Kim Nagy

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Kim Nagy

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Hope College, 1980

Graduate

Northwestern University, 1982

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Kim Nagy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 31. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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

Biography

Kim Nagy earned a bachelor's degree from Hope College in 1980 and a graduate degree from Northwestern University in 1982.

Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 31

Incumbent Roger Victory defeated Kim Nagy and Jessica Fox in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 31 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Victory (R)	62.1	82,383
		Kim Nagy (D)	35.7	47,413
		Jessica Fox (L)	2.1	2,845

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 132,641
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 31

Kim Nagy advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 31 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Nagy	100.0	14,454

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,454
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 31

Incumbent Roger Victory defeated Brian VanDussen in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 31 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Victory	66.2	33,205
	Submit photo	Brian VanDussen	33.8	16,974

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,179
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Thomas (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Michigan State Senate District 31

Jessica Fox advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan State Senate District 31 on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Jessica Fox (L)

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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 Roger Victory defeated Kim Nagy in the Michigan House of Representatives District 88 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 88 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Roger Victory Incumbent	75.07%	34,356
	Democratic	Kim Nagy	24.93%	11,410
Total Votes				45,766
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Kim Nagy ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 88 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 88 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Kim Nagy  (unopposed)

Incumbent Roger Victory ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 88 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 88 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Roger Victory Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a citizen, a mother, and a life-long educator. I have lived in Jenison, Michigan for over twenty years having raised my kids here. I graduated from Grand Haven High School, Hope College and Northwestern University with degrees in Music Education, Piano Performance and Pedagogy. I have been involved in local politics since 2008 having served as a volunteer on many campaigns before running for office in 2016. I served as Democratic County Party Chair for 4 years, and currently serve as Secretary. I believe our democracy thrives when citizens are engaged.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Pro Democracy: Ensure voter rights are secure. Absentee Voting available to all, early voting expansion including weekend times, voter identification cards issued upon registration that act as voter id, easily accessible drop boxes, postage prepaid by municipalities/state
• Pro-Community: Address housing costs and availability with innovative solutions such as Community Land Trust developments. Incentivize new home construction for first-time home buyers. Develop public transportation regionally to improve accessibility to jobs.
• Live our vision statement for Ottawa County "Where You Belong". Support county initiatives in Community Health -including mental health - DEI, Parks and Recreation and support our excellent schools.n

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Voter Rights

Education
Reproductive Health Care
Health Care

Campaign Finance Reform

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to several women in my life: my grandmothers, my mother, my piano teacher in college, my aunts. My Mother supported my brother and me in anything we wanted to try, or pursue. She was behind the scenes making everything go. My grandmothers could not have been more different personally, but loved their grandchildren fiercely, and supported us in myriad ways. My maternal grandmother worked as a school secretary when I was a child, she was the only working grandmother we knew. My piano teacher, Joan Conway, taught me to revere beauty and to pursue common good. My Aunts, now in their 80s are still the very backbone of our family and examples of making it work - no matter what happens.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

JFK assassination. I was 5.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked as a waitress at a local restaurant when I was in High School. I worked there two summers.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

I do believe compromise is often necessary, but would prefer to work for consensus.

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2016

Nagy's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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Fight for our children's right to a quality education and protect our schools. Improve our local economies to keep our talent and innovations in Michigan. Stop the brain drain. Bring the new ideas and dedicated work ethic to the legislature that Lansing lacks. Make colleges and universities more affordable and more accessible. Stop favoring out of state corporations over local small business. Be the voice for West Michigan values our [families] and tax payers need.

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Footnotes

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District 1

Erika Geiss (D)

District 2

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District 3

Stephanie Chang (D)

District 4

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

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District 9

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District 10

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District 11

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District 12

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District 13

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District 14

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District 15

Jeff Irwin (D)

District 16

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District 17

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District 18

Thomas Albert (R)

District 19

Sean McCann (D)

District 20

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District 21

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District 22

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District 23

Jim Runestad (R)

District 24

Ruth Johnson (R)

District 25

Dan Lauwers (R)

District 26

Kevin Daley (R)

District 27

John Cherry (D)

District 28

Sam Singh (D)

District 29

Winnie Brinks (D)

District 30

Mark Huizenga (R)

District 31

Roger Victory (R)

District 32

Jon Bumstead (R)

District 33

Rick Outman (R)

District 34

Roger Hauck (R)

District 35

Vacant

District 36

Michele Hoitenga (R)

District 37

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District 38

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