Jim Runestad

Jim Runestad
Member of the Michigan Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2019
Preceded byMike Kowall
Constituency15th district (2019–2022)
23rd district (2023– )
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 44th district
In office
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2018
Preceded byEileen Kowall
Succeeded byMatt Maddock
Personal details
Born (1959-03-01) March 1, 1959 (age 65)
Political partyRepublican

Jim Runestad (born March 1, 1959) is an American politician. A Republican, he has been a member of the Michigan State Senate, representing the 23rd district, since 2023. He was previously a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2018. In 2020, Runestad was one of 11 Republican state senators in Michigan who supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the result of the presidential election and remain in power.

Early life, education, and business career

Runestad was born March 1, 1959. He has a bachelor's degree in education from Central Michigan University. Since 2004, he has been the owner of Runestad Financial Associates, an insurance business.[1]

Political career

Runestad was an Oakland County Commissioner for three terms, as well as chairman of the Public Services Committee and Planning and Building Committee, before being elected in 2014 to the Michigan House of Representatives from 44th District, covering Highland, Milford, and Springfield, White Lake townships, and part of Waterford Township.[1][2] He was reelected to the state House in 2016.[1]

Runestad was elected to the Michigan State Senate in November 2018.[1][3]

In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump; Biden won by three percentage points in Michigan.[4][5] Trump subsequently launched an effort to overturn the election result and remain in power. In January 2021, Runestad was one of 11 Republican Michigan state senators who promoted Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election; in a letter sent to Congress on January 6, 2021, ahead of the formal counting of the electoral votes, Runestad and the other members of the group baselessly suggested that there were "credible allegations of election-related concerns surrounding fraud and irregularities."[6][7]

Although being one of the most conservative state senators, Runestad has shown libertarian views, In 2021 and 2022, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and killing of Patrick Lyoya, Runestad sponsored a bill (SB 478) to ban the police use of chokeholds unless the person subdued "posed an immediate threat to the life of the law enforcement officer or another individual."[8][9] However, Runestad voiced opposition to some other police reform proposals, which he suggested unduly constrained police.[10]

In March 2022, Runestad supported a Republican-sponsored non-binding resolution that symbolically called for increasing fossil fuel (oil and gas) extraction and the continuing operations of Enbridge Line 5 under Michigan's Straits of Mackinac. Runestad criticized renewable energy supported by Democrats and climate-change activists. The resolution passed 22–14 along party lines.[11]

In the 2022 election, due to redistricting, Runestad was elected to the Michigan Senate from the 23rd district.[12]

in 2023, Runestad attempted to defeat legislation that would protect LGBT citizens from discrimination; his attempt failed.[13]

In 2023, Runestad was the lone vote in the Michigan Senate against recognizing Juneteenth as a Michigan state holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the US.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "State Senator JIM RUNESTAD (R–15th Senate District)" (PDF). Michigan Manual (2021-2022 ed.). pp. 138, 172.
  2. ^ "Runestad announces re-election bid". Spinal Column. April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Jim Runestad wins the Senate 15th District seat". HometownLife. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Mauger, Craig (November 15, 2021). "Donald Trump, pushing election claims, says, 'Michigan needs a new Legislature'". Detroit News.
  5. ^ Hendrickson, Clara; Boucher, Dave (June 23, 2021). "Michigan Republican-led investigation rejects Trump's claim that Nov. 3 election was stolen". Detroit Free Press.
  6. ^ Dodge, Samuel (January 6, 2021). "More than half of Michigan's GOP senators air unfounded election concerns in letter to Congress". MLive.
  7. ^ Dodge, Samuel (January 7, 2021). "Attack at U.S. Capitol threatens 'constitutional crisis,' says Michigan state senator". MLive.
  8. ^ Robinson, Samuel J. (April 22, 2021). "Momentum for police reform returns to Michigan Legislature following Lyoya killing". MLive.
  9. ^ "Victory, Senate introduce slate of bipartisan police reforms". Holland Sentinel. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  10. ^ Boucher, Dave (June 14, 2021). "Michigan GOP and Dems want reform one year after George Floyd's death. Can it happen?". Detroit Free Press.
  11. ^ Robinson, Samuel J. (March 9, 2022). "Michigan GOP senators pass resolution to keep Line 5 open, increase domestic oil production". MLive.
  12. ^ "Legislator Details - Jim Runestad". Library of Michigan. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  13. ^ "Michigan Senate passes historic bill to protect LGBTQ rights". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  14. ^ Mauger, Craig (May 17, 2023). "Michigan Senate votes to make Juneteenth a holiday, one GOP lawmaker opposes". The Detroit News. Lansing, Michigan. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

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