Alan Sanborn
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| state_senate = Michigan
| district = 11th
| term_start = January 1, 2003
| term_end = December 31, 2010
| predecessor = Ken DeBeaussaert
| successor = Jack Brandenburg
| state_senate2 = Michigan
| district2 = 12th
| term_start2 = November 27, 2001
| term_end2 = December 31, 2002
| predecessor2 = David Jaye
| successor2 = Mike Bishop
| state_house3 = Michigan
| district3 = 32nd
| term_start3 = March 3, 1998
| term_end3 = November 8, 2001
| predecessor3 = David Jaye
| successor3 = Brian Palmer
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Alan Bruce Sanborn (born July 21, 1957){{cite web | url = http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(4wzkxq45sghqpw551jmd2dbq)/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0148-0148-Sanborn.pdf | title = State Senator Alan Sanborn R–11th Senate District | work = Michigan Manual 2003-2004 | pages = 148 | publisher = Legislative Service Bureau | access-date = 2006-06-05}} is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving parts of three terms in both the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate.
Biography
Sanborn is the son of Lois and Kenneth Sanborn. Kenneth Sanborn is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives, former Circuit Court judge, and one of the attorneys who undertook the successful defense of Milo Radulovich in 1953. The Radulovich case was a major factor in helping to turn public opinion in the United States against McCarthyism.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.msu.edu/info/news/releases/milestone.html |title=DCL/MSU, State Bar of Michigan to Celebrate Legal Milestone |access-date=2006-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901085207/http://www.law.msu.edu/info/news/releases/milestone.html |archive-date=2006-09-01 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.courts.michigan.gov/lc-gallery/mich-milestones.htm |title=Michigan's Legal Milestones |access-date=2006-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505035615/http://courts.michigan.gov/lc-gallery/mich-milestones.htm |archive-date=5 May 2006 |url-status=dead }}
Sanborn was born and raised in Mount Clemens, Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sanborn/bio/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040919164602/http://www.senate.michigan.gov/sanborn/bio/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-09-19 |title=Senator Alan Sanborn |work=Michigan Senate Republicans |access-date=2006-06-05 }} He attended Michigan State University and graduated with a B.S. in social science with a minor in political science. He married Lori McQuiston on August 6, 1982. Sanborn and his ex-wife have three children.
Political career
Sanborn worked from 1978 to 1998 as a Macomb County probation officer. In 1996, Sanborn challenged and lost to incumbent David Jaye in the Republican primary for the 32nd District of the Michigan House of Representatives. In a special election in February 1998, Sanborn was elected to the seat after Jaye resigned to run for an open State Senate seat.{{cite web | url = http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(qsy3yk55knqsfpnul0rvpi45)/documents/publications/manual/2003-2004/2003-mm-0297-0301-Former.pdf | title = State Representatives, 1993-2002 | work = Michigan Manual 2003-2004 | pages = 297–301 | publisher = Legislative Service Bureau | access-date = 2006-06-05}}
In 2001, after Jaye became the first member of the Michigan Legislature to be expelled from office,
| access-date = 2006-09-14}} Sanborn came out on top of a field of thirteen Republican candidates, including Jaye, in a primary special election held September 11, 2001. In the heavily Republican district, Sanborn easily won the general special election on November 6, 2001.
Sanborn was re-elected in 2002, 2004 and 2006, and was named by Lansing-based political newsletter Inside Michigan Politics as "Michigan's Most Conservative Legislator" in 2003, 2004, and 2005. On January 1, 2011, Sanborn's term in the Senate officially came to an end, though his political aspirations did not. After returning to work as a juvenile probation officer for Macomb County, he put his hat in the ring for former Rep. Candice Miller's seat in Congress. After an unsuccessful run, he retired from his position with the county in 2018 to establish a property rental business in Lexington, Michigan.
His more notable legislative achievements include "Lisa's Law" (which protects probation officers) and a bill allowing visitation rights to grandparents.
