Nick Pigeon

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Nick Pigeon

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 5, 2025

Education

Graduate

Michigan State University, 2023

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Birthplace

Michigan

Profession

Nonprofit director

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Nick Pigeon ran for election for an at-large seat of the Lansing City Council in Michigan. He lost in the primary on August 5, 2025.

Pigeon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Nick Pigeon was born in Michigan. He earned a graduate degree from Michigan State University in 2023. His career experience includes working as a nonprofit director.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Lansing, Michigan (2025)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Lansing City Council At-Large (2 seats)

Incumbent Jeremy Garza, Aurelius Christian, Clara Martinez, and Julie Vandenboom are running in the general election for Lansing City Council At-Large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Jeremy Garza (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Aurelius Christian (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Clara Martinez (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Julie Vandenboom (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Lansing City Council At-Large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Lansing City Council At-Large on August 5, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeremy Garza (Nonpartisan)	20.3	5,328
✔	Submit photo	Julie Vandenboom (Nonpartisan)	17.6	4,627
✔	Submit photo	Clara Martinez (Nonpartisan)	17.6	4,623
✔	Submit photo	Aurelius Christian (Nonpartisan)	9.7	2,531
	Submit photo	Olivia Vaden (Nonpartisan)	8.2	2,149
	Submit photo	Gloria Denning (Nonpartisan)	7.6	2,004
		Tirstan Walters (Nonpartisan)	6.9	1,820
		Nick Pigeon (Nonpartisan)	4.8	1,259
		Jonah Stone (Nonpartisan)	3.4	904
		Miles Biel (Nonpartisan)	3.4	880
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	92

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robin Jones (Nonpartisan)

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Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Nick Pigeon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pigeon'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 lifelong Michigander living on Lansing’s Eastside. As the son of a separated autoworker and teacher, my family faced insecurity during the 2008 financial crisis. That experience led me to get involved in my community, volunteering and organizing campaigns to make government more responsive to working families. Organizing and working for change early in life inspired me to return to Michigan State University to study Public Policy so I could make a bigger difference. Time and time again, I saw the political leaders I worked for leave people like me behind. That realization drove me to become the Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network (MCFN), a 28-year-old nonprofit dedicated to educating the public about the influence of money in politics. During my time at MCFN, I served as a watchdog over Michigan’s elected officials, testified before the Michigan Legislature in support of stronger ethics and transparency bills, and routinely collaborated with Michigan’s top journalists to help them craft stories about campaign finance. I worked diligently to shine a light on the corruption created by weak campaign finance laws and the lack of accountability among state elected officials in Lansing.

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?

• Transparency and Accountability: Public access to our information so there is no undue influence: An ethical and transparent council will make decisions that are best for working class families. I am committed to providing residents with real-time information when decisions are made and strengthen our ethics laws.
• Community Revitalization: Making investments in our communities through collaboration: I will advocate for a community benefits ordinance requiring CBA’s for every project and ensure the community has an input for every upcoming project. I will ensure when our tax dollars are used to incentivize developers that our residents see tangible results.
• City services: Putting tax dollars to work on snow, streets, and sanitation: Our communities lack proper systems to connect residents to public works departments. I will invest in systems that make getting city services quicker and easier for the city to respond to.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Transparency

Campaign Finance
Community revitalization
Taxation Policy
Zoning
Affordable housing
Public transit
Infrastructure improvement

Environmental sustainability

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

It’s time to disrupt the business as usual approach to governing and politics. Our elected officials are too constrained by their parties, donors, and big businesses to do what their voters demand. It’s time to put the community first and I am not afraid to try something new and disrupt the status quo.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Creating an efficient system of collaboration between council and residents.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Reform of campaign finance law in Michigan and an advocate for transparent government. I want to inspire the next generation of leadership to run in a way that is different from the status-quo

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

Election of Barack Obama in 2008

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

Organizer

What is your favorite book? Why?

So hard to pick an overall favorite. A recent popular fiction novel I liked is Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

If You Want Me to Stay - Sly and the Family Stone

Do you believe that it's beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics?

No

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

he Supreme Court ruled that spending money is a form of free speech. This has led to the rise of "dark money," where anonymous donors can give unlimited amounts to nonprofits to influence elections. This allows wealthy donors to have tens of thousands of times more "speech" than you. Dark money is at the root of every policy issue in this country because these donors spend their vast amounts of money for their own motives without any accountability. I pledge to refuse any corporate PAC money and will not support organizations making independent expenditures on my behalf.

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