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Tenisha Yancey

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Tenisha Yancey
Nonpartisan
Michigan 36th District Court
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
3
Prior offices:
Michigan House of Representatives District 1
Years in office: 2017 - 2023
Successor: Tyrone Carter (D)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
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Tenisha Yancey is a judge of the Michigan 36th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Yancey ran for election for judge of the Michigan 36th District Court. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Yancey also ran for election for judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2022)

General election

General election for Michigan 36th District Court (2 seats)

Tenisha Yancey and Adam Sabree won election in the general election for Michigan 36th District Court on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tenisha Yancey
Tenisha Yancey (Nonpartisan)
 
53.8
 
96,295
✔
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Adam Sabree (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
45.0
 
80,508
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
2,251

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 179,054
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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Incumbent Tenisha Yancey defeated Latricia Ann Lanier and Gregory Creswell in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tenisha Yancey
Tenisha Yancey (D)
 
75.8
 
29,742
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Latricia Ann Lanier (R)
 
22.2
 
8,696
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Gregory Creswell (L)
 
2.0
 
786

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,224
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Incumbent Tenisha Yancey advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tenisha Yancey
Tenisha Yancey
 
100.0
 
12,373

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,373
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Latricia Ann Lanier advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Latricia Ann Lanier
 
100.0
 
2,568

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,568
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Gregory Creswell advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on July 18, 2020.

Candidate
✔
Image of Gregory Creswell
Gregory Creswell (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Incumbent Tenisha Yancey defeated Mark Corcoran and Gregory Creswell in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tenisha Yancey
Tenisha Yancey (D)
 
72.9
 
21,790
Image of Mark Corcoran
Mark Corcoran (R)
 
25.0
 
7,466
Image of Gregory Creswell
Gregory Creswell (L)
 
2.1
 
631

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,887
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Incumbent Tenisha Yancey defeated Shaun Maloy in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Tenisha Yancey
 
79.8
 
7,580
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Shaun Maloy
 
20.2
 
1,919

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,499
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Mark Corcoran advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mark Corcoran
 
100.0
 
2,927

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,927
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1

Gregory Creswell advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 1 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gregory Creswell
Gregory Creswell
 
100.0
 
25

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25
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2017

See also: Michigan state legislative special elections, 2017

A special election for the position of Michigan House of Representatives District 1 took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on August 8, 2017. The filing deadline was April 25, 2017.[1]

The seat became vacant on February 7, 2017, when Brian Banks (D) resigned after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor that involved falsifying financial information in order to apply for a loan.[2]

Tenisha Yancey defeated Sandra Bucciero, Ronald Diebel, John Donahue, Burgess Foster, Kirkland Garey, Keith Hollowell, Justin Johnson, Gowana Mancill Jr., Pamela Sossi, and Washington Youson in the Democratic primary. Mark Corcoran defeated William Phillips in the Republican primary. Yancey defeated Corcoran and Libertarian Gregory Creswell in the special election.[3][4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 1, Special Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTenisha Yancey 71.6% 7,266
     Republican Mark Corcoran 25.1% 2,551
     Libertarian Gregory Creswell 3.3% 334
     Democratic William Phillips (write-in) 0% 1
Total Votes 10,152
Source: Michigan Department of State

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Tenisha Yancey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

State legislative tenure

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Yancey was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Yancey was assigned to the following committees:


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.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ The Detroit News, "Snyder calls election; officials say Banks can’t run," February 16, 2017
    2. ↑ Detroit News, "Rep. Banks resigns, pleads guilty to misdemeanor," February 8, 2017
    3. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2017 Michigan Candidate Listing," accessed April 27, 2017
    4. ↑ Detroit Free Press, "Yancey on her way to November election in a race to replace former Rep. Brian Banks," August 8, 2017

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Michigan 36th District Court
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Michigan House of Representatives District 1
    2017-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Tyrone Carter (D)

    Michigan courts

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    Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan

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    Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan Court of Claims • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Municipal Courts • Michigan Probate Courts

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