Donavan McKinney

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Donavan McKinney
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Candidate, Michigan House of Representatives District 11

Michigan House of Representatives District 14
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$71,685/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid. Legislators receive an expense allowance of $10,800/year for session and interim.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

August 6, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 2014

Personal
Birthplace
Detroit, Mich.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Executive
Contact

Donavan McKinney (Democratic Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 14. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.

McKinney (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 11. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.[source]

Biography

Donavan McKinney was born in Detroit, Michigan. McKinney earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from the University of Michigan in 2014. His career experience includes working as the political director of SEIU Healthcare Michigan, as a legislative director in the Michigan State House, as the national political director of Climate Power, and in community engagement for the nonprofit Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD).[1][2][3]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Committee assignments

2023-2024

McKinney was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

The primary will occur on August 6, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Donavan McKinney is running in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11 on August 6, 2024.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11

Dale Walker is running in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 11 on August 6, 2024.

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Dale Walker

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2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Donavan McKinney defeated Wendy Watters and N. Jefferey Sparling in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Donavan_Mckinney.jpeg
Donavan McKinney (D) Candidate Connection
 
71.3
 
18,968
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Wendy Watters (R)
 
27.0
 
7,174
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N. Jefferey Sparling (G) Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
444

Total votes: 26,586
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Donavan McKinney defeated Kristina Lodovisi and Aaron Delikta in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Donavan_Mckinney.jpeg
Donavan McKinney Candidate Connection
 
59.3
 
4,452
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Kristina Lodovisi Candidate Connection
 
28.4
 
2,129
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Aaron Delikta
 
12.3
 
923

Total votes: 7,504
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Wendy Watters advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Wendy Watters
 
100.0
 
2,591

Total votes: 2,591
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

N. Jefferey Sparling advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on April 23, 2022.

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 3

Shri Thanedar defeated Anita Vinson and Stephen Boyle in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Shri Thanedar (D) Candidate Connection
 
93.3
 
28,575
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Anita Vinson (R)
 
4.0
 
1,234
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Stephen Boyle (G)
 
2.7
 
813

Total votes: 30,622
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Shri Thanedar Candidate Connection
 
34.9
 
4,745
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/Donavan_Mckinney.jpeg
Donavan McKinney Candidate Connection
 
20.4
 
2,774
Image of https://s3.amazonaws.com/ballotpedia-api4/files/thumbs/100/100/ccochran.jpg
China Cochran Candidate Connection
 
16.7
 
2,276
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Al Williams
 
16.3
 
2,222
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John Cromer
 
3.8
 
520
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Art Tyus
 
3.4
 
468
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Keith McMurtry
 
3.4
 
467
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Steven Lett
 
0.9
 
120

Total votes: 13,592
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3

Anita Vinson advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Anita Vinson
 
100.0
 
191

Total votes: 191
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 3

Stephen Boyle advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on June 20, 2020.

Candidate
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Stephen Boyle (G)

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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016.

Incumbent Wendell Byrd defeated John Brodersen in the Michigan House of Representatives District 3 general election.[4]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Wendell Byrd Incumbent 96.79% 28,766
     Republican John Brodersen 3.21% 955
Total Votes 29,721
Source: Michigan Secretary of State


The following candidates ran in the Michigan House of Representatives District 3 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Wendell Byrd Incumbent 45.38% 3,129
     Democratic April Bonner-Archer 10.94% 754
     Democratic Burgess Foster 5.18% 357
     Democratic Donavan McKinney 15.37% 1,060
     Democratic Damian Mitchell 2.49% 172
     Democratic Lee Qualls 2.03% 140
     Democratic Al Williams 18.61% 1,283
Total Votes 6,895


John Brodersen ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 3 Republican primary.[5][6]

Michigan House of Representatives, District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Brodersen  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Donavan McKinney is a lifelong Detroiter. He is a proud product of Detroit Public Schools and a graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, with a B.A. degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

On Labor Day Weekend 2019, Donavan married the love of his life Shaunté, who is an attorney. In January of this year, the McKinney’s welcomed the newest addition to their family, a beautiful baby boy, Donavan II.

