Michigan State Senate District 6 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Michigan State Senate District 6 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 6
Mary Cavanagh defeated Ken Crider and Kimberly Givens in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Cavanagh (D)  | 68.0 | 74,122 |
 | Ken Crider (R) | 28.9 | 31,463 | |
 | Kimberly Givens (Working Class Party) | 3.1 | 3,396 | |
| Total votes: 108,981 | |||
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Mary Cavanagh (D)
I will work tirelessly to protect every Michigander's right to an abortion. In the senate, I will continue the fight to repeal Michigan's 1931 law criminalizing abortion and work to expand reproductive freedoms. We need to pass the Reproductive Health Act, which protects an individual's ability to make their own decisions about contraception, sterilization, and abortion. It also removes barriers to funding for facilities that provide abortion, repeals laws that require those seeking abortion to receive biased, medically inaccurate information, and ends the 24 hour mandatory waiting period. I won't stop fighting until we've secured the rights lost in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision and expanded Michiganders' access to reproductive healthcare.
I am committed to making sure that every Michigander can vote, free from unnecessary burdens. I support legislation that makes it easier to vote, including bills that will expand drop box locations and early in-person voting, allow clerks to process absentee ballots 48 hours before the election, codify the ability for voters to request an AV ballot through the SOS website, protect the affidavit option for those without ID, and create a process to notify a voter if their signature does not match. I also introduced a bill to impose a fine on people who intentionally spread misinformation about elections. As a state senator, I will continue to fight back against restrictive laws and protect voters from misinformation about elections.
Mary Cavanagh (D)
Criminal Justice: Conventional approaches to criminal justice have not made our communities any safer, but have had a disproportionate, negative impact on low-income communities, those struggling with mental health issues, and people of color. It is time to pursue proven strategies that strengthen our communities by targeting the source, not the perpetrator, of crime. I will fight to end mandatory minimums, invest in jail-diversion programs and specialty courts, and establish community re-entry programs that include the ability to vote.
Healthcare: Access to healthcare, including mental healthcare and reproductive healthcare, is one of the largest issues facing our state. We must create affordable healthcare alternatives so no one is prevented from receiving treatment they need or left in financial ruin after a visit. This includes expanding paid leave so workers can spend time with their children or ill family members in addition to recuperating from illnesses themselves. We also need to work to eliminate biases in healthcare and target environmental hazards that perpetuate health disparities.
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