Marie Donigan
Marie Donigan (born June 17,1954) was the Democratic State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 26th District which covers Royal Oak and Madison Heights in Oakland County from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2010.
Biography
Donigan was born in Royal Oak and attended Dondero High School. She earned a B.S. from Western Michigan University and a M.S. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked in private practice as a landscape architect for a number of years, before joining the Farmington Hills Department of Planning.[1]
She is married to Kevin McLogan, who was the a Trustee of the Royal Oak School Board from 1997 to 2009.[2]
Political career
Donigan was elected to the Royal Oak City Commission in 1997, and served until 2004, when she resigned in order to serve as State Representative.
She defeated Republican City Commissioner Carlo P. Ginotti.
She was re-elected in 2006, defeating Republican Kevin Konczal, and again reelected in 2008.
The chief focus of her legislative work in the Michigan House has been in the areas of education, health care, public transit and the economy. She was the author of a bill to build a Public Transportation system for the Metro Detroit Area along the Woodward Avenue Corridor.[3] She has also supported legislation raising standards for state public education and tougher Great Lakes protections.[4]
Post Political career
After Donigan left office due to term limits, her work has been associated with non-profit organizations in Southeast Michigan. After serving as Executive Director of the North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy in 2013 (http://www.nohlc.org), Donigan began working for the Harriet Tubman Center in Detroit, as their Transit Project Coordinator (http://www.tubmanorganizing.org/who-we-are22.html) promoting transit issues in Metro Detroit.
Election results
Michigan House 26th District Election Results, 2004–present
| 2004 Candidate | Party | Popular votes | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Donigan | Democrat | 22,780 | 52.08% |
| Carlo Ginotti | Republican | 20,954 | 47.91% |
| 2006 Candidate | Party | Popular votes | Vote percentage |
| Marie Donigan | Democrat | 22,077 | 62% |
| Kevin Konczal | Republican | 12,357 | 35% |
| James Young | Libertarian | 1,057 | 3% |
References
- ↑ "City Commissioner Website". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ↑ "School District of the City of Royal Oak 2009 Board of Education".
- ↑ "Detroit Metro Times". Across the Great Divide.
- ↑ "Detroit News".