Donavan served as a Legislative Director in the Michigan State House of Representatives. Soon after, he became the Political and Coalition Director for the largest healthcare union in the state, SEIU Healthcare Michigan. Currently, Donavan serves as the National Political Director for Climate Power, a national climate justice organization working with officials on the federal, state, and local levels to take immediate bold climate action.

In January of 2020, Donavan was appointed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to serve on the state’s first Environment Justice Council. Since serving on the Council, Donavan has advocated for a water accessibility and affordability plan. Donavan was instrumental in Gov. Whitmer’s $2-Million Water Restart Grant Program and her statewide Water Reconnection Executive Order during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • We "deserve dignity for us, dignity for our planet.” To me that means, fighting for union rights and workers earning a living wage on the job, including all of our frontline and essential workers.
  • It means, protecting our environment and ensuring families have access to clean air, clean and affordable water, and access to quality parks and recreation.
  • It means fighting for affordable healthcare for all and quality mental health resources.

Building quality public schools for your kids and mine, regardless of the school district or zip code. We are fighting so that our schools receive equitable funding based on need which will allow communities and children in distressed areas to receive wraparound services.

Fighting to improve our criminal justice system that protects us from being robbed or carjacked, not policing us for petty crimes. Most people are in jail for traffic offenses. We are fighting to reform sentencing guidelines because in the next 5 years, 80% of inmates in Michigan won’t be eligible for parole. We are fighting to end cash bail on the grounds that we should not jail people simply because they are poor. We are fighting to reallocate funding to hire more social workers, mental health professionals and increase rehab services. We are fighting to end qualified immunity which protects government officials, including law enforcement officers, from being held personally liable for their actions on the job.

We are fighting for living wages and workers' rights to join a union. People should not have to work multiple full-time jobs just to make ends meet. Also, people should have the right to bargain collectively and have a say at their workplace.

I look up to both my mother and grandmother. My grandmother always told me to "Never fight the urge to give." I strive everyday to live by her quote.

Million Man March that took place in Washington, D.C. on October 16th, 1995. I was only 3 years old at the time.

I was a paper boy and had my own snow removal business. Paper boy for around 2-3 years, snow removal/landscaping for 10 years.

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2020

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Detroit Free Press   Featured local question

Provide for greater student and parent skilled trade program awareness, with the goal of driving more students towards these programs and careers where Michigan has worker shortages. This will allow proprietary schools, skilled trade employers and community colleges to have access to pupil directory information for the purposes of marketing educational and career opportunities. This will put these institutions on par with the military and universities in their ability to recruit students. Also, provide for greater student career exploration, exposing students in 6th and 7th grades to robust career exploration and job readiness courses.

Detroit Free Press   Featured local question

The state should prioritize education, healthcare, criminal justice reform, and environmental justice.

Detroit Free Press   Featured local question

I wholeheartedly support boosting public funding for elections. All levels of government should enact a way to amplify the voices of regular people in elections and incentivize candidates to seek out broad support. Small donor public financing that provides a multiple match on modest donations has proven especially effective including in places like New York and Washington, D.C.

Every year our Michigan state government receives an F grade for accountability and transparency. Michigan is the only state in the nation in which state law exempts the Governor and Lieutenant Governor from the requirements of Michigan's Freedom of Information Act. Also, because of past Attorney General opinions the Michigan State Legislature (both House and Senate) are exempt as well.

Michigan FOIA is not perfect and improvements are needed. High fees are still an issue for citizens seeking public records. Another major loophole is in delivering records sought from public bodies. By statute, public officials are required to respond to a FOIA request within a maximum of 15 business days. Within that time period, they must respond by granting or denying the request all or in part. However, there is no deadline for when those records must actually be provided.


