Patrick Biange

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Patrick Biange

Democratic Party

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August 6, 2024

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Patrick Biange (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 12. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 12

Incumbent Kimberly L. Edwards defeated Randell Shafer in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly L. Edwards (D)	69.7	31,256
	Submit photo	Randell Shafer (R)	30.3	13,609

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,865
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 12

Incumbent Kimberly L. Edwards defeated Angela McIntosh and Patrick Biange in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly L. Edwards	68.4	6,279
		Angela McIntosh	21.1	1,938
		Patrick Biange	10.5	968

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,185
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 12

Randell Shafer advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Randell Shafer	100.0	3,296

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,296
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 11

Veronica Paiz defeated Mark T. Foster in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Veronica Paiz (D)	66.6	23,656
	Submit photo	Mark T. Foster (R)	33.4	11,882

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,538
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Veronica Paiz	18.9	1,844
	Submit photo	Ricardo White	18.1	1,768
		Alex Manwell	15.3	1,491
	Submit photo	Regina Williams	14.5	1,415
	Submit photo	Athena L. Thornton	10.2	994
	Submit photo	Marvin Cotton Jr.	7.8	764
	Submit photo	David Maynard	7.2	701
		Paul Francis	4.9	478
		Patrick Biange	3.0	296

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,751
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Fresard (D)
• Lawanda Turner (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11

Mark T. Foster defeated Christopher Jeffery in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mark T. Foster	53.2	2,526
		Christopher Jeffery	46.8	2,220

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,746
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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel defeated Michael Babat and Christine Timmon in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Hertel (D)	60.3	32,569
		Michael Babat (R)	39.7	21,462
	Submit photo	Christine Timmon (R) (Write-in)	0.0	7

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,038
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Incumbent Kevin Hertel defeated Christopher Jeffery and Patrick Biange in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Hertel	72.6	9,715
		Christopher Jeffery	15.0	2,007
		Patrick Biange	12.4	1,655

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18

Michael Babat defeated Christine Timmon and Brian Hakola in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Babat	37.1	2,775
	Submit photo	Christine Timmon	37.1	2,771
	Submit photo	Brian Hakola	25.8	1,933

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,479
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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 8

Peter Lucido defeated Paul Francis in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Lucido (R)	61.8	76,172
		Paul Francis (D)	38.2	47,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,326 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 8

Paul Francis defeated Patrick Biange and Raymond Filipek in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 8 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Francis	46.6	10,113
		Patrick Biange	30.5	6,612
	Submit photo	Raymond Filipek	23.0	4,989

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,714
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 8

Peter Lucido defeated Ken Goike in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 8 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Lucido	71.7	24,261
		Ken Goike	28.3	9,565

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,826
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2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Biange ran in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 18. He ran against John M. Maynard, Phillip A. DiMaria and Sarah Roberts in the Democratic primary on August 7.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sarah Roberts	74.3%	6,530
Phillip DiMaria	15.2%	1,340
John Maynard	7.4%	650
Patrick Biange	3%	267
Total Votes		8,787

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Patrick Biange completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Biange'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.

Patrick Biange for 2020 Democratic State Representative District 18 (Saint Clair Shores & Eastpointe)!

Employment: Educator Military Service: US Army Medical Service Corps Commissioned Officer; Psychology: Army Medical Department (AMEDD) MASH Unit Education: Oakland University Psychology Degree; Macomb Mathematics Degree & Science Degree; Commercial Driver License with endorsements: School Bus, Passenger Limousine/Bus, Haz Mat/Tanker, Triple Trailers; Michigan Department Education School Bus Certification; State of Michigan Journeyman Electrician; (AOCS) Army Officer Candidate School - USDA & Homeland Security Agricultural Inspection Academy.

Age: 53 Eastpointe resident: 1966 - 1994 Saint Clair Shores resident: 1994 - 2020 Married in 1986 to Amy Two sons: Patrick James & Joseph Francis Best friend to canine: Molly Life purpose: Human & Animal Wellness

I look forward to improving the quality of life for everyone in District 18!

Your friend and neighbor, Patrick Biange

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?

• Lake Saint Clair
• Public Schools
• Economy

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

K12 Curriculum Improvement and Pupil Safety Measures; Resource-Specific Infrastructure Funding with Time-Release Preventive Maintenance Longevity Upgrades; Sustainable Great Lakes Fresh Water Basin Reciprocity Program; Lake Saint Clair Clean Water Longitudinal Plan with Multi-Functional Decontaminate Prevention and Ecological Initiatives; Occupational Training Opportunities for Unemployed and Under-Employed Workers; Economic Growth and Development with Long-Term State Civil Engineering Projects Plan; Creation Tax Incentives dependent on Correlational Supply and Demand Linear Projections.

