Haley Stevens

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Haley Stevens (2019)

Haley Maria Stevens (born June 24, 1983 in Rochester Hills , Michigan , United States ) is an American politician . As a member of the Democratic Party , she has held the eleventh seat of the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives since January 3, 2019 . She was elected to this office on November 6, 2018 and was sworn in on January 3, 2019.

Life

Haley Stevens was born on June 24, 1983 in Rochester Hills , Michigan , and grew up there. She attended Seaholm High School in Birmingham and American University . Stevens worked for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago after 2009 and moved back to Michigan in 2017.

Political career

Stevens became politically active in 2006 when she volunteered for the Michigan Democratic Party . For the 2008 presidential campaign in the United States , Stevens worked for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama .

The investor Steven Rattner hired Stevens in 2009 as a member of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry , where she was chief of staff .

Haley Stevens won the Democratic primary election for Michigan’s second seat in the United States House of Representatives with 24.3 percent of the vote against Tim Greimel , who won 19.6 percent.

She won the election for the eleventh seat of the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 2018 against Lena Epstein of the Republican Party with 51.8 percent of the vote. Third place went to Leonard Schwartz from the Libertarian Party with 1.7 percent of the vote.

She works in the following congress areas:

Stevens is a member of the New Democrat Coalition .

Web links

  • Haley Stevens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Oosting: Michigan native comes home for run against Rep. Trott. Digital manufacturing executive Haley Stevens is running for Congress in Michigan's 11th District and hopes to take on Republican Rep. Dave Trott, R-Birmingham, in 2018. In: eu.detroitnews.com. Detroit News , April 27, 2017, p. 3 , accessed April 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Detroit Free Press Editorial Board: Detroit Free Press endorsement: Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens for Congress. Since 2000, when Republican Mike Rogers beat Democrat Dianne Byrum to win Michigan's 8th Congressional District by just 111 votes, GOP state legislators have twice recast the boundaries of the 8th and the adjacent 11th Congressional District to give their party's candidates a prohibitive electoral advantage. In: eu.freep.com. Detroit Free Press , October 31, 2018, p. 5 , accessed April 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ballotpedia : Michigan's 11nd Congressional District election (August 7, 2018 Democratic primary). Elections in Michigan, 2018. In: ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia, p. 16 , accessed April 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ballotpedia : Michigan's 11th Congressional District election, 2018. Elections in Michigan, 2018. In: ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia, p. 21 , accessed April 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stevens, Haley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Haley Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester Hills , Michigan