Our state also lacks a law requiring its elected public officials to disclose their personal finances and potential conflicts of interest. That's important to know when they're voting on legislation where they may receive a benefit.
The bills making up the Legislative Open Records Act introduced back in 2018 and now reintroduced in 2020 would be a major step forward towards making state elected officials more accountable.

Detroit Free Press   Featured local question
Detroit Free Press   Featured local question

We need to implement a graduated income tax to address many issues including the need to fix the roads. Also, we need a well-head tax on water bottle companies like Nestle (who extract our state's fresh water) and restrict those funds solely for water infrastructure improvements (piping and plumbing) in the most distress communities.

Detroit Free Press   Featured local question

I am a proud product of Detroit Public Schools. My freshman year in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, I understood how much of a disadvantage myself and other urban public school graduates were. I know first-hand how our K-12 education system in this state needs reform.

Michigan is now in the bottom five states nationwide for equitable school funding, and should take immediate steps to invest much more in students who have historically been underserved and left behind. Our state's K-12 education funding system is neither adequate nor equitable, with the hardest burden falling on students with special needs, from low-income families, new English speakers and students in isolated rural schools. I believe not only is an investment in our children the right thing to do, but it is also the smart thing to do.

We must ensure our children are competitive for the careers of the future and to understand their civic duties to become well-rounded members in society. This includes bringing Civics back as a subject into our classrooms; conducting mock-elections so students can learn the importance of voting and actually how to vote; mandatory school trips every year to either our nation or state capitol to understand the roles, branches, and powers of our government; expanding access and funding to a program I participated in called Michigan Youth In Government (MYIG); and establishing a government sponsored state-wide youth congress (similar to UK Youth Parliament) where we have young people aged (11-18) use their elected voice to bring about social change through meaningful representation and campaigning.

What We Are Fighting For:

• We are fighting for quality education for our youth regardless of school district. We are fighting so that our schools receive equitable funding based on need which will allow communities and children in distressed areas to receive wraparound services.

• We are fighting for quality and affordable healthcare for all. Earned paid sick leave, affordable child care, decreasing infant and maternal mortality, ending maternal incarceration, and expanding SNAP benefits and Medicare/Medicaid. We are fighting to lower the cost of prescription drugs and provide resources for our seniors to stay in their homes and age in place. Training and adequate compensation for our healthcare workers.

• We are fighting to improve our criminal justice system to reform sentencing guidelines, end cash bail, and reallocate funding to hire more social workers, mental health professionals and increase addiction rehab services.

• We are fighting for a living wage and union rights. People should not have to work multiple full-time jobs just to make ends meet. Also, people should have the right to bargain collectively and have a say at their workplace.

• We are fighting for basic human rights including quality affordable housing, clean air, clean affordable water, and accessible parks and recreation. We must implement a Water Affordability Plan to ensure we keep everyone's water on.

• We are fighting to open a District office to help our community members get

I look up to my mother, grandmother, and many of our community members who helped raised me. I like to follow the example of my grandmother who instilled in me the principal to "never fight the urge to give". I believe life is about how you treat people, leaving a legacy and inspiring others to give back.

I am running for office because I strive to redefine what public service looks like in our current and future political structure. I have built a strong foundation and coalition of partners to end the disconnect between Lansing and the district.

My campaign slogan is "With The People" as an accountability measure to act intentionally with integrity, and forgo elitism and self-righteousness. I believe no matter what issue our communities face we will continue to serve the people with purpose and not politics.

I remember the first Million Man March that took place in our nation's capitol in October 1995. I was only 3 years old at the time.

At 9 years old, my younger brother and I started our own snow shoveling and yard care service in the neighborhhood. We had it through high school.

Tee Grizzley- "Mr. Officer" (feat. Queen Naija & Members of the Detroit Youth Choir)

As a teen growing up in the 3rd house district, 14 of my closest friends died within a span of 18 months. Our family moved 13 times, my mother often worked 3 jobs just to make ends meet. I needed a leader who would stand with me and my family and fight for policies that would improve our lives. Today, I stand with the members of my community as that leader.

