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Clarence Gayles
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Clarence Gayles was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 3 of the Michigan House of Representatives.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Gayles' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

Growing Michigan’s economy by fighting for the middle class

  • Excerpt: "We need to give our working families a hand up, not a hand out, and create educational and economic opportunities. We must reinvest in public education and promote a skilled workforce through vocational and technical training programs to attract and keep businesses. "

Reinvesting in Public Education

  • Excerpt: "Investing in public education has immense social and economic benefits. I am committed to ensuring our children have access to a quality education and the opportunity to achieve."

Fixing our roads and improving our infrastructure

  • Excerpt: "Although our roads and highway system are vital to our State’s infrastructure and economy, Michigan's roads are underfunded by over 1 billion dollars annually. We must fix our roads and find long term sustainable solutions for investing in our infrastructure."

A fairer tax system

  • Excerpt: "Repealing the tax on senior’s pensions, reinstating the earned income tax credit and child tax credit, and expanding the homestead property tax are top priorities of mine. When the middle class has more money, we are able to purchase more consumer goods, invest in higher education, strengthen our communities, and rely less on public assistance to make ends meet."

Standing up for working families

  • Excerpt: "I will defend Detroit pensioners and vehemently advocate for protecting the right to collectively bargain. I also support raising the minimum wage so one who works 40 hours a week in this state has to raise their family in poverty."

Elections

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. Wendell Byrd defeated seven other candidates in the Democratic primary. Dolores Brodersen was unopposed in the Republican primary. Byrd defeated Brodersen in the general election.[3][4][1][5]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWendell Byrd 97.1% 19,481
     Republican Dolores Brodersen 2.9% 583
Total Votes 20,064
Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngWendell Byrd 24.2% 1,775
Clarence Gayles 20.9% 1,534
Carron Pinkins 17.3% 1,269
Steven Lett 14.3% 1,050
Vanessa Simpson Olive 8.6% 633
Dorthea Thomas 6.5% 480
Melia Howard 4.6% 340
Jermaine Davis 3.4% 250
Total Votes 7,331

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Clarence + Gayles + Michigan + House"

Clarence Gayles News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
  2. ↑ clarencegayles.com, "Issues," accessed July 21, 2014
  3. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
  5. ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014


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