The Michigan Education Association is proud to announce recommendations for the following federal races, in collaboration with the National Education Association:

• U.S. Senate: Abdul El-Sayed
• 7th Congressional District: William Lawrence
• 10th Congressional District: Christina Hines

During recent screening interviews with MEA members, these candidates have shown they share MEA’s commitment to the promise of public education and the opportunity it provides to every student. They also believe that educators of all types who serve those students deserve improved compensation, greater professional respect, and a voice in both education policy and their workplaces.

MEA invites all candidates — Democratic, Republican & Independent — to participate in interviews with MEA members who make recommendation decisions based on education and labor issues. Congressional decisions are made by committees of members who live or work in the individual districts, while the Senate recommendation is chosen by MEA’s Statewide Screening & Recommendation Committee, which includes preK-12 teachers and education support professionals, higher education faculty and staff, and school retirees from across Michigan.

The Statewide S&R Committee also recently screened and subsequently recommended Amir Makled for the University of Michigan Board of Regents. With that decision, MEA’s slate of statewide and federal candidates includes:

Statewide:

• Governor: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
• Secretary of State: Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist
• Attorney General: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit
• Michigan Supreme Court: Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh & Justice Noah Hood
• State Board of Education: Judy Pritchett & Tiffany Tilley
• Michigan State University Board of Trustees: Brianna Scott & Kelly Tebay Zemke
• University of Michigan Board of Regents: Paul Brown & Amir Makled
• Wayne State University Board of Governors: Shereef Akeel & Richard Mack

Federal:

• U.S. Senate: Abdul El-Sayed
• 1st District: Callie Barr
• 3rd District: Rep. Hillary Scholten
• 4th District: State Sen. Sean McCann
• 6th District: Rep. Debbie Dingell
• 7th District: William Lawrence
• 8th District: Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet
• 10th District: Christina Hines
• 11th District: State Sen. Jeremy Moss
• 12th District: Rep. Rashida Tlaib
• 13th District: State Rep. Donavan McKinney

Further MEA recommendations for state legislative and local races will be publicly announced in September as local committees finalize their screening and recommending processes.

As the state’s largest school employee union, MEA and its members – who live and work in every Michigan county – have a long history of political engagement and helping friends of public education win elections at the local, state and national levels. At the federal level, MEA works in coordination with the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education.