Kevin Daley

Kevin Daley

Republican Party

Michigan State Senate District 26

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Aric Nesbitt

Prior offices

Michigan House of Representatives District 82

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Michigan State Senate District 31

Successor: Roger Victory

Predecessor: Mike Green

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Compensation

Base salary

$71,685/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid. Legislators receive an expense allowance of $10,800/year for session and interim.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Personal

Profession

Farmer

Contact

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Kevin Daley (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan State Senate, representing District 26. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Daley (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 26. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Daley is a former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 82 from 2009 to 2015. Daley did not seek re-election in 2014.

Over the course of 24 years, Daley served as trustee, treasurer, and then supervisor of Arcadia Township.

Biography

Kevin Daley lives in Lapeer County, Michigan. Daley's career experience includes working as a farmer. He has served on the Lapeer County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, on the Lapeer County Agricultural Preservation Board, and as the president of the Tri-County Michigan Milk Producers Association.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Daley was assigned to the following committees:

• Finance Committee
• Local Government Committee
• Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Minority Vice Chair

2021-2022

Daley was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture Committee (decommissioned), Chair
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Education and Career Readiness Committee
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned), Majority vice-chair
• Finance Committee
• Local Government Committee

2019-2020

Daley was assigned to the following committees:

• Education and Career Readiness Committee
• Senate Agriculture Committee (decommissioned), Chair
• Insurance and Banking Committee (decommissioned)
• Finance Committee
• Local Government Committee
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned), Vice Chair

2013-2014

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2012
• Agriculture, Chair
• Education
• Local Government
• Transportation and Infrastructure

2011-2012

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2011
• Agriculture, Chair
• Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs
• Regulatory Reform
• Transportation

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Daley served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2009
• Agriculture
• Government Operations
• Great Lakes and Environment
• Labor

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 26

Incumbent Kevin Daley defeated Charles Stadler in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 26 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Daley (R)	62.4	74,158
		Charles Stadler (D)	37.6	44,599

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,757
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 26

Charles Stadler advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 26 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Stadler	100.0	18,963

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,963
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 26

Incumbent Kevin Daley defeated Sherry Marden in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 26 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Daley	75.9	27,630
	Submit photo	Sherry Marden	24.1	8,796

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,426
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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 31

Kevin Daley defeated Cynthia Luczak in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 31 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Daley (R)	60.2	63,394
	Submit photo	Cynthia Luczak (D)	39.8	41,833

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,227 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 31

Cynthia Luczak defeated Bill Jordan, Charles Stadler, and Joni Batterbee in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 31 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cynthia Luczak	53.7	11,511
	Submit photo	Bill Jordan	20.0	4,290
		Charles Stadler	13.2	2,826
	Submit photo	Joni Batterbee	13.0	2,789

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,416
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 31

Kevin Daley defeated Gary Glenn in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 31 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Daley	58.5	18,548
		Gary Glenn	41.5	13,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,702
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2014

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Michigan State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Ron Mindykowski was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Mike Green defeated Kevin Daley and Jeffery Phillips in the Republican primary. Green defeated Mindykowski in the general election.

Michigan State Senate, District 31 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Green Incumbent	54.5%	45,699
	Democratic	Ron Mindykowski	45.5%	38,086
Total Votes				83,785

Michigan State Senate, District 31 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Green Incumbent	49.6%	10,645
Kevin Daley	46%	9,873
Jeffery Phillips	4.5%	964
Total Votes		21,482

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

Daley won re-election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 82. He was unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated John Nugent (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 82, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Daley Incumbent	59%	24,482
	Democratic	John Nugent	41%	17,032
Total Votes				41,514

2010

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

Daley won re-election to the District 82 seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Mark Monson (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 56 General election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Kevin Daley (R)		20,341
Mark Monson (D)		8,400

2008

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Daley ran for District 82 of the Michigan House of Representatives, beating Bill Marquardt.

Daley raised $83,231 for his campaign.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 82
Candidates		Votes
Kevin Daley (R)		24,655
Bill Marquardt (D)		18,406

Campaign themes

2022

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2014

Daley's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Defending Right-to-Work Legislation

• Excerpt: "Kevin Daley will continue to defend a person's freedom to work. He believes that no worker should be refused work or fired because they decide not to join a bargaining organization."

Growing Agriculture Opportunity

• Excerpt: "Kevin wants to grow our agriculature processing business in Michigan. The State needs to have crop processing facilities that are more accessible to farmers so they don't go out of state to process their crops."

Jobs & the Economy

• Excerpt: "Kevin remains committed to reforming Michigan’s workforce development programs to adapt to the 21st-century. Kevin also believes in promoting our natural resources to attract job providers to the Thumb area, removing barriers to employment, enhancing vocational education opportunities and finding ways to make Michigan more competitive."