Congressional Campaign
In March 2015, 7-term incumbent U.S. Representative Candice Miller shocked political pundits by announcing her intentions to retire at the end of her current term and not seek an 8th term in 2016 in Michigan's 10th congressional district.{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/candice-miller-to-retire-michigan-115799.html |title=GOP House member Candice Miller to retire |work=Politico |author=Steven Shephard |date=March 6, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2015}} Sanborn was amongst the first candidates to be mentioned as a possible successor to Miller.{{Cite web |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2015/03/10/miller-congressional-seat-contenders/24699467/ |title=Brandenburg, Sanborn exploring runs for Miller's seat |work=The Detroit News |author=Melissa Nann Burke |date=March 10, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2015}} He formed an exploratory committee on March 30, 2015, which gave him the ability to raise and spend money for a possible Congressional campaign{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/30/sanborn-former-senator-exploratory-panel/70685642/ |title=Former state Sen. Sanborn forms exploratory panel |work=The Detroit News |author=Melissa Nann Burke |date=March 30, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2015}} and formally announced his candidacy on April 21, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.macombdaily.com/government-and-politics/20150421/alan-sanborn-throws-his-hat-into-congressional-ring |title=Alan Sanborn throws his hat into Congressional ring |work=The Macomb Daily |date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2015}}
Sanborn finished third in a five-person field, taking 16 percent of the vote, finishing behind winner Paul Mitchell, who took 37 percent of the vote, and state Sen. Phil Pavlov, who took 28 percent.{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/02/michigan-primary-results-pavlov-casperson-lead-early-congressional-returns/87968378/ |title=Conyers, Mitchell, Bergman win congressional primaries |author=Todd Spangler |work=Detroit Free Press |date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan House of Representatives 32nd District 1996 Republican Primary{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/1996_PRIMARY_RESULTS_442643_7.pdf |title=PRIMARY STATE OF MICHIGAN August 6, 1996 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=August 25, 1996 |access-date=May 31, 2015}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = David Jaye (I)
|votes = 6,628
|percentage = 54.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 3,543
|percentage = 29.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Sherri Sassin
|votes = 654
|percentage = 5.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = A. Davis
|votes = 441
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Paul Paraventi
|votes = 432
|percentage = 3.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Morton Kripke
|votes = 402
|percentage = 3.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan House of Representatives 32nd Special Election Republican Primary{{cite web |url=http://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/manual/1999-2000/1999-mm-0953-0955-Special.pdf |title=Special Elections 1997-1999 |work=Michigan House of Representatives |date=February 3, 1998 |access-date=May 26, 2015}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 2,204
|percentage = 31.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Kirby Holmes Jr.
|votes = 2,087
|percentage = 30.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Reinhold K. Retzler
|votes = 1,081
|percentage = 15.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Gail P. Hicks
|votes = 833
|percentage = 11.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Marianne K. Weiss
|votes = 290
|percentage = 4.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Paul G. Paraventi
|votes = 156
|percentage = 2.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Maria Stella Castronova
|votes = 150
|percentage = 2.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Mary Ann Piacenza
|votes = 90
|percentage = 1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Pamela Skerkowski-Planitz
|votes = 61
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan House of Representatives 32nd District Special General Election; February 24, 1998}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 4,811
|percentage = 71.3
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Jim Kramer
|votes = 1,940
|percentage = 28.7
|change = -9.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan House of Representatives 32nd District 1998 Republican Primary{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/98pri/08032000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030114105244/http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/98pri/08032000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2003 |title=Election Results Primary Election August 4, 1998 |work=Michigan Department of Elections Bureau of Elections |date=December 7, 1998 |access-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn (I)
|votes = 5,127
|percentage = 51.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Kirby Holmes Jr.
