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Sherry O'Donnell
Sherry O'Donnell (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Michigan. She lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.
O'Donnell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sherry O'Donnell was born in Watertown, Minnesota. O'Donnell earned a D.O. from Oklahoma State University in 1990. Her career experience includes working as a doctor and author. O'Donnell has served as a fellow with the American College of Osteopathic Internists and served on the boards of the Medical Strategic Network, Lake Michigan Christian Church, and Grace Christian Center.
She has also bee affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- She Leads Michigan
- She Leads America
- Medical Evangelism Training Strategies
- American Osteopathic Association
- American Medical Association
- American College of Osteopathic Internists
- U.S. Term Limits
- Berrien County GOP
- GOP Fifth District Executive Committee
- National Rifle Association
- Congressional Leadership Circle
- Judicial Watch
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Michigan
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Michigan on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Elissa Slotkin (D) | 48.6 | 2,712,686 |
 | Mike Rogers (R) | 48.3 | 2,693,680 | |
 | Joseph Solis-Mullen (L)  | 1.0 | 56,697 | |
 | Douglas P. Marsh (G) | 1.0 | 53,978 | |
 | Dave Stein (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.7 | 41,363 | |
 | Doug Dern (Natural Law Party) | 0.3 | 18,779 | |
 | Valerie Willis (U.S. Taxpayers Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | |
| James Chapman (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 5,577,190 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Frizzell (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
Elissa Slotkin defeated Hill Harper in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elissa Slotkin | 76.3 | 712,791 |
 | Hill Harper | 23.7 | 221,053 | |
| Total votes: 933,844 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Pamela Pugh (D)
- Nasser Beydoun (D)
- Leslie Love (D)
- Zack Burns (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan
Mike Rogers defeated Justin Amash, Sherry O'Donnell, and Sandy Pensler in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Michigan on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Rogers | 63.2 | 555,766 |
 | Justin Amash | 15.6 | 137,565 | |
 | Sherry O'Donnell | 12.1 | 106,466 | |
 | Sandy Pensler | 9.1 | 79,772 | |
| Total votes: 879,569 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- J.D. Wilson (R)
- Sharon Savage (R)
- Michael Hoover (R)
- Bensson Samuel (R)
- Alexandria Taylor (R)
- Peter Meijer (R)
- James Craig (R)
- Nikki Snyder (R)
- Rebekah Curran (R)
- Glenn Wilson (R)
Green convention
Green convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Douglas P. Marsh advanced from the Green convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on June 15, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Douglas P. Marsh (G) |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Joseph Solis-Mullen advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on July 20, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Solis-Mullen (L) |
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Natural Law Party convention
Natural Law Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Doug Dern advanced from the Natural Law Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on April 17, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Dern (Natural Law Party) |
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan
Dave Stein advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. Senate Michigan on July 27, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Stein (U.S. Taxpayers Party) |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for O'Donnell in this election.
Pledges
O'Donnell signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Incumbent Tim Walberg defeated Bart Goldberg, Norman Peterson, and Ezra Scott in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Walberg (R) | 62.4 | 198,020 |
 | Bart Goldberg (D) | 35.0 | 110,946 | |
| Norman Peterson (L) | 1.6 | 5,129 | ||
 | Ezra Scott (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 1.0 | 3,162 | |
| Total votes: 317,257 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ethan Hobson (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Bart Goldberg advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bart Goldberg | 100.0 | 39,971 |
| Total votes: 39,971 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Incumbent Tim Walberg defeated Sherry O'Donnell, Elizabeth Ferszt, and Bryan Trouten in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Walberg | 67.1 | 67,582 |
| Sherry O'Donnell | 32.7 | 32,886 | |
 | Elizabeth Ferszt (Write-in) | 0.1 | 66 | |
 | Bryan Trouten (Write-in) | 0.0 | 31 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 97 | ||
| Total votes: 100,662 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Norman Peterson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Norman Peterson (L) | |
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Ezra Scott advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on July 23, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ezra Scott (U.S. Taxpayers Party) |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Sherry O'Donnell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Donnell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2008, Dr. O’Donnell launched Herbie Medical Clinic providing care to the underserved and uninsured. She has traveled to 35 different countries leading short-term medical missions and disaster relief. In 2020, she responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by spending weekends caring for patients on the front lines in New York City.
Dr. O’Donnell attended Bible School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is ordained with the Assembly of God Church.
Dr. O’Donnell is extremely active in She Leads Michigan and She Leads America. Among members and honorees of the organization are Dr. Alveda King, Riley Gaines, Brandi Swindell, and Congresswoman Lisa McClain. Dr. O’Donnell was honored by She Leads Michigan in 2022.
Dr. O’Donnell has coauthored a book and teaching materials on this style entitled, Caring for the Whole Person.
She is a “Fellow” with the American College of Osteopathic Internists. She serves as adjunct faculty at both Seton Hall University and Western Michigan University. She has thrice been awarded “Preceptor of the Year” from Western Michigan University.
She serves on the Board of Medical Evangelism Training Seminars (METS).
- Securing the border and national security. Right now, we have anywhere from 4000 to 11,000 illegal immigrants crossing into our country daily. The majority of the people are males of military age. This is a dangerous situation for our country. As your next U.S. Senator, I will support building the wall, ending the catch and release program, stop abuse of asylum claims, hold back federal funding to sanctuary states and cities, and funding ICE.
- Inflation. Whether it is mortgage rates, gas or a carton of eggs, family budgets are being stretched to the max. It is time to make our country energy independent once again to lower the price of gas and home heating oil. By reducing the cost of fuel, we will start to lower inflation across the board.
- Constitutional rights. Our rights are non-negotiable. I believe in individual freedom. Our government should not be dictating our medical decisions or if we can have a gas stove in our kitchen. People can make their own best decisions and they should have the freedom to do so. As your next Senator, I am committed to protecting our first and second amendment rights as well.
As a doctor and a person who runs a free medical clinic, I know what ails our medical system. I will use my extensive experience to make health care affordable and accessible. I will work to ensure that medical decisions are made by doctors and their patients, not government bureaucrats.
Other characteristics include honesty, integrity, determination, energy and a work ethic.
The federal government doesn’t have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem. It is time for Washington to balance the budget like every Michigan family does.
It is time to end the stranglehold of career politicians who put politics ahead of people. By implementing term limits, we will be restoring accountability to the people.
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2022
Sherry O'Donnell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by O'Donnell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Freedom & Constitutional Rights. I represent "We the People" and our Constitutional rights. We have a runaway government overreaching, and overregulating while ignoring our constitution and laws. We must protect our constitutional amendments inclusive of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I am Pro-Freedom. Freedom is foundational to who we are as a country. Freedom to think , believe and live according to the dictates of one's conscience. Freedom to allow families to determine where their children's best interests are educationally. Freedom to allow small business owners to determine when and how to serve their communities best.
- National Security. We need to put a stop to Illegal Immigration. Thousands of illegal immigrants from Central and Latin America continue to march through the U.S. border creating undue economic hardship and safety concerns. Immigrants congregate in migrant camps increasing the transmission of communicable diseases inclusive of COVID -19. I have witnessed the devastation this creates in multiple countries where I have lead medical missions. The borders need to be closed to illegal immigration.
- Fiscal Responsibility. I am a fiscal conservative and a small business owner who believes that budgets are important and responsible prioritizing of spending is vital. Governmental runaway spending is a threat to our economy, families and the freedoms we enjoy as a nation.
Anti overreach of government.
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Campaign finance summary
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 19, 2024
