Pete Lund

Pete Lund

Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 36th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2009
Preceded by	Brian Palmer
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-01) March 1, 1964 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Karen Potchynok
Alma mater	Adrian College Wayne State University

Pete Lund is a politician, small business owner, and part-time professor from the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2008, he was elected as a Republican to the Michigan State House of Representatives, taking office in 2009. He represents the 36th District, which is located in Macomb County and consists of the townships, or parts of the townships, of Bruce Township, Shelby Township, and Washington Township.

Education and background

Pete Lund received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Adrian College. He received an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from Wayne State University. Representative Lund is the owner of Direct Mailers, and a part-time professor of Public Finance at Walsh College. Prior to running and winning office as a state representative in 2008, Lund served as Macomb County Commissioner for eleven years. On February 10, 2009, representative Lund introduced legislation for the first time. The legislation would stop property taxes from increasing while property values are declining, an issue Lund felt had been very important to constiuents throughout the election.

Pete Lund resides in Shelby Township with his wife, Karen Potchynok-Lund. He has two daughters.

Results of 2008 General Election

2008 election for State House

Winner Lund, Pete GOP 30,753 61%

Murphy, Robert Dem 19,904 39%

2010 Election

On November 14, 2008, Pete Lund was selected to head the House Republican Campaign Review Task Force, a precursor to being selected as Chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee.

Political offices
Preceded by Brian Palmer	Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 36th district 2009–present	Incumbent

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Kevin Cotter (R) Speaker pro tempore: Tom Leonard (R) Majority Floor Leader: Aric Nesbitt (R) Minority Leader: Tim Greimel (D) Clerk: Gary L. Randall

Brian Banks (D) Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D) Wendell Byrd (D) Rose Mary Robinson (D) Fred Durhal III (D) Stephanie Chang (D) LaTanya Garrett (D) Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D) Harvey Santana (D) Leslie Love (D) Julie Plawecki (D) Erika Geiss (D) Frank Liberati (D) Paul Clemente (D) George Darany (D) Robert Kosowski (D) Bill LaVoy (D) Sarah Roberts (D) Laura Cox (R) Kurt Heise (R) Kristy Pagan (D) John Chirkun (D) Pat Somerville (R) Anthony G. Forlini (R) Henry Yanez (D) Jim Townsend (D) Robert Wittenberg (D) Vacant Tim Greimel (D) Jeff Farrington (R) Marilyn Lane (D) Andrea LaFontaine (R) Ken Goike (R) Sheldon Neeley (D) Jeremy Moss (D) Peter Lucido (R) Christine Greig (D) Kathy Crawford (R) Klint Kesto (R) Mike McCready (R) Martin Howrylak (R) Lana Theis (R) Jim Tedder (R) Jim Runestad (R) Michael Webber (R) Bradford Jacobsen (R) Henry Vaupel (R) Pam Faris (D) Phil Phelps (D) Charles Smiley (D) Joseph Graves (R) Gretchen Driskell (D) Jeff Irwin (D) David Rutledge (D) Adam Zemke (D) Jason Sheppard (R) Nancy Jenkins (R) Eric Leutheuser (R) Aaron Miller (R) Jon Hoadley (D) Brandt Iden (R) John Bizon (R) David Maturen (R) Earl Poleski (R) Brett Roberts (R) Aric Nesbitt (R) Tom Cochran (D) Andy Schor (D) Sam Singh (D) Rick Outman (R) Tom Barrett (R) Ken Yonker (R) Chris Afendoulis (R) Rob VerHeulen (R) David LaGrand (R) Winnie Brinks (D) Thomas Hooker (R) Dave Pagel (R) Al Pscholka (R) Mary Whiteford (R) Dan Lauwers (R) Gary Howell (R) Paul Muxlow (R) Edward J. Canfield (R) Ben Glardon (R) Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R) Mike Callton (R) Roger Victory (R) Amanda Price (R) Daniela Garcia (R) Holly Hughes (R) Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) Tom Leonard (R) Tim Kelly (R) Vanessa Guerra (D) Charles Brunner (D) Joel Johnson (R) Gary Glenn (R) Kevin Cotter (R) Jon Bumstead (R) Ray Franz (R) Philip Potvin (R) Bruce Rendon (R) Larry Inman (R) Triston Cole (R) Peter Pettalia (R) Lee Chatfield (R) Ed McBroom (R) John Kivela (D) Scott Dianda (D)

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Information from: http://www.gophouse.com/bio.asp?District=36 http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/11/2008_michigan_elections_result_2.html http://www.gophouse.com/readarticle.asp?id=5196&District=105

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