Candidates We Support

Shiawassee Democratic Party Candidates 2024

Senate: Elissa Slotkin

Fighting to defend and expand Michigan's middle class.

Elissa’s story is one of hard work, community, and service. Those are the values she learned growing up in Michigan, and they’re the values that she’ll bring to the U.S. Senate.

A third generation Michigander, Elissa was shaped by her early life on her family farm in Holly, Michigan. Elissa has dedicated her life to serving our country and protecting our homeland – first in the CIA, where she served three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military, and later at the White House, State Department, and finally at the Pentagon.

Her family story is “made in Michigan,” starting with her great-grandfather. He came to the United States and lived the American Dream when he founded the family meat business, Hygrade Foods. The company created a number of food staples beloved by Michiganders, including the famous Ballpark Frank, first sold at Tiger Stadium.

https://elissaslotkin.org/

Representative in Congress (7th District): Curtis Hertel

A Relentless advocate
for Mid-Michigan

As Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Director of Legislative Affairs, Hertel has been the state’s leader in passing bipartisan legislation that cut taxes for seniors and working families, expanded workers’ rights, and won additional new investments in advanced manufacturing that will bring good-paying jobs to Mid-Michigan and across the state. He was also instrumental in passing legislation that repealed the archaic 1931 law that banned abortion in Michigan, even in cases of rape and incest.

https://www.hertelformichigan.com/

Representative in MI State House (71st District): Mark Zacharda

Mark will deliver for the 71st District

Mark Zacharda is a third generation farmer who still farms the land in Shiawassee County that his family has farmed for over 65 years. Whether on the farm or representing you in Lansing we can count on him to defend our values

https://votemarkz.com/