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Lasinski endorsed by Michigan Chamber of Commerce in state house primary
Donna Lasinski of Scio Township earned an endorsement in her campaign Thursday to replace Gretchen Driskell of Saline in the Michigan House of Representatives. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce endorsed the Ann Arbor School Board member along with twenty-two other candidates for State Representative running in open primaries.
"Today, we are pleased to announce the Michigan Chamber's endorsement of 23 outstanding individuals for the State House," Michigan Chamber President and CEO Rich Studley said in a press release. "All of these candidates have demonstrated a commitment to free enterprise and a sincere desire to make Michigan the best state in the country to live, work, raise a family or build a business."
Lasinski is competing for the Democratic nomination for the Fifty-Second Michigan House District, which covers western and northern Washtenaw County, including Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Saline, the southern portion of Whitmore Lake, and the surrounding rural townships. She is running against Barbara Ryan Fuller of Sharon Township in the Democratic primary election. The winner will face Randy Clark of Salem, who has no primary opponent for the Republican nomination.
In addition to serving on the Ann Arbor School Board, to which she was elected in November 2014, Lasinski is also the board's Treasurer. In addition, she owns ThinkStretch LLC, a small business that works with students to prevent summer learning loss. Before running for school board, Lasinski was the chair of the Ann Arbor Schools PTO.
Given her background in education, it is no suprise that Lasinski has made education one of her main issues. "I'm running because in the last 10 years as an education advocate, it often seems the road blocks we face are coming from Lansing," she said to the Ann Arbor News.
Lasinski earlier earned an endorsement from the Michigan Farm Bureau. On its website, the Farm Bureau listed her among their "Friends of Agriculture" they had endorsed for the August primary. The Farm Bureau also endorsed U.S. Representative Tim Walberg, Republican of Tipton, whose district includes nearly all of the Fifty-second Michigan House District in his re-election contest.
While Lasinski has appeared with Driskell at a food and fund-raising drive for Food Gatherers in Ann Arbor, she has not been endorsed by her. Driskell, who is running for the Democratic nomination to face Walberg in November, has not made any endorsement in the Democratic primary to replace her in the Michigan House.
Neither the Michigan Chamber of Commerce nor the Michigan Farm Bureau have made any endorsements in the other open primaries for Michigan House of Representatives. Incumbents Steve Irwin in the Fifty-third Michigan House District and David Rutledge in Fifty-fourth are retiring because of term limits, prompting scrambles to replace them in the Democratic primary.
"In several primary contests, we found multiple candidates to have positions supportive of Michigan's job creators and economic growth," Jim Holcomb, Senior Vice President for Business Advocacy and General Counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said in a press release. "Rather than make multiple endorsements, we have chosen to let the primary process play out in those races."
Lasinski endorsed by Michigan Chamber of Commerce in state house primary
Donna Lasinski of Scio Township earned an endorsement in her campaign Thursday to replace Gretchen Driskell of Saline in the Michigan House of Representatives. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce endorsed the Ann Arbor School Board member along with twenty-two other candidates for State Representative running in open primaries.
"Today, we are pleased to announce the Michigan Chamber's endorsement of 23 outstanding individuals for the State House," Michigan Chamber President and CEO Rich Studley said in a press release. "All of these candidates have demonstrated a commitment to free enterprise and a sincere desire to make Michigan the best state in the country to live, work, raise a family or build a business."
Lasinski is competing for the Democratic nomination for the Fifty-Second Michigan House District, which covers western and northern Washtenaw County, including Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Saline, the southern portion of Whitmore Lake, and the surrounding rural townships. She is running against Barbara Ryan Fuller of Sharon Township in the Democratic primary election. The winner will face Randy Clark of Salem, who has no primary opponent for the Republican nomination.
In addition to serving on the Ann Arbor School Board, to which she was elected in November 2014, Lasinski is also the board's Treasurer. In addition, she owns ThinkStretch LLC, a small business that works with students to prevent summer learning loss. Before running for school board, Lasinski was the chair of the Ann Arbor Schools PTO.
Given her background in education, it is no suprise that Lasinski has made education one of her main issues. "I'm running because in the last 10 years as an education advocate, it often seems the road blocks we face are coming from Lansing," she said to the Ann Arbor News.
Lasinski earlier earned an endorsement from the Michigan Farm Bureau. On its website, the Farm Bureau listed her among their "Friends of Agriculture" they had endorsed for the August primary. The Farm Bureau also endorsed U.S. Representative Tim Walberg, Republican of Tipton, whose district includes nearly all of the Fifty-second Michigan House District in his re-election contest.
While Lasinski has appeared with Driskell at a food and fund-raising drive for Food Gatherers in Ann Arbor, she has not been endorsed by her. Driskell, who is running for the Democratic nomination to face Walberg in November, has not made any endorsement in the Democratic primary to replace her in the Michigan House.
Neither the Michigan Chamber of Commerce nor the Michigan Farm Bureau have made any endorsements in the other open primaries for Michigan House of Representatives. Incumbents Steve Irwin in the Fifty-third Michigan House District and David Rutledge in Fifty-fourth are retiring because of term limits, prompting scrambles to replace them in the Democratic primary.
"In several primary contests, we found multiple candidates to have positions supportive of Michigan's job creators and economic growth," Jim Holcomb, Senior Vice President for Business Advocacy and General Counsel for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said in a press release. "Rather than make multiple endorsements, we have chosen to let the primary process play out in those races."
