Ed McBroom

Ed McBroom

Republican Party

Michigan State Senate District 38

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Predecessor

Tom Casperson

Prior offices

Michigan House of Representatives District 108

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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

Education

Bachelor's

Northern Michigan University

Personal

Profession

Farmer

Contact

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Ed McBroom (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan State Senate, representing District 38. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

McBroom (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 38. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

McBroom is a former Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 108 from 2011 to 2017. He did not seek re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016 due to term limits.

Biography

McBroom earned his bachelor's degree in music education and social studies education from Northern Michigan University in 2005. His professional experience includes working as a dairy farmer and substitute teacher.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Elections and Ethics Committee
• Senate Oversight Committee, Minority Vice Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

2021-2022

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Advice and Consent Committee (decommissioned)
• Elections Committee, Majority vice-chair
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)
• Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Chair
• Senate Oversight Committee, Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (decommissioned)

2019-2020

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Oversight Committee, Chair
• Elections Committee, Vice Chair
• Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Advice and Consent Committee (decommissioned)
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)

2015 legislative session

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2015
• Education
• Energy Policy
• Natural Resources
• Oversight and Ethics, Chair

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Elections and Ethics Committee
• Senate Oversight Committee, Minority Vice Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

2021-2022

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Advice and Consent Committee (decommissioned)
• Elections Committee, Majority vice-chair
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)
• Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Chair
• Senate Oversight Committee, Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (decommissioned)

2019-2020

McBroom was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Oversight Committee, Chair
• Elections Committee, Vice Chair
• Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, Chair
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Advice and Consent Committee (decommissioned)
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)

2013-2014

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2012
• Agriculture
• Natural Resources
• Regulatory Reform, Vice chair

2011-2012

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

Michigan committee assignments, 2011
• Agriculture
• Energy and Technology
• Redistricting and Elections, Vice chair
• Regulatory Reform

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2022

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 38

Incumbent Ed McBroom defeated John Braamse and Wade Paul Roberts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 38 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom (R)	62.2	74,639
		John Braamse (D)	36.5	43,818
		Wade Paul Roberts (G)	1.2	1,475

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,932
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

John Braamse advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Braamse	100.0	20,752

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,752
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Incumbent Ed McBroom defeated Kayla Wikstrom and Matthew Furyk in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom	77.4	24,345
		Kayla Wikstrom	13.2	4,156
	Submit photo	Matthew Furyk	9.4	2,943

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,444
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan State Senate District 38

Wade Paul Roberts advanced from the Green convention for Michigan State Senate District 38 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Wade Paul Roberts (G)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 38

Ed McBroom defeated Scott Dianda and Wade Paul Roberts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 38 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom (R)	54.6	59,290
		Scott Dianda (D)	43.6	47,279
		Wade Paul Roberts (G)	1.8	1,952

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,521 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Scott Dianda advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Dianda	100.0	23,102

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,102
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38

Ed McBroom defeated Mike Carey in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 38 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ed McBroom	69.3	16,315
	Submit photo	Mike Carey	30.7	7,223

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,538
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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 Ed McBroom (R) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.

Beau LaFave defeated Scott Celello in the Michigan House of Representatives District 108 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Beau LaFave	52.74%	22,013
	Democratic	Scott Celello	47.26%	19,725
Total Votes				41,738
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Scott Celello defeated Dana Dziedzic in the Michigan House of Representatives District 108 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Scott Celello	58.07%	3,344
	Democratic	Dana Dziedzic	41.93%	2,415
Total Votes				5,759

Beau LaFave defeated Alan Arcand and Darryl Shann in the Michigan House of Representatives District 108 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Beau LaFave	43.97%	4,055
	Republican	Alan Arcand	31.54%	2,909
	Republican	Darryl Shann	24.48%	2,258
Total Votes				9,222

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. Grant Carlson was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Ed McBroom was unopposed in the Republican primary. McBroom then defeated Carlson in the general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed McBroom Incumbent	59.7%	16,926
	Democratic	Grant Carlson	40.3%	11,421
Total Votes				28,347

Endorsements

In 2014, McBroom's endorsements included:

• Right to Life of Michigan

2012

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2012

McBroom won re-election in the 2012 election for Michigan House of Representatives District 108. He ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated Sharon Gray (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed McBroom Incumbent	54.6%	22,396
	Democratic	Sharon Gray	45.4%	18,653
Total Votes				41,049

2010

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2010

McBroom won election to the District 108 seat in 2010. He defeated Mike Falcon, Gaylord Jones, Brady Nelson and Bruce Rosen in the August 3 Republican primary. He defeated Judy Nerat (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 108 General election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Ed McBroom (R)		17,734
Judy Nerat (D)		11,870

Campaign themes

2022

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2012

McBroom's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Family

• Excerpt: "I believe strongly that family is the foundation for our civil society. We must encourage strong families, marriages, and communities."

Life

• Excerpt: "I am unashamedly pro-life. God has created us and stamped His image on us. Let us not shy away from standing for life in the womb and out of it."

Business and work

• Excerpt: "We must have regulatory reform that puts people and their ability to earn a living first while still protecting our environment and resources. "

Guns and hunting

• Excerpt: "The second amendment guarantees our rights to own firearms and I stand strongly for that correct interpretation."

Education

• Excerpt: "I believe strongly in education. It is an important investment in our state’s future."

Campaign finance summary

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Ed McBroom campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Michigan State Senate District 38	Won general	$273,811	$0
2018	Michigan State Senate District 38	Won general	$685,277	N/A**
Grand total			$959,088	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.

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2024

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2023

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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

Ed McBroom received a 58% rating on the January 2011 - March 2012 Tea Party Scorecard.

Personal

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McBroom and his wife, Sarah, have three children.

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Footnotes

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Preceded by Tom Casperson (R)	Michigan State Senate District 38 2019-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Michigan House of Representatives District 108 2011-2017	Succeeded by -

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