Virg Bernero
| Virg Bernero | |
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| 51st Mayor of Lansing | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Antonio Benavides |
| Member of the Michigan Senate from the 23rd district |
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In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Joanne Emmons |
| Succeeded by | Gretchen Whitmer |
| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 68th district |
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In office January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Lingg Brewer |
| Succeeded by | Michael Murphy |
| Personal details | |
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March 31, 1964 Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Teri |
| Children | Kelly Virginia |
| Alma mater | Adrian College |
Virgil Paul "Virg" Bernero (born March 31, 1964) is an American politician and the 51st and current mayor of Lansing, Michigan, elected on November 8, 2005 and re-elected on November 3, 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor, Bernero served as a legislative aide, an Ingham County Commissioner and as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Michigan in 2010, losing in the November 2 general election to Republican Rick Snyder.
Virg Paul Bernero was born March 31, 1964 in Pontiac, Michigan in the Metro Detroit area. He was the youngest of five children (three sons and two daughters) born to Giulio, an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1948, and Virginia, a first generation Italian-American.
Bernero has said that the diagnosis of schizophrenia in one of his brothers and the death of another brother from AIDS in 1990 (on the same day he was elected to the Ingham County Commission) have helped to shape his life and politics.
While a student at Waterford Mott High School, Bernero was elected class president three times. After graduating from there in 1982, he enrolled at Adrian College (and was also class president there three times), graduating in 1986 with a B.A. in political science.
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