Right to Life

• Excerpt: "Kevin Daley was endorsed by Right To Life of Michigan as “100 percent Right To Life” in every campaign he has run in since 2008. Additionally, Kevin is a strong supporter of Michigan's organ donor registry."

Taxes

• Excerpt: "The government needs to live within its means, which means we have to cut taxes, not increase spending, to make Michigan a stronger State."

Campaign finance summary

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Kevin Daley campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Michigan State Senate District 26	Won general	$250,640	$0
2018	Michigan State Senate District 31	Won general	$412,362	N/A**
2012	Michigan State House, District 82	Won	$32,300	N/A**
2010	Michigan State House, District 82	Won	$41,984	N/A**
2008	Michigan State House, District 82	Won	$83,231	N/A**
Grand total			$820,517	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.

Issues

Voting record

Key votes of 2009-2010

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• Super Speedway, Lawmakers voting on whether TO EXTEND A SPECIAL TAX PERK for a super speedway.
• Driver Responsibility Fees, Lawmakers voting on whether TO IMPOSE 'driver responsibility fees.'
• Crony Capitalism, Lawmakers voting on whether TO RESTRICT THE RIGHT of shareholders to sell their own stock.
• Right to Work, Lawmakers voting on an amendment SUPPORTING RIGHT-TO-WORK zones.
• Dept. of State Cost-Saving, Lawmakers voting on whether TO SLOW DOWN PROGRESS ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S COST-SAVING CONSOLIDATION PLAN.
• Golf Carts, Lawmakers voting on whether TO SUBSIDIZE the production of electric vehicle batteries.
• Home Court Disadvantage, Lawmakers voting on whether TO GIVE MORE TAXING POWER to local government in Kalamazoo so it can finance a taxpayer-subsidized sports arena.
• Fire Safe Cigarettes, Lawmakers voting on whether TO BAN the sale of cigarettes that are not "fire safe."
• Balancing Act, Lawmakers voting on a budget to CUT REVENUE SHARING PAYMENTS to local governments as a way to balance the state budget without raising taxes.
• Balancing Act 2, Lawmakers voting on a cut of less than 3 percent to K-12 school aid payments so as to balance the state budget without tax increases.
• A Good Tax Gone Bad?, Lawmakers voting on the Michigan Business Tax.
• It’s From the Children, Lawmakers voting on whether to RAID $90 MILLION from the Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority.
• Left Behind, Lawmakers voting on whether TO FINANCE "No Worker Left Behind" with a 59.9 percent increase in general fund spending in the 2009 DELEG budget.
• First Class Schools, Lawmakers voting on whether to keep Detroit Public Schools' "first class" status even though the district no longer meets the population standard.
• Politically Correct Capitalism, Lawmakers voting on whether to INCREASE SUBSIDIES for plug-in traction battery packs used in electric cars.
• Politically Correct Capitalism 2, Lawmakers voting on whether to GIVE SUBSIDIES for Michigan film production.
• Politically Correct Capitalism 3, Lawmakers voting on whether to INCREASE ELECTRIC CAR SUBSIDIES for a subsidiary of a Korean battery company.
• Secret Ballot, Lawmakers voting on whether to keep a SECRET BALLOT for union elections.
• Property Taxes Assaulted Again, Lawmakers voting on whether to allow public schools to EXPAND THE USE OF SINKING FUND property tax spending.
• Sneak Attack, Lawmakers voting on whether to allow public schools to EXPAND THE USE OF SINKING FUND property tax spending.
• Grapes of Wrath, Lawmakers voting on whether TO BAN home shipment of beer and wine to Michigan consumers.
• Subsidize Manufacture of Electric Cars, Lawmakers voting on whether to authorize a refundable Michigan Business Tax credit for makers of plug-in traction battery packs used in electric cars.
• Authorize Special Tax Breaks for Ethanol Gas Stations, Lawmakers voting on whether to authorize a non-refundable Michigan Business Tax credit equal to 30 percent of the costs incurred by a gas station to convert existing pumps and tanks, or acquire new ones that deliver E85 ethanol or biodiesel fuel.

More voting record details

• List of all of Kevin Daley’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).
• List of Kevin Daley’s missed roll-call votes

Scorecards

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2024

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2023

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In 2023, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 11 to November 14. Michigan AFL-CIO Advocates Legislators are scored on labor issues. Michigan League of Conservation Voters Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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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

Kevin Daley received a 75% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Aric Nesbitt (R)	Michigan State Senate District 26 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Mike Green (R)	Michigan State Senate District 31 2019-2023	Succeeded by Roger Victory (R)
Preceded by -	Michigan House of Representatives District 82 2009-2015	Succeeded by -

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Lana Theis (R)

District 23

Jim Runestad (R)

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Ruth Johnson (R)

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Dan Lauwers (R)

District 26

Kevin Daley (R)

District 27

John Cherry (D)

District 28

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