Alberta Tinsley-Talabi

Alberta Tinsley-Talabi

Democratic Party

Prior offices

Wayne County Commission

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Detroit City Council

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Michigan House of Representatives District 2

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 2, 2022

Education

High school

Scripps, Foch and Southeastern High School

Bachelor's

Eastern Michigan University, 1976

Contact

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Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (Democratic Party) was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 2. Tinsley-Talabi assumed office on January 1, 2011. Tinsley-Talabi left office in 2017.

Tinsley-Talabi (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 3. Tinsley-Talabi was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 2, 2022.

Tinsley-Talabi is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 2 from 2010 to 2017. She did not seek re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016 due to term limits.

Tinsley-Talabi served on the Detroit City Council from 1993 to 2009, and as a Wayne County Commissioner from 1987 to 1990.

Biography

Tinsley-Talabi earned her B.S. in social work and criminal justice from Eastern Michigan University in 1976.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2015
• Agriculture
• Families, Children, and Seniors
• Military and Veterans Affairs

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Talabi served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2012
• Financial Liability Reform
• Local Government

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Talabi served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2011
• Agriculture
• Transportation

Voting record details

• List of all of Alberta Tinsley-Talabi’s roll call votes, bills introduced, and floor amendments from MichiganVotes.org (use site’s "advanced search" to narrow by date range, issue category and/or keyword).

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

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 3

Incumbent Stephanie Chang defeated Linda Rayburn in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Chang (D)	85.7	61,247
		Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party)	14.3	10,243

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,490
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 3

Incumbent Stephanie Chang defeated Toinu Reeves in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Chang	82.8	22,452
	Submit photo	Toinu Reeves	17.2	4,659

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,111
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D)
• John Ulaj (D)

Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 3

Linda Rayburn advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 3 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 1

Stephanie Chang defeated Pauline Montie and David Bullock in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Chang (D)	72.0	62,071
	Submit photo	Pauline Montie (R)	24.2	20,879
		David Bullock (G)	3.8	3,257

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 86,207
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 1 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Chang	49.8	16,427
		Alberta Tinsley-Talabi	26.4	8,710
		Bettie Cook Scott	11.2	3,698
	Submit photo	James Cole Jr.	5.2	1,717
	Submit photo	Stephanie Roehm	4.4	1,464
	Submit photo	Nicholas Rivera	2.9	941

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,957
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 1

Pauline Montie advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 1 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Pauline Montie	100.0	8,426

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,426
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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 Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.

Bettie Cook Scott defeated Anthony Murray in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	71.84%	25,409
	Republican	Anthony Murray	28.16%	9,962
Total Votes				35,371
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bettie Cook Scott	23.02%	1,655
	Democratic	Willie Bell	18.47%	1,328
	Democratic	Jeremy Henner	16.93%	1,217
	Democratic	Angles Hunt	1.67%	120
	Democratic	E. Regina Jones	2.46%	177
	Democratic	Joseph Tate	14.74%	1,060
	Democratic	Carla Tinsley-Smith	22.70%	1,632
Total Votes				7,189

Anthony Murray defeated Molly Augustine in the Michigan House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Murray	62.12%	679
	Republican	Molly Augustine	37.88%	414
Total Votes				1,093

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 Alberta Tinsley-Talabi defeated Andrew Casazza and Bill Miller in the Democratic primary. Daniel Lamar was unopposed in the Republican primary. Tinsley-Talabi defeated Lamar in the general election. Danetta Simpson ran as an independent candidate but was disqualified before the general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent	69.4%	17,369
	Republican	Daniel Lamar	30.6%	7,664
Total Votes				25,033

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent	64.6%	5,413
Andrew Casazza	27.6%	2,315
Bill Miller	7.8%	654
Total Votes		8,382

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

Tinsley-Talabi won re-election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 2. She defeated District 1 incumbent Tim Bledsoe and Anthony Zander in the August 7 Democratic primary and defeated Daniel Corrigan Grano (R) and Hans Christopher Barbe (G) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent	71.8%	28,990
	Republican	Daniel Grano	25.9%	10,459
	Green	Hans Barbe	2.3%	938
Total Votes				40,387

Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi Incumbent	51%	5,272
Tim Bledsoe Incumbent	45.4%	4,699
Anthony Zander	3.6%	374
Total Votes		10,345

2010

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

Tinsley-Talabi won election to the District 3 seat in 2010. She defeated Carol Banks, Kenneth Jackson, Isaiah Lawson, Liscious Williams III and Kirk Young in the August 3 Democratic primary. She defeated Daniel Lamar (R) and Fred Vitale (G) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 General election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D)		13,200
Daniel Lamar (R)		522
Fred Vitale (G)		322

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Alberta Tinsley-Talabi did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

A questionnaire distributed by the League of Women Voters (dead link) asked the candidates to provide information about their legislative priorities and proposed actions regarding those priorities. Tinsley-Talabi gave the following responses:

• Job Growth and Employment Opportunities

"I will propose the state spending priorities focus on those activities that generate "real" jobs with particular consideration given to economically distressed areas."

• Preventing Mortgage Foreclosures

"I will propose that OFIR establish criteria for financial institutions to grant families with underwater loans new mortgages at current market value."

• Quality Public Education

"I will support higher state funding for K-12 School Aid Fund and improved teacher continuing education and technical support funding."

Campaign finance summary

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Alberta Tinsley-Talabi campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	Michigan State Senate District 1	Lost primary	$25,516	N/A**
2014	Michigan House of Representatives, District 2	Won	$27,850	N/A**
2012	Michigan State House, District 2	Won	$31,600	N/A**
2010	Michigan State House, District 3	Won	$15,415	N/A**
Grand total			$100,381	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 on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

Tea Party Scorecard

The Independent Tea Party Patriots, a Michigan Tea Party group, grades the votes of this and every other Michigan legislator on “core tea party issues” in a regularly-updated scorecard. 100% is considered an ideal rating.

January 2011 - March 2012

Alberta Tinsley-Talabi received a 6% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.

Personal

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Tinsley-Talabi is the founder of Mack Alive, the Coalition Against Billboard Advertising of Alcohol and Tobacco, and the Partnership for a Drug Free Detroit.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Lisa Howze (D)	Michigan House of Representatives District 2 2013–2017	Succeeded by Bettie Cook Scott (D)
Preceded by Bettie Scott (D)	Michigan House of Representatives District 3 2011–2013	Succeeded by John Olumba (D)

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Current members of the Michigan State Senate

Senators

District 1

Erika Geiss (D)

District 2

Sylvia Santana (D)

District 3

Stephanie Chang (D)

District 4

Darrin Camilleri (D)

District 5

Dayna Polehanki (D)

District 6

Mary Cavanagh (D)

District 7

Jeremy Moss (D)

District 8

Mallory McMorrow (D)

District 9

Michael Webber (R)

District 10

Paul Wojno (D)

District 11

Veronica Klinefelt (D)

District 12

Kevin Hertel (D)

District 13

Rosemary Bayer (D)

District 14

Sue Shink (D)

District 15

Jeff Irwin (D)

District 16

Joseph Bellino (R)

District 17

Jonathan Lindsey (R)

District 18

Thomas Albert (R)

District 19

Sean McCann (D)

District 20

Aric Nesbitt (R)

District 21

Sarah Anthony (D)

District 22

Lana Theis (R)

District 23

Jim Runestad (R)

District 24

Ruth Johnson (R)

District 25

Dan Lauwers (R)

District 26

Kevin Daley (R)

District 27

John Cherry (D)

District 28

Sam Singh (D)

District 29

Winnie Brinks (D)

District 30

Mark Huizenga (R)

District 31

Roger Victory (R)

District 32

Jon Bumstead (R)

District 33

Rick Outman (R)

District 34

Roger Hauck (R)

District 35

Vacant

District 36

Michele Hoitenga (R)

District 37

John Damoose (R)

District 38

Ed McBroom (R)

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