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Phil Phelps

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Phil Phelps
Image of Phil Phelps
Prior offices
Michigan House of Representatives District 49
Successor: John Cherry

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 6, 2018

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Phil Phelps (Democratic Party) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 49. Phelps assumed office on November 7, 2013. Phelps left office on January 1, 2019.

Phelps (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 32. Phelps lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Phelps is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 49 from 2013 to 2018. He was elected in a special election on November 5, 2013. Phelps was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Michigan House of Representatives because of term limits.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture
Communications and Technology, Vice chair
Insurance

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Phelps served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

2014

Phelps' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

Jobs and the Economy

  • Excerpt: "Michigan’s economy took a big hit when the auto industry began shutting down automotive factories. However, Michiganders are resilient. We will rebuild Michigan's economy by investing in small businesses, technology, clean energy, and science and math education."

Civil Rights

  • Excerpt: "Our legislature should work to end discrimination whether it is based on gender, race, age, sexual orientation or any other reason. I want to work to help the LGBT community gain the same rights as all members of our community,fight to reduce income disparities based on race, and fight for equal wages for women."

Reproductive Rights

  • Excerpt: "The Michigan legislature in recent years has taken women's healthcare choices away from them. Women should be able to make planned decisions about starting a family. Decisions about women's healthcare and their bodies should be made by women."

Open Government

  • Excerpt: "Government transparency is truly important. We pay our taxes and vote for legislators to represent our interests, so we deserve to know how they spend our public dollars. Information and communication should be readily available to the citizens for government to truly serve its citizens. Citizens need all the relevant information to hold their elected leaders accountable."

Retirement Security

  • Excerpt: "Our senior citizens have worked for years to save money and plan for their retirement. Now that their working years are over, the legislature has forced changes to those planned retirements. By taxing their pensions our government is taking more than money, they're taking security away from a population who is least able to protect themselves."

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

2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 32

Incumbent Ken Horn defeated Phil Phelps in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 32 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ken Horn
Ken Horn (R)
 
55.5
 
62,375
Image of Phil Phelps
Phil Phelps (D)
 
44.5
 
50,058

Total votes: 112,433
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 32

Phil Phelps defeated Henry Gaudreau in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 32 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Phil Phelps
Phil Phelps
 
58.7
 
14,152
Henry Gaudreau
 
41.3
 
9,938

Total votes: 24,090
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 32

Incumbent Ken Horn advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 32 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ken Horn
Ken Horn
 
100.0
 
26,206

Total votes: 26,206
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2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives 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 Phil Phelps defeated Jeremy Baker in the Michigan House of Representatives District 49 general election.[2]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Phil Phelps Incumbent 68.45% 24,862
     Republican Jeremy Baker 31.55% 11,458
Total Votes 36,320
Source: Michigan Secretary of State


Incumbent Phil Phelps ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 49 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Phil Phelps Incumbent (unopposed)


Jeremy Baker defeated Patrick Duvendeck in the Michigan House of Representatives District 49 Republican primary.[3][4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeremy Baker 53.18% 829
     Republican Patrick Duvendeck 46.82% 730
Total Votes 1,559

2014

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 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 Phil Phelps defeated Kyle Cawood in the Democratic primary. Lu Penton was unopposed in the Republican primary. Phelps defeated Penton in the general election.[5][6][7][8]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPhil Phelps Incumbent 73.6% 18,211
     Republican Lu Penton 26.4% 6,524
Total Votes 24,735
Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPhil Phelps Incumbent 78.6% 4,563
Kyle Cawood 21.4% 1,242
Total Votes 5,805

2013

See also: Michigan state legislative special elections, 2013

Phelps won election in a special election for Michigan House of Representatives District 49. The seat was vacant following Jim Ananich's (D) election to the Michigan State Senate on May 7. Phelps defeated five others in the August 6 Democratic primary and defeated Don Pfeiffer (R) and Pat Clawson (L) in the special election, which took place on November 5.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 49, Special Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPhil Phelps 63.4% 4,894
     Republican Don Pfeiffer 32.4% 2,501
     Libertarian Pat Clawson 4.2% 323
Total Votes 7,718

Campaign finance summary


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Phil Phelps campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018Michigan State Senate District 32Lost general$108,550 N/A**
2016Michigan House of Representatives, District 49Won $58,365 N/A**
2014Michigan House of Representatives, District 49Won $35,291 N/A**
Grand total$202,206 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 10 through December 31.

Legislators and candidates are scored on their economy policy views.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to agriculture.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on a number of bills selected by the editor of MIRS, a state capitol newsletter.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to conservative issues.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on small business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Phelps' endorsements included the following:[17]

  • Former Lt. Governor John Cherry
  • Former Democratic House Leader Rick Hammel
  • State Representative Pam Faris
  • State Representative Terry Brown
  • Former State Representative Jack Minore
  • Former State Representative Nate Jonker
  • Flushing Twp. Treasurer Maryion Lee
  • Councilperson Ellen Ellenburg City of Burton
  • UAW Region 1-C
  • AFT Local 6244 of the AFL-CIO
  • Genesee County Progressive Caucus

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. philphelps.com, "Working For You," accessed July 30, 2014
  2. Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
  3. 3.0 3.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016
  5. Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
  6. Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
  7. Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
  8. Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
  9. Detroit Free Press, "Snyder calls special election for state House seat," May 15, 2013
  10. mlive.com, "Six Democrats, two Republicans face off in 49th District state House primary election," June 4, 2013
  11. mlive.com, "Phil Phelps wins Democratic primary for 49th District state House seat," August 6, 2013
  12. mlive.com, "Don Pfeiffer wins Republican primary for 49th District state House seat," August 6, 2013
  13. mlive.com, "Libertarian candidate Pat Clawson joins race for 49th District state House seat," August 7, 2013
  14. co.genesee.mi.us, "Unofficial election results," November 5, 2013
  15. miboecfr.nictusa.com, "Official Democratic primary results," accessed November 19, 2013
  16. miboecfr.nictusa.com, "Official special election results," accessed November 19, 2013
  17. philphelps.com, "Endorsements," accessed July 30, 2014
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Preceded by
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Michigan House of Representatives District 49
2013–2018
Succeeded by
John Cherry (D)


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