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2023 in Michigan
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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Michigan.
Incumbents
State government
- Governor: Gretchen Whitmer (D)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Garlin Gilchrist (D)
- Michigan Attorney General: Dana Nessel (D)
- Michigan Secretary of State: Jocelyn Benson (D)
- Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Joe Tate (D)
- Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate: Winnie Brinks (R)
- Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Kyra Harris Bolden (D)
Mayors of major cities
- Mayor of Detroit: Mike Duggan (Democrat)
- Mayor of Warren, Michigan: James R. Fouts/Lori Stone
- Mayor of Grand Rapids: Rosalynn Bliss
- Mayor of Sterling Heights, Michigan: Michael C. Taylor
- Mayor of Ann Arbor: Christopher Taylor (Democrat)
- Mayor of Dearborn: Abdullah Hammoud
- Mayor of Lansing: Andy Schor (Democrat)
- Mayor of Flint: Sheldon Neeley
- Mayor of Saginaw: Brenda Moore
Federal office holders
- U.S. Senator from Michigan: Debbie Stabenow (Democrat)
- U.S. Senator from Michigan: Gary Peters (Democrat)
- House District 1: Jack Bergman (Republican)
- House District 2: John Moolenaar (Republican)
- House District 3: Hillary Scholten (Democrat)
- House District 4: Bill Huizenga (Republican)
- House District 5: Tim Walberg (Republican)
- House District 6: Debbie Dingell (Democrat)
- House District 7: Tom Barrett (Republican)
- House District 8: Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat)
- House District 9: Lisa McClain (Democrat)
- House District 10: John James (Republican)
- House District 11: Haley Stevens (Democrat)
- House District 12: Rashida Tlaib (Democrat)
- House District 13: Shri Thanedar (Democrat)
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Events
- February 13 – 2023 Michigan State University shooting: Three people were killed and five others injured in a mass shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing. The shooter later committed suicide when approached by police.[1]
- July 18 – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against 16 "fake electors" for former U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to reverse president Joe Biden's victory in the state during the 2020 election.[2]
- July 27 – USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal: A lawsuit was filed against Michigan State University accusing the school of "illegal secret votes" to prevent the release of 6,000 documents in the case of an investigation involving Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in 2018.[3]
- July 30 – Five people were injured, two critically, in a mass shooting at a shopping center in Lansing.[4]
- August 1 – Two members of the Michigan Republican Party were charged by prosecutors for attempting to tamper with voting machines in Michigan during the 2020 election.[5]
- September 26 – President Joe Biden visited striking UAW workers near Detroit, becoming the first sitting American president to join a union picket line.[6]
- December 30 – Three people were killed and three were injured in a house explosion in Northfield Township.[7]
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References
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