Gary Glenn
| Gary Glenn | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 98th district |
|
|
Assumed office January 1, 2015 |
|
| Preceded by | Jim Stamas |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Annette Glenn |
| Children | five |
| Residence | Larkin Township, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Lenoir-Rhyne University |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Website | [1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Reserves Army National Guard |
| Years of service | 1990-1998 |
Gary Glenn was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2014, representing the 98th House District comprising the cities of Auburn, Linwood, Midland, and Pinconning, the village of Sanford, and thirteen suburban and rural townships in Bay and Midland counties. In the current 2017-18 legislative term, he serves as Associate Speaker of the House Pro Tempore and as chairman of the House Energy Policy Committee. He also serves on the House Communications and Technology, Insurance, and Military and Veterans Affairs committees.
In his first term, the 2015-16 session, he served as vice chairman of the House Energy Policy Committee and on the House Commerce and Trade, Military and Veterans Affairs, and Tax Policy committees.
Glenn was reelected in 2016 with just over 60 percent of the vote, winning 48 of the district's 50 precincts and losing the remaining two precincts by a combined total of six votes. Two days later, the incoming Republican House Caucus for the 2017-18 session elected him Associate Speaker of the House Pro Tempore, the same position former Speaker Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, held during his second term.
He was also appointed by the Speaker of the House to serve on the seven-member Committee on Committees, which recommended the chairs and membership of each House committee, and to serve as one of three Finance Chairmen of the House Republican Campaign Committee.
Michigan Information and Research Service, Lansing's oldest daily legislative news service, selected Rep. Glenn from among 55 first-term state representatives and senators as its MIRS "Freshman Legislator of the Year" in 2015, specifically citing his leadership and impact on energy policy and civil asset forfeiture reforms.
In his first term, he compiled a voting record that earned a 100 percent score from Americans for Prosperity-Michigan and from the state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business. He won the American Conservatives Union's "Award for Conservative Excellence" for scoring the most conservative voting record in the Michigan House in 2015, and he is routinely scored among the most conservative members of the House by multiple news outlets and interest groups.
In 2016, he was named "House Member of the Year" by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Michigan and received NFIB's "Guardian of Small Business" award.
He is a Republican from Larkin Township and as president of the American Family Association of Michigan, he coauthored the state's Marriage Protection Amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004.
...
Wikipedia