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Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
Chairperson	Lavora Barnes
Governor of Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan	Garlin Gilchrist
Senate Leader	Winnie Brinks
House Speaker	Joe Tate
Founded	1848
Headquarters	Lansing, Michigan
Ideology	Social liberalism ; Modern liberalism ; Progressivism
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
Michigan House of Representatives	56 / 110
Michigan Senate	20 / 38
Statewide Executive Offices	4 / 4
Seats on the Michigan Supreme Court	4 / 7
U.S. House of Representatives	7 / 13
U.S. Senate	2 / 2
Website
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The Michigan Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Lavora Barnes is the party's current chair.^[1] She was previously the party's Chief Operating Officer.^[2] It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling the majority of Michigan's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship.

Structure

Residents of the state of Michigan at least 16 years of age are eligible for party membership; no financial contribution is required.^[3] Generally, a person is required to have been a member for at least 30 days before a convention, caucus or meeting to receive voting privileges.^[3]

Between state party conventions, the party is governed by the Democratic State Central Committee (DSCC). Delegates to the state central committee are elected at congressional district spring conventions in odd-numbered years.^[3] Each district is entitled to at least four delegates consisting of two men and two women, with additional members allocated by congressional district based on the proportion of its vote for the Democratic nominee for President or Secretary of State at the last general election held.^[3] Additional ex-officio with voting privileges include the Democratic National Committee members of the state and the officers of the DSCC. Any congressional district or county chairs having not been elected delegates also become DSCC ex-officio members, but without voting privileges.^[3]

Leadership

The DSCC's officers are elected at the spring state convention in odd-numbered years by party members. Officers consists of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs one of each of a different gender and race, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and any additional officers as the convention deems proper.^[3] Current major officers for the DSCC include:^[4]

Chair: Lavora Barnes
1st Vice-Chair: Jason Morgan
2nd Vice-Chair: Erika Geiss
3rd Vice-Chair: Jonathan Kinloch
4th Vice-Chair: Chris Cracchiolo
Youth Vice-Chair: Austin Marsman
Secretary: Mary Hall-Thiam
Corresponding Secretary: Sami Khaldi
Parliamentarian: Nathan Triplett

Officers of the DSCC plus the Democratic National Committee members constitute the Executive Committee of the DSCC. The Executive Committee addresses policy questions in between the meetings of the DSCC.^[3] The Executive Committee is also responsible for drawing up a 2-year budget for the DSCC at a spring meeting in odd-numbered years.^[3]

Current officeholders

The Michigan Democratic Party controls all four statewide offices and holds a majority of seats in the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate. Democrats hold both of Michigan's U.S. Senate seats, seven of the state's 13 U.S. House seats, and majorities on the elected governing boards of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University as well as a majority on the State Board of Education.^[5]