The Honorable Bill Ballenger | |
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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 March 28, 1941 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.
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Sources
- Macomb Daily, Jan. 21, 2013.
- Michigan Liberal article on Ballenger
- Inside Michigan Politics bio of Ballenger
References
- ^ Bolhouse, Susan Steiner; Melinn, Kyle (November 19, 2012). "WILLIAM (BILL) S. BALLENGER" (PDF). Michigan Political History Society. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Ballenger, William S. III
- ^ Michigan Policy Network introduction to interview with ballenger Archived December 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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