|votes = 2,913
|percentage = 29.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Gail P. Hicks
|votes = 1,892
|percentage = 19.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives 32nd District 1998 General Election{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/98gen/08032000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030111192055/http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/98gen/08032000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2003 |title=Election Results GENERAL ELECTION November 3, 1998 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=December 7, 1998 |access-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn (I)
|votes = 24,700
|percentage = 73.8
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Aristidis Andreopoulos
|votes = 7,593
|percentage = 22.7
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (US)
|candidate = Bob Van Oast
|votes = 1,169
|percentage = 3.5
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives 32nd District 2000 General Election{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/00gen/08032000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021228163119/http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/00gen/08032000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2002 |title=Election Results GENERAL ELECTION November 7, 2000 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=January 9, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn (I)
|votes = 32,162
|percentage = 66.6
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Greg Moore
|votes = 14,852
|percentage = 30.7
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (US)
|candidate = Bob Van Oast
|votes = 1,286
|percentage = 2.7
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate 12th District Special Election Republican Primary: September 11, 2001{{cite web|url=http://media.macombgov.org/sites/default/files/content/pdfs/clerk/2001-09-11-PRIMARY-ELECTION.pdf |title=Statement of Voters September 11, 2001 |work=Macomb County Clerk's Office |access-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526110737/http://media.macombgov.org/sites/default/files/content/pdfs/clerk/2001-09-11-PRIMARY-ELECTION.pdf |archive-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 14,369
|percentage = 46.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Sue Rocca
|votes = 8,054
|percentage = 26.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = David Jaye
|votes = 5,716
|percentage = 18.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Steve Thomas
|votes = 1,472
|percentage = 4.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alvin H. Kukuk
|votes = 505
|percentage = 1.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Michael Dorman
|votes = 191
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = John Bryan
|votes = 152
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Robert P. Murphy
|votes = 119
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Joseph P. Chirco
|votes = 94
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = John M. Peterson
|votes = 86
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Tracy Denise
|votes = 74
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Judy Landino
|votes = 69
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Ahmad Sam Esman
|votes = 45
|percentage = 0.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate 12th District Special General Election: November 7, 2001{{cite web |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/kilpatrick-appears-have-won-detroit-mayors-race |title=Kilpatrick appears to have won Detroit mayor''s race |work=Michigan Daily |date=November 7, 2001 |access-date=May 26, 2015}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 22,202
|percentage = 69.1
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Carl Territo
|votes = 9,927
|percentage = 30.9
|change = -4.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate 11th District 2002 Republican Primary{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/02PRI/07011000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106123711/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/02PRI/07011000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2008 |title=Election Results PRIMARY ELECTION August 06, 2002 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=August 6, 2002 |access-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 14,926
|percentage = 96.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Ahmad Sam Esman
|votes = 614
|percentage = 4.0
|change = -N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate 11th District 2002 General Election{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/02GEN/07011000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021214095510/http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/02GEN/07011000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2002 |title=Election Results GENERAL ELECTION November 5, 2002 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=November 11, 2002 |access-date=May 26, 2015 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 55,589
|percentage = 67.9
|change = +21.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Jim Ayres
|votes = 26,365
|percentage = 32.1
|change = -18.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=Michigan Senate 11th District 2006 General Election{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/06GEN/07011000.html |title=Election Results GENERAL ELECTION November 7, 2006 |work=MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau Of Elections |date=May 10, 2007 |access-date=May 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817005501/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/06GEN/07011000.html |archive-date=August 17, 2012 }}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn (i)
|votes = 55,589
|percentage = 59.2
|change = -8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Kenneth Jenkins
|votes = 26,365
|percentage = 38.2
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (US)
|candidate = Lauren Zemens
|votes = 2,903
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +2.6
}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Republican Primary Results{{cite web | url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/2016PRI_CENR.html#06010000 | title=Election Results - Primary Election - August 2, 2016 | publisher=Michigan Department of State |date=August 3, 2016 |access-date=August 5, 2016}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Paul Mitchell
|votes = 30,114
|percentage = 38.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Phil Pavlov
|votes = 22,019
|percentage = 27.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Alan Sanborn
|votes = 12,639
|percentage = 15.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Tony Forlini
|votes = 7,885
|percentage = 9.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = David VanAssche
|votes = 6,689
|percentage = 8.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,095
|percentage = 10.2
|change = -89.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 79,346
|percentage =
|change = +43.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
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