Michigan State Senate District 12 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Michigan State Senate District 12 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Hertel (D)  | 50.2 | 62,772 |
 | Pamela Hornberger (R) | 49.8 | 62,368 | |
| Total votes: 125,140 | |||
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Kevin Hertel (D)
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 Hertel (D)
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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