We have recently added Life, Healthcare Freedom, and Border Security policy statements to our site. Click here to read the rest of Rodney’s Plan for Michigan’s Future.
Check out our new campaign video here, and read our list of endorsements here.
To find out if you are in the 54th Michigan House District, click here to view our enhanced district map.
PRESS RELEASE – Rodney Nanney, Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives from Ypsilanti, has been endorsed by the Independence Caucus, a leading nationally recognized organization comprised of constitutionally conservative American citizens.
The mission of the Independence Caucus is to find and elect fiscally sound candidates, using an extensive vetting process to evaluate the candidate’s moral character and understanding of constitutional government and federalism, monetary systems, and fiscally conservative budgetary policies.
“I’m honored to receive the support of the Independence Caucus,” Mr. Nanney said in a prepared statement. “The iCaucus endorsement is a welcome confirmation of my commitment to bring limited government principles and fiscal sanity to Lansing.”
“As 54th District State Representative, I will work to represent all of the people of eastern Washtenaw County, not just the politically favored few,” Mr. Nanney said. “I will take my professional experience with local government and small business to Lansing to begin working to restore jobs and prosperity to Michigan.”
Rodney Nanney joins a small group of only a dozen constitutionally conservative Michigan House candidates in receiving this exclusive Independence Caucus endorsement.
ICaucus is a national grassroots organization that serves to educate voters and support constitutionally conservative candidates across the U.S. For more information about the iCaucus mission and other endorsed candidates, visit http://www.icaucus.org.
The 54th District includes all of Salem, Superior, Ypsilanti, and Augusta townships, plus the City of Ypsilanti. Click here to see if you are in the 54th District!
WEMU 89.1 FM, our local public radio outlet, offered local candidates free airtime for a recorded campaign message, beginning this week. Our message aired
this morning during “Morning Edition. Here it is, in case you weren’t up yet!
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Rodney Nanney is very happy to announce the endorsement of Salem Township Clerk David Trent.
David Trent has been the Township Clerk since 2004. His leadership includes Chair, Washtenaw County Municipal & Township Clerks Association and Co-Chair, Salem Facilities Committee. He came to Salem with 30 years of quality assurance expertise working for General Motors and as a consultant.
I missed this one earlier – our campaign also received coverage in the South Lyon paper, which covers the northern portion of the 54th District. Here are some excerpts from the article:
Speaking about his professional work, Clawson Mayor Penny Luebs called Rodney “responsible and honorable,” while former Plymouth DDA Operations Director Sherrie Pryor said, “Rodney’s forward thinking and his attention to detail combine to make him a leader in the field.”
After jobs, education is next on Rodney’s list of concerns if elected.
“Local schools need consistent and predictable funding levels from the state’s education budget,” he said. “I support moving to a two-year state budget process to break the annual partisan gridlock and help our schools be successful.”
Noting that Michigan continues to lose population and especially college graduates to other states, Rodney said the state must rein in reckless spending and create a fair tax system to encourage business reinvestment and job growth.
“After graduating college in 1964, my father was recruited to Michigan from North Carolina by Ford Motor Co.,” Nanney said. “He came here because of the opportunity our state offered to have a career and raise a family. If our generation fails to correct the downward path Michigan is on today, his grandchildren may be among those that have to go back south to find those same opportunities!”
Thank you to all that have honorably served in our nation’s armed forces. Thank you to all that are now doing so. Beginning with General Washington’s ragged troops and extending down to those serving today in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, it has been our military that has secured our liberty and protected our freedom.
With all of the parades coming up during this election year, I’ve been asked by some if, as a candidate for state representative, I would be walking in the Ypsilanti Memorial Day processional. I told them no, but I will be standing to the side and applauding the veterans who do so.
If you can, come join us on Monday morning, bright and early at 9:00 a.m., to honor our military veterans and their families by lining the processional route from downtown Ypsilanti along North Huron Street to East Cross St. to River St. and finishing at Highland Cemetery.
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Nice coverage of our campaign and the race for the 54th district state representative seat on AnnArbor.com this week. Excerpts below, or click on the headline to read the entire article:
Ypsilanti resident Rodney Nanney announced his candidacy for the Michigan House of Representatives in the 54th District this week, vowing to use his professional experience to help return jobs and prosperity to the state.
“We need new leaders in Lansing who understand that putting Michigan back to work must be the number one priority for the next state Legislature,” Nanney said in a written statement.
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54th District state representative candidate Rodney Nanney congratulates the firefighters’ union and Ypsilanti City Council for their success in hammering out a compromise agreement to avoid layoffs in the face of declining state revenue sharing. “Union president Ken Hobbs, Pete Murdock, Brian Robb, and the rest of City Council deserve our thanks for getting this done after more than a year of negotiation,” Nanney said in response to Tuesday’s announcement.
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