Brian Calley
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| 63rd Lieutenant Governor of Michigan | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2011 |
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| Governor | Rick Snyder |
| Preceded by | John Cherry |
| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 87th district |
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In office January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Newell |
| Succeeded by | Mike Callton |
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March 25, 1977 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Calley |
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Michigan State University Grand Valley State University Harvard University Montcalm Community College |
| Website | Government website |
Brian Nelson Calley (born March 25, 1977) is the 63rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, Calley served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
Calley is known nationally as a leading figure for autism awareness and advocacy. He has received widespread recognition for sharing his experiences as a father to a daughter with autism and for leading autism insurance reform in Michigan.
Calley was born in Dearborn, the third of six children. The family moved from Dearborn Heights to Fort Riley, Kansas in 1982 where his father was stationed in the United States Army. By 1984, the family moved back to Michigan where Calley graduated from Ionia High School in 1994. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Michigan State University in 1998 and a Master’s in Business Administration from Grand Valley State University in 2000. In the 10 years preceding his election to the Michigan legislature, Calley held various positions within the banking industry, primarily making commercial loans. During this time he served two terms on Ionia County Board of Commissioners, both as Vice Chairperson.
Calley was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. He served both terms in the minority, with the 2009-2010 term seeing the smallest Republican caucus in 40 years. In the House he gained a reputation as an expert on tax policy and served as minority vice chair of the House Tax Policy Committee. He was named the 2008 ‘Legislator of the Year” the state’s Small Business Association, the first time a freshman lawmaker has received that designation.
In 2010, despite securing the Republican nomination for state Senate days earlier, Calley was announced as gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder's running mate. Tea Party supporters from west Michigan momentarily contested Calley's nomination during the state Republican Convention at Michigan State University's Breslin Center in favor of Bill Cooper, a Norton Shores businessman and former candidate for Congress. Cooper withdrew his name from consideration and publicly threw his support behind Calley. In securing the nomination for lieutenant governor, the state Senate nomination was vacated and former state Representative Judy Emmons was chosen to fill the spot.
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