Won
49 percent of the vote against Spencer Abraham in 2000
N/A
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE
Ingham
County commission, 1975-78; Michigan House of Representatives, 1978-90; Michigan
Senate, 1990-94; U.S. House of Representatives 1996-2000
State
senator, 1991-99; assistant president pro-tempore from 1991-94; Michigan House
of Representatives,1990; president of the Beverly Hills, Michigan Village Council
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEES
Agriculture,
Nutrition and Forestry; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Budget
N/A
PREVIOUS WORK
PREVIOUS
WORK
Training
consultant
Businessman,
political activist
BORN
BORN
April
29, 1950
April
12, 1956 in Flint, Mich.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
B.A.
from Michigan State University, 1972; master's degree from Michigan State University,
1975
Michigan
State University, 1979; valedictorian of Mid-Michigan Law Enforcement Center;
National Sheriff's Institute, Darden Program for Emerging Political Leaders, University
of Virginia; FBI National Executive Institute for World Law Enforcement Leaders
FAMILY
FAMILY
Married
to Tom Athans; has two children and one stepdaughter
Students
ask Michigan senatorial candidates where they stand on youth issues, including
education, terrorism and the country's place in the global community.
