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Marilyn Lane
Marilyn Lane (b. February 10, 1959) is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 31 from 2010 to 2017.
Lane did not seek re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016 because she was term-limited.
Lane previously served as the mayor of Fraser.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lane served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Energy Policy |
| • Regulatory Reform |
| • Transportation and Infrastructure, Minority Vice Chair |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lane served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2012 |
|---|
| • Elections and Ethics |
| • Energy and Technology |
| • Financial Services |
| • Transportation and Infrastructure, Vice chair |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lane served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Families and Children's Services |
| • Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lane served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Families, Children and Seniors |
| • Local, Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs |
Issues
Voting record details
- List of all of Marilyn’s roll call votes, bills introduced, and floor amendments from MichiganVotes.org (use site’s “advanced search” to narrow by date range, issue category and/or keyword).
Sponsored legislation
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
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 Marilyn Lane (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.
William Sowerby defeated Lisa Valerio-Nowc and Michael Saliba in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 general election.[1]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  William Sowerby |
56.16% | 22,735 | |
| Republican | Lisa Valerio-Nowc | 38.89% | 15,743 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Saliba | 4.96% | 2,007 | |
| Total Votes | 40,485 | |||
| Source: Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
William Sowerby defeated Michael Brewington in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 Democratic primary.[2][3]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | William Sowerby |
78.31% | 4,561 | |
| Democratic | Michael Brewington | 21.69% | 1,263 | |
| Total Votes | 5,824 | |||
Lisa Valerio-Nowc defeated Austin Negipe in the Michigan House of Representatives District 31 Republican primary.[2][3]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lisa Valerio-Nowc |
66.87% | 2,206 | |
| Republican | Austin Negipe | 33.13% | 1,093 | |
| Total Votes | 3,299 | |||
2014
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Incumbent Marilyn Lane defeated Kathy Blanke and Juliana Goldwater in the Democratic primary. Phil Rode was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lane defeated Rode in the general election.[4][5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marilyn Lane Incumbent |
61.1% | 15,769 | |
| Republican | Phil Rode | 38.9% | 10,054 | |
| Total Votes | 25,823 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Marilyn Lane Incumbent |
69.8% | 3,803 |
| Kathy Blanke | 18.4% | 1,004 |
| Juliana Goldwater | 11.8% | 643 |
| Total Votes | 5,450 | |
2012
Lane won election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 31. Shee ran unopposed in the August 7 Democratic primary and defeated Lynn Evans (R) and James Miller (L) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Marilyn Lane Incumbent |
61.7% | 24,443 | |
| Republican | Lynn Evans | 33.9% | 13,404 | |
| Libertarian | James Miller | 4.4% | 1,742 | |
| Total Votes | 39,589 | |||
2010
Lane ran for election to the District 31 seat in 2010. She defeated Jim Shamaly in the August 3 Democratic primary. She defeated Dan Tollis (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[9][10]
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 31 General election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Marilyn Lane (D)
|
12,710 | |||
| Dan Tollis (R) | 10,874 | |||
| James Miller (L) | 792 | |||
| Dan Elles (I) | 584 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
Tea Party Scorecard
The Independent Tea Party Patriots, a Michigan Tea Party group, grades the votes of this and every other Michigan legislator on “core tea party issues” in a regularly-updated scorecard. 100% is considered an ideal rating.[11]
January 2011 - March 2012
Marilyn Lane received a 23% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.[11]
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Lane and her husband, James, have one child.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Marilyn + Lane + Michigan + Legislature
See also
- Michigan State Legislature
- Michigan House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Michigan state legislative districts
External links
- Office website
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Vote-USA
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2010
- Michigan Votes - Marilyn Lane
Footnotes
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2012 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed June 5, 2012
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "State Representative," accessed March 23, 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Michigan Votes, "Tea Party Scorecard Jan 2011-Mar 2012," accessed June 22, 2012
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Fred Miller (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 31 2011–2017 |
Succeeded by William Sowerby (D) |
