"We support the candidates that support small business!"
LANSING, (September 20, 2018), — The states’s leading small business organization, NFIB, announced today that its state political action committee, the NFIB MI PAC, had endorsed 38 additional candidates running in the upcoming 2018 General Election. These most recent endorsements include those running for open seats in the state House and Senate, as well as newly endorsed incumbents. The names are listed below.
“After a careful review we have found that these candidates have a keen understanding of the problems facing family businesses and their employees,” said Charles Owens, NFIB State Director. “We wish them all success in the upcoming General Election, and we look forward to working with them in the Michigan legislature.”
Owens said the endorsements were made by the NFIB MI PAC based on surveys and interviews with the candidates. In the case of current or past lawmakers running for election, their small business voting records were reviewed.
Owens said that all NFIB members in the state would receive a Voter’s Guide listing all NFIB MI PAC endorsed candidates in the coming weeks. “We want to make sure that, come November, small business owners know which candidates are true small-business supporters,” said Owens.
These newly endorsed candidates join a list of others who received endorsements on July 23, 2018. CLICK HERE for a list of earlier endorsements.
NEWLY ENDORSED CANDIDATES:
State Senate:
7 Laura Cox
8 Peter Lucido
10 Michael MacDonald
15 Jim Runestad
17 Dale Zorn
19 John Bizon
20 Margaret O’Brien
21 Kim LaSata
22 Lana Theis
24 Tom Barrett
25 Dan Lauwers
26 Aric Nesbitt
30 Roger Victory
31 Kevin Daley
33 Rick Outman
34 Jon Bumstead
35 Curt VanderWall
38 Ed McBroom
State House:
17 Joe Bellino
39 Ryan Berman
40 David Wolkinson
41 Doug Tietz
42 Ann Bollin
43 Andrea Schroeder
44 Matt Maddock
63 Matt Hall
65 Sarah Lightner
71 Christine Barnes
79 Pauline Wendzel
81 Gary Eisen
82 Gary Howell
84 Phil Green
91 Gregg VanWoerkom
93 Graham Filler
94 Rodney Wakeman
98 Annette Glenn
101 Jack O’Malley
104 Larry Inman
