Michigan onAir

The Michigan onAir Hub supports Michiganders to become more informed about and engaged in local, state, and federal politics while facilitating more civil and positive discussions with their representatives, candidates, and fellow citizens.

  • Michigan is one of 50 state governance and elections hubs that the US onAir Network is providing to help reinvigorate US democracy.  This post has short summaries of current state and federal representatives with links to their complete Hub posts.  Students curate post content from government, campaign, social media, and public websites.  Key content on the Michigan Hub is also replicated on the US onAir nations Hub at: us.onair.cc.
  • AMichiganstudents will be forming onAir chapters in their colleges and universities to help curate Hub content.  As more students participate and more onAir chapters are started, we will expand to include more state and local content as well as increase the number of aircasts – student-led, livestreamed, online discussions with candidates, representatives, and the public.

Find out more about Who Represents Me in Michigan
Learn more about the US onAir Network

Michigan onAir

The Michigan onAir Hub supports Michiganders to become more informed about and engaged in local, state, and federal politics while facilitating more civil and positive discussions with their representatives, candidates, and fellow citizens.

  • Michigan is one of 50 state governance and elections hubs that the US onAir Network is providing to help reinvigorate US democracy.  This post has short summaries of current state and federal representatives with links to their complete Hub posts.  Students curate post content from government, campaign, social media, and public websites.  Key content on the Michigan Hub is also replicated on the US onAir nations Hub at: us.onair.cc.
  • AMichiganstudents will be forming onAir chapters in their colleges and universities to help curate Hub content.  As more students participate and more onAir chapters are started, we will expand to include more state and local content as well as increase the number of aircasts – student-led, livestreamed, online discussions with candidates, representatives, and the public.

Find out more about Who Represents Me in Michigan
Learn more about the US onAir Network

OnAir Post: Michigan onAir

Gretchen Whitmer – MI

Current Position: Governor since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2011 – 2015; State House from 2001 to 2006

In 2013, Whitmer gained national attention for a floor speech during a debate on abortion in which she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted. For six months in 2016, she was the prosecutor for Ingham County.

While in college she became an intern for state representative Curtis Hertel, which convinced her to study law. She received her Juris Doctor from Michigan State’s College of Law and began practicing law at the Dickinson Wright law firm’s Lansing offices

Featured Quote: 
The recent flooding is just one example of the extreme weather events we’ve seen in the last few years. The disaster relief funding @MichiganDOT has applied for will help keep Michiganders safe on our roads.

 Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Full Speech At The 2020 DNC | NBC News

OnAir Post: Gretchen Whitmer – MI

MI Legislature

The Michigan Legislature is the legislature of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is organized as a bicameral body composed of an upper chamber, the Senate, and a lower chamber, the House of Representatives. Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, adopted in 1963, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted.[2] The chief purposes of the Legislature are to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws. The Legislature meets in the Capitol building in Lansing.

Source: Wikipedia

OnAir Post: MI Legislature

Debbie Stabenow – MI

Current Position: US Senator since 2001
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: US Representative from 1997 – 2001; State Senator from 1991 – 1994; State Delegate from 1979 – 1991
Other Positions:   Chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Upcoming Election: Not running

Stabenow became the state’s first female U.S. senator after winning the 2000 election. tabenow chaired the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2011 to 2015 and again since 2021. She became chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee in 2017.

Featured Quote: 
The first @January6thCmte hearing has started and the police who responded that day are testifying. I am grateful for their service and bravery that day.

Debbie Stabenow Praises Biden-Harris Administration’s Record At Six Months

OnAir Post: Debbie Stabenow – MI

Gary Peters – MI

Current Position: US Senator since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: US Representative from 2009 – 2015; Commissioner of the Michigan Lottery from 2003 – 2007; State Senator from 1995 – 2002
Other Positions:  Chair, Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee;
Chair, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports

Before his election to Congress, Peters served in the United States Navy Reserve, spent 22 years as an investment advisor, and worked briefly in academia.  He was appointed commissioner of the Michigan Lottery by Governor Jennifer Granholm, serving from 2003 to 2008, when he resigned to successfully run for Congress.

On January 28, 2021, Peters was selected as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 2022 election cycle. He was later selected again for the 2024 cycle.

Featured Quote: 
We must keep working together to pass infrastructure legislation. This is about spurring job creation, strengthening our economy, supporting Michigan businesses and investing to upgrade our roads, bridges and broadband access.

Gary Peters says Americans have suffered due to USPS service changes

OnAir Post: Gary Peters – MI

Michigan Votes in 2024

Federal & state elections on the ballot:  14 US House members, Governor, and State House and Senate members

Ballot measures:

The Michigan Division of Elections, part of the Secretary of State, oversees all Michigan elections.

OnAir Post: Michigan Votes in 2024

Michigan Collaborators

The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Michigan universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Michigan onAir Hub …  related to federal, state, and local elections and government.

Our first outreach will be to Michigan State University partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of MSU’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.

Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.

About Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami),[7] meaning “large water” or “large lake.” With a population of nearly 10.1 million and a total area of nearly 97,000 sq mi, Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest east of the Mississippi River.[b] Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation’s most populous and largest metropolitan economies.

Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often called “the U.P.”) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. Michigan has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake St. Clair.[9] It also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds.[10]

Government Website    Wikipedia page 

OnAir Post: About Michigan

Skip to toolbar