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The Honorable Bill Ballenger


Member of the Michigan Senate from the 30th district
In office January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	Emil Lockwood
Succeeded by	Richard J. Allen
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 87th district
In office January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
Preceded by	Blair G. Woodman
Succeeded by	R. Douglas Trezise

Personal details
Born	William S. Ballenger III (1941-03-28) March 28, 1941 (age 82) Flint, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Virginia (m. June 20, 1964); (div. April 15, 1986)
Relations	Susan Steiner Bolhouse, partner, 2000 - William S. Ballenger Sr. (grandfather)^[1]
Alma mater	Harvard University Princeton University

Bill Ballenger (born 28 March 1941) was the editor of Inside Michigan Politics a newsletter of Michigan Politics until January 2016. He previously served as a Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate.^[2] In March 2016, he founded The Ballenger Report political blog, followed by a weekly podcast.

Ballenger was born in Flint, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the Robert P. & Marjorie Griffin Professor in American Government at Central Michigan University from 2003 until 2007. He also served for a time as Michigan racing commissioner and director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation.^[3] Ballenger has for many years been a panelist on the Michigan state politics public affairs television program Off the Record with Tim Skubick on WKAR-TV.

Ballenger was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare under Gerald R. Ford.