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Patrick Biange campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Michigan House of Representatives District 12	Lost primary	$0	$0
2022	Michigan House of Representatives District 11	Lost primary	$0	$0
2018	Michigan State Senate District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Current members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Matt Hall

Minority Leader:Ranjeev Puri

Representatives

District 1

Tyrone Carter (D)

District 2

Tullio Liberati (D)

District 3

Alabas Farhat (D)

District 4

Karen Whitsett (D)

District 5

Regina Weiss (D)

District 6

Natalie Price (D)

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Tonya Myers Phillips (D)

District 8

Helena Scott (D)

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Joseph Tate (D)

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Veronica Paiz (D)

District 11

Donavan McKinney (D)

District 12

Kimberly Edwards (D)

District 13

Mai Xiong (D)

District 14

Mike McFall (D)

District 15

Erin Byrnes (D)

District 16

Stephanie Young (D)

District 17

Laurie Pohutsky (D)

District 18

Jason Hoskins (D)

District 19

Samantha Steckloff (D)

District 20

Noah Arbit (D)

District 21

Kelly Breen (D)

District 22

Matt Koleszar (D)

District 23

Jason Morgan (D)

District 24

Ranjeev Puri (D)

District 25

Peter Herzberg (D)

District 26

Dylan Wegela (D)

District 27

Rylee Linting (R)

District 28

Jamie Thompson (R)

District 29

James DeSana (R)

District 30

William Bruck (R)

District 31

Reggie Miller (D)

District 32

Jimmie Wilson (D)

District 33

Morgan Foreman (D)

District 34

Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R)

District 35

Jennifer Wortz (R)

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Steve Carra (R)

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Brad Paquette (R)

District 38

Joey Andrews (D)

District 39

Pauline Wendzel (R)

District 40

Matt Longjohn (D)

District 41

Julie Rogers (D)

District 42

Matt Hall (R)

District 43

Rachelle Smit (R)

District 44

Steve Frisbie (R)

District 45

Sarah Lightner (R)

District 46

Kathy Schmaltz (R)

District 47

Carrie Rheingans (D)

District 48

Jennifer Conlin (D)

District 49

Ann Bollin (R)

District 50

Jason Woolford (R)

District 51

Matt Maddock (R)

District 52

Mike Harris (R)

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Brenda Carter (D)

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Donni Steele (R)

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Mark Tisdel (R)

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Sharon MacDonell (D)

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Thomas Kuhn (R)

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Ron Robinson (R)

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Douglas Wozniak (R)

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Joseph Aragona (R)

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Denise Mentzer (D)

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Alicia St. Germaine (R)

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Jay DeBoyer (R)

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Joseph Pavlov (R)

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Jaime Greene (R)

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Josh Schriver (R)

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Phil Green (R)

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David Martin (R)

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Jasper Martus (D)

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Cynthia Neeley (D)

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Brian BeGole (R)

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Mike Mueller (R)

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Julie Brixie (D)

District 74

Kara Hope (D)

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Penelope Tsernoglou (D)

District 76

Angela Witwer (D)

District 77

Emily Dievendorf (D)

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Gina Johnsen (R)

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Angela Rigas (R)

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Phil Skaggs (D)

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Stephen Wooden (D)

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Kristian Grant (D)

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John Fitzgerald (D)

District 84

Carol Glanville (D)

District 85

Bradley Slagh (R)

District 86

Nancy De Boer (R)

District 87

William Snyder (D)

District 88

Greg VanWoerkom (R)

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Luke Meerman (R)

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Bryan Posthumus (R)

District 91

Pat Outman (R)

District 92

Jerry Neyer (R)

District 93

Tim Kelly (R)

District 94

Amos O'Neal (D)

District 95

Bill Schuette (R)

District 96

Timothy Beson (R)

District 97

Matthew Bierlein (R)

District 98

Gregory Alexander (R)

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Mike Hoadley (R)

District 100

Tom Kunse (R)

District 101

Joseph Fox (R)

District 102

Curt VanderWall (R)

District 103

Betsy Coffia (D)

District 104

John Roth (R)

District 105

Ken Borton (R)

District 106

Cameron Cavitt (R)

District 107

Parker Fairbairn (R)

District 108

David Prestin (R)

District 109

Karl Bohnak (R)

District 110

Gregory Markkanen (R)

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