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Newberry Advocacy - Your Voice Matters

Advocacy
"The act of pleading for, supporting or recommending"

Below is the information for the State and Federal legislators who represent our area (including Newberry and West Mackinac county).  Contact your legislator about issues that matter to you - they won't know your opinion unless you voice it.

STATE OF MICHIGAN: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 year terms
3 term limit
http://house.michigan.gov


District 109 :  Covers the following counties: Luce, Alger, Schoolcraft and part of Marquette county
Representative Sara Cambensy (D)

Elected 2017

Office Address 
S-1488 House Office Building

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514

Phone: (517) 373-0498

Toll-Free: (888) 429-1377

Email:
saracambensy@house.mi.gov

Office Address 
S-1488 House Office Building

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909-7514

Phone: (517) 373-0498

Toll-Free: (888) 429-1377

Email:
saracambensy@house.mi.gov


Serves on the following Committees:
Agriculture

Local Government

Natural Resources


District 107:  covers the following counties: Mackinac, Chippewa, Emmet and part of Cheboygan County
Representative Lee Chatfield (R)

Elected 2014

Lansing Office

251 Capitol Building
Lansing, MI 48933

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: 517-373-2629
Email: LeeChatfield@house.mi.gov


Serves on the following committees: Michigan Competitiveness Committee and the House Government Operations Committee.

STATE OF MICHIGAN: SENATE
4 year terms
2 term limit
http://www.senate.michigan.gov


District 38:  covers the following counties:  Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette,  Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft
Senator Tom Casperson (R)

Elected 3 terms to Michigan House of Representatives (2002, 2004, 2006); elected to Michigan Senate 2010

Contact Tom

CaspersonOffice Address:
201 Townsend Street
Suite #4100
Lansing, MI 48933

Mailing Address:

Senator Tom Casperson
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536

By Phone:  (517) 373-7840

By Fax:  (517) 373-3932


Serves on the following committees:  
Natural Resource, Environment & Great Lakes (chair)
Outdoor Recreation & Tourism 
Reforms, Restructuring & Reinventing
Transportation (Chair)



District 37:  covers the following counties:  Mackinac, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Grand Traverse and Presque Isle
Senator Wayne Schmidt (R)

 
Senate District 37

Contact

Wayne SchmidtOffice Address:
201 Townsend Street
Suite #4600
Lansing, MI 48933

Mailing Address:
Senator Wayne Schmidt
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536

By Phone: (517) 373-2413

By Fax: (517) 373-5144

By Email:
SenWSchmidt@senate.michigan.gov

 

Committees: Agriculture, Commerce, Economic Development and International Investment, Insurance, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Legislative Council

FEDERAL: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 year terms
www.house.gov

District 1:  covers 32 counties, including the entire Upper Peninsula
The First District, with 1,613 miles of shoreline, has more shoreline than any other congressional district in the continental United States
Representative Jack Bergman (R)

Elected to the 1st Congressional District in 2016
Washington, DC Office
414 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-4735

Traverse City Office
1396 Douglas Drive, Suite 22B
Traverse City, MI 49696
231-944-7633

Marquette Office
1500 W. Washington St., Suite 2
Marquette, MI 49855
906-273-2227
Website:  https://bergman.house.gov/
Serves on the following committees: 
Natural Resources 
Veterans Affairs
Budget

FEDERAL: SENATE
6 year terms
1/3 of Senators terms expire every 2 years
http://senate.gov


Senator Gary Peters(D)

Elected 2014

724 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6221


Website:   https://www.peters.senate.gov/
Serves on the following Committees:  
Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Joint Economic Committee




Senator Debbie Stabenow (D)
Elected to the Senate in 2000, next election for this seat in 2018
Served Previously: Michigan House of Representatives (1979-90), Michigan State Senate (1991-94); US House of Representatives (1996-2000)
Washington Office Address:  133 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C., 20510
Phone: 202-224-4822
Email:  senator@stabenow.senate.gov
Website:   www.stabenow.senate.gov
Serves on the following Committees:  
-Energy & Natural Resources (subcommittees:Water and Power; National Parks, Energy)
-Finance (subcommittees: Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure-chair;  International Trade and Global Competitiveness; Health Care)
-Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - Chair  
-Budget