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Phil Phelps
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 |
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| • Agriculture |
| • Communications and Technology, Vice chair |
| • Insurance |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Phelps served on the following committees:
| Michigan committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Communications and Technology, Minority Vice Chair |
| • Health Policy |
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."
Sponsored legislation
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Horn (R) | 55.5 | 62,375 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Horn | 100.0 | 26,206 |
| Total votes: 26,206 | |||
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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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  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 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jeremy Baker |
53.18% | 829 | |
| Republican | Patrick Duvendeck | 46.82% | 730 | |
| Total Votes | 1,559 | |||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Phil Phelps Incumbent |
73.6% | 18,211 | |
| Republican | Lu Penton | 26.4% | 6,524 | |
| Total Votes | 24,735 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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Phil Phelps Incumbent |
78.6% | 4,563 |
| Kyle Cawood | 21.4% | 1,242 |
| Total Votes | 5,805 | |
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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Phil Phelps |
63.4% | 4,894 | |
| Republican | Don Pfeiffer | 32.4% | 2,501 | |
| Libertarian | Pat Clawson | 4.2% | 323 | |
| Total Votes | 7,718 | |||
| Michigan House of Representatives, District 49 Democratic Primary, 2013 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Phil Phelps |
38.7% | 1,979 |
| Karyn Miller | 23.5% | 1,201 |
| Trevor Rodgers | 2.9% | 148 |
| Dan Hipkins | 1.5% | 76 |
| Donald Wright | 6.6% | 337 |
| Eli Isaguirr | 26.9% | 1,378 |
| Total Votes | 5,119 | |
Campaign finance summary
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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.
- National Federation of Independent Business in Michigan: 2017-2018 voting record
- Legislators are scored based on their votes on small business issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2017
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In 2017, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 11 through December 31.
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2016
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In 2016, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 13 through December 31.
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2015
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In 2015, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 14 through December 17.
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2014
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In 2014, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 8 through December 31.
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2013
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In 2013, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 9 to December 31.
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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
- Michigan State Senate elections, 2018
- Michigan State Legislature
- Michigan House of Representatives
- House Committees
- Michigan state legislative districts
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Vote-USA
- Phil Phelps on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ philphelps.com, "Working For You," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Results," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Snyder calls special election for state House seat," May 15, 2013
- ↑ mlive.com, "Six Democrats, two Republicans face off in 49th District state House primary election," June 4, 2013
- ↑ mlive.com, "Phil Phelps wins Democratic primary for 49th District state House seat," August 6, 2013
- ↑ mlive.com, "Don Pfeiffer wins Republican primary for 49th District state House seat," August 6, 2013
- ↑ mlive.com, "Libertarian candidate Pat Clawson joins race for 49th District state House seat," August 7, 2013
- ↑ co.genesee.mi.us, "Unofficial election results," November 5, 2013
- ↑ miboecfr.nictusa.com, "Official Democratic primary results," accessed November 19, 2013
- ↑ miboecfr.nictusa.com, "Official special election results," accessed November 19, 2013
- ↑ philphelps.com, "Endorsements," accessed July 30, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by NA |
Michigan House of Representatives District 49 2013–2018 |
Succeeded by John Cherry (D) |