We have a Republican controlled Senate and House in Michigan. Republicans have a 26-12 majority in the Senate and a 3 seat majority in the House. Because of strict term-limits in this state, we usually have high turnover in both chambers. Typically the House is known to have newer people to the legislative process and the Senate has more people with legislative experience due to electeds moving up from the House.

Yes, absolutely! I was a Legislative Director in the State House and Political Director for SEIU HCMI, the largerst healthcare union in Michigan. These experiences have prepared me to become State Representative.

I believe our state's greatest challenges over the next decade are environmental justice, quality education, quality affordable healthcare, criminal justice reform, and instituting a living wage.

We must implement a Water Affordability Plan to ensure we keep everyone's water on. Currently, residents are paying upwards of 10% of their income towards water and sewer bills. Also, we must protect our Great Lakes.

We must ensure earned paid sick leave, affordable child care, decreasing infant and maternal mortality, ending maternal incarceration, and expanding SNAP benefits and Medicare/Medicaid. Fight to lower the cost of prescription drugs and provide resources for our seniors to stay in their homes and age in place. Fight for training and adequate compensation for our healthcare workers.

We must ensure our schools receive equitable funding based on need which will allow communities and distressed areas to receive wraparound services.

Taxpayers spent nearly half a billion dollars on county jails and related costs in 2017. Most people are in jail for traffic offenses. Fight to reform sentencing guidelines because in the next 5 years, 80% of inmates in Michigan won't be eligible for parole. Fight to end cash bail on the grounds that we should not jail people simply because they are poor. Fight to reallocate funding to hire more social workers, mental health professionals and increase rehab services. Fight to end qualified immunity which protects government officials, including law enforcement officers, from being held personally liable for their actions on the job.

People should not have to work multiple full time jobs just to make ends meet. Also, people should have the right to bargain collectively and have a say at their workplace.

I believe the legislature and the governor should work hand in hand towards a long-term vision for our state.

Yes I believe it is a must to build genuine relationships with other legislators. Once elected, I am just one vote within one chamber within one branch of government. In order to get anything remotely done, I have to get at least 56 votes in the House plus 19 votes in the Senate and the Governor's signature to become law.

I will like to serve on the Appropriations committee. If I do not receive that assignment I will like serve on Judiciary, Tax Policy, Health Policy, Education, Transportation, and/or Agriculture.

I have worked with many legislators during my time in Lansing and I can definitely say I will be taking the best traits of everyone and put my own spin to it.

Not at the moment. RIght now, my sole focus is becoming State Representative and doing the job well.

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2016

McKinney's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]

Education

  • Excerpt: "Returning decision-making power to the communities that know our children better than Lansing bureaucrats and corporate CEOs. Preventing a for-profit takeover of our public school systems. In order for our state to provide a first-class public education we need to ensure that our children receive a rigorous, real-world education that both meets the demands of the 21st century economy and the needs of the whole student."

Development

  • Excerpt: "The economic recovery of the last five years has left far too many working Michiganders behind. Few have felt the depth of that failure like the hardworking people of Detroit. As we work to build an economy that works for everyone, we should remember the principle that made Detroit the “Arsenal of Democracy” during the Second World War and built the middle class in its aftermath: our nation prospers when our working families and the communities they call home are economically secure."

Accountability

  • Excerpt: "Government has a responsibility to protect the interests of not just the most powerful and well-connected in society, but also the most vulnerable among us. But for too long, the voices of the most powerful have dominated our democratic process. We need legislators who will work to ensure that the voices and priorities of everyday Detroiters are given a fair shake."

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Donavan McKinney campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Michigan House of Representatives District 11On the Ballot primary$31,610 $0
2022Michigan House of Representatives District 14Won general$30,956 $0
2020Michigan House of Representatives District 3Lost primary$4,151 N/A**
Grand total$66,717 N/A**
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* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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Jenn Hill (D)
District 110
Democratic Party (56)
Republican Party (54)