 1,184
Total Votes 7,147


Renata Polonaise ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 18 Republican primary.[4][5]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Renata Polonaise  (unopposed)

Endorsements

In 2016, Hertel's endorsements included the following:[6]

Elected officials

  • Sander Levin, United States Congressman
  • Steven Bieda, State Senator
  • Sarah Roberts, State Representative
  • Mark Hackel, Macomb County Executive
  • Derek Miller, Macomb County Treasurer
  • Dave Flynn, Macomb County Board of Commissioners Chairman
  • Veronica Klinefelt, Macomb County Commissioner
  • Ron Frederick, St. Clair Shores City Councilman
  • Peter Accica, St. Clair Shores City Councilman
  • Cardi DeMonaco Jr., Eastpointe City Councilman
  • Dennis Olshove, Former State Senator

Organizations

  • St. Clair Shores Police Officers Association
  • St. Clair Shores Professional Firefighters – IAFF Local 1744
  • Michigan Association of Police
  • Michigan League of Conservation Voters
  • Michigan Building and Construction Trades
  • Laborers' Local 1191
  • Pipefitters Local 636
  • Sheet Metal Workers' Local 80
  • Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters
  • Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43
  • Unite Here Local 24
  • Michigan Education Association, Macomb PAC

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Kevin Hertel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hertel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Kevin is a pragmatic leader who is focused on getting things done for the communities he represents. He is focused on improving public education, protecting our Great Lakes and investing in our infrastructure.
  • The pandemic caused significant economic hardship, and many in our community are still feeling its effects today. Rising costs, high fuel prices, and supply chain issues are still hitting families hard. That’s why I am fighting for policies that will provide relief to families, bring good-paying jobs back to Michigan, and set up our state for continued economic success.
  • Providing quality education to all students is what will propel our state forward. While others push culture wars and attempt to politicize our classrooms, I am laser focused on improving educational outcomes for our children.
  • Investing in our infrastructure to provide safe roads and clean drinking water. I have worked to bring resources back to our community to make sure our families have access to infrastructure that allows us to get to work and school safely. I have also worked to update out sewer infrastructure to protect Lake St. Clair and our drinking water systems to ensure everyone has access to clean, safe drinking water.
Kevin recognizes the pride and dedication that Michiganders hold for their public schools. That’s why he:

Advocated for historic investments in students, setting the next generation up for expanded educational opportunities.

Fought tirelessly in support of special education, increased state aid for local school districts and, during the pandemic, for nutrition assistance for children whose primary source of nutrition is in-school meals.

Championed the Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP), allowing parents, grandparents and other family members to help defray the cost of higher education with a 529 savings account, which are free from federal taxation.

Tirelessly fights to protect our children, championing legislation which would require schools to adopt a policy on how to handle disclosures of sexual abuse from students.

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2020

Kevin Hertel did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Hertel's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]

Environment

  • Excerpt: "I will fight to ensure that outdated sewage systems in our area are replaced or repaired in order to end the dumping of sewage into our waterways. We must pass legislation to hold communities that dump sewage into our waterways accountable."

Public education

  • Excerpt: "I will work every day to ensure our teachers, local school boards and staff have the resources necessary to educate our children. A vibrant Michigan economy begins with a strong public education system."

Higher education

  • Excerpt: "We must adequately fund Michigan’s public universities and community colleges to ensure we have the most talented workforce in the country."

Public safety

  • Excerpt: "Police officers, firefighters, and EMS workers are vital to our communities. To keep our communities safe, I will work tirelessly to ensure proper revenue sharing is in place to keep police and first responders on our streets."

Senior citizens

  • Excerpt: "I will fight to repeal the pension tax and work hard every day to ensure seniors in Michigan receive the respect they have earned."

Roads

  • Excerpt: "As a state, we must responsibly maintain our infrastructure. I will work hard to ensure we don’t ignore this issue and will fight to bring road funding to the 18th District."

Campaign finance summary


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Kevin Hertel campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Michigan State Senate District 12Won general$1,819,555 $0
2020Michigan House of Representatives District 18Won general$114,741 N/A**
2018Michigan House of Representatives District 18Won general$90,493 N/A**
2016Michigan House of Representatives, District 18Won $90,007 N/A**
Grand total$2,114,796 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Rosemary Bayer (D)
Michigan State Senate District 12
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Sarah Roberts (D)
Michigan House of Representatives District 18
2017-2023
Succeeded by
Jason Hoskins (D)


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