Michelle McManus

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McManus is flanked by ERC director Dan Grano (left) and chairman John Chouinard. At right is member Carol Hackleman." ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></FONT></div> <div> Pledging to enforce State election laws in her June 16, 2009, remarks to the Eastside Republican Club, Senator Michelle McManus detailed her vision for the next Michigan Secretary of State.</div> <div> She spoke at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial as part of her campaign to win the nomination in next year's GOP primary.</div> <div> The State Senator called that agency the “ultimate public service.”</div> <div> She said, “Customer service aspects must always be job number one.”</div> <div> McManus declared that she has the credentials to run the Secretary of State branch of Michigan government, and, “I will build on the success of Candice Miller and Terri Lynn Land.”</div> <div> In addition, she said, “I have rock solid conservative credentials.” As an example, she cited her lifelong NRA membership. McManus is a staunch supporter of the right to bear arms and a founding member of the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus on which she serves as Senate chair.</div> <div> Serving her second term as senator, McManus represents Michigan's 35th State Senate District, which includes 11 counties in northwestern Lower Michigan. Geographically, that makes it Michigan's second largest.</div> <div> Acknowledging current economic realities and the $215 annual Secretary of State budget, she flatly stated, “Government will be smaller.”</div> <div> From her experience in the Michigan House and Senate, she said, “I know how to cut budgets.”</div> <div> “In today's world, you don't always need brick and mortar to serve the public,” she said.</div> <div> McManus said, “A strong Secretary of State is necessary to enforce the laws of the State of Michigan.”<IMG SRC="18a4c83a0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="314" ALT="Sen. Michelle McManus at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></div> <div> Recognizing the key roll of the office is to oversee the election process and ensure fairness, she commented on the activist group known as Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN.</div> <div> “We'll serve as watchdog over community activists such as ACORN who want to manipulate elections,” she said</div> <div> In that regard she promised, “I will be ACORN's worst nightmare.”</div> <div> In first launching her bid for the Secretary of State nomination, McManus announced, “The grassroots of our party are responding to the energy I would bring to the ticket, the conservative direction in which I would lead the party, and the tough leadership I would bring to the Secretary of State's office.” >><A HREF="http://www.michellemcmanus.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.michellemcmanus.org"><U><I>Learn more about Michelle McManus</I></U></A>.</div> <div> McManus, a lifelong resident of northern Michigan graduated from Traverse City public schools and earned her B.S. in political science from Central Michigan University.</div> <div> The Senator was called to public service in 1992, when she was elected to represent the residents of Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties in the Michigan House. She has gone on to serve Northern Michigan in the state legislature for more than a decade, first as a three-term representative and now in her second term as a state senator.</div> <div> McManus has demonstrated a commitment to faith, family and fiscal responsibility throughout her legislative career.<IMG SRC="189d90f50.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="245" ALT="From left, Mike and Jenny Nolan, Sen. McManus, and Tom McCleary." ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="6"></div> <div> At the end of her third term in the Michigan House, McManus was the GOP candidate to take on incumbent Congressman Bart Stupak his 1998 race for reelection in Michigan's 1st Congressional District. Although Stupak ultimately prevailed, McManus proved to be a formidable opponent.</div> <div> From 1999 to 2002, McManus served as the director of Governor John Engler's Northern Michigan Office. In that role, she provided advice and counsel to the Executive Office on issues and concerns of importance to northern Michigan residents.</div> <div> Now in her second term as a state senator, McManus was selected to serve as assistant majority leader and as chairman of the Senate Campaign & Election Oversight Committee, a new committee formed in 2007. As chair of that committee, McManus has worked for responsible, commonsense reforms to maintain the integrity of public office in Michigan. She also serves on the Senate Appropriations and Senate Finance committees.</div> <div> McManus also believes life begins at conception. Her work to both sponsor and pass pro-life legislation has helped Michigan earn the designation #1 Best State for Life in the Americans United for Life Defending Life 2006 report. In 2003, she led the fight against partial birth abortion in Michigan by sponsoring legislation to define when a person was considered "born," and eligible for full legal protection.</div> <div> McManus and her husband, Keith Nelson, live on the family farm in Lake Leelanau with their son and two daughters. They attend St. Francis Catholic Church in Traverse City. An avid sportsman, she enjoys a wide variety of outdoor activities and is active in her community.</div> <div> The Eastside Republican Club Forum is normally held on the third Tuesday of the month from September through June. 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