EGGERT: Democrats name next chair of Senate budget committee, other leadership posts
LANSING — State Sen.-elect Sarah Anthony, a Lansing Democrat, will chair the Senate Appropriations Committee that is responsible for spending bills. Read more here.
LSJ: Dems claim two of three Lansing-area Senate seats
District 21: With 99% of precincts reported, Democrat Sarah Anthony had 67,949 votes, or about 60%, and Republican Nkenge Robertson had 45,084 votes, or about 40%. The district includes Eaton County and most of Ingham County. Full story here.
STATE SEN-ELECT SARAH ANTHONY ELECTION NIGHT REMARKS
The full recording of Sen-Elect Sarah Anthony's victory speech can be found here. Below is a transcription of her election night victory speech: " IN THIS ELECTION, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE NATION’S EYES HAVE BEEN ON MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN’S ELECTION RESULTS -- IN CONGRESS, STATEWIDE RACES, AND STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES, BALLOT PROPOSALS – WILL HAVE AN IMPACT NOT JUST ON EVERY MICHIGANDER, BUT ALSO ON EVERY AMERICAN. ON OUR NATION’S FUTURE. ON DEMOCRACY ITSELF. STANDING IN THE MIDST OF
