Brenda Carter
{{Short description|American politician (born 1954)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Brenda Carter
|office = Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
|term_start = January 1, 2019
|term_end =
|predecessor = Tim Greimel
|successor =
|constituency = 29th district (2019–2022)
53rd district (2023–present)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age |1954|09|10}}
|birth_place =
|spouse = Randy Carter
|children = 5
|party = Democratic
|alma_mater = Spring Arbor College
Michigan State University
Oakland University
|occupation = Politician
|website = [https://housedems.com/brenda-carter Official website]
}}
Brenda Joyce Carter{{cite web |url=https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/518436 |title=Michigan Committee Statement of Organization |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State |access-date=November 15, 2019}} (née Canty; born September 10, 1954) is an American politician from Michigan. Carter is a Democratic member of Michigan House of Representatives from District 53.
Early life
Carter was born on September 10, 1954. Carter's father was John H. Canty. Carter's mother was Mary S. Wallace. Carter is the fifth oldest and she has twelve siblings. Carter attended high school in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://brendajcarter.com/meet-brenda/ |title=Meet Representative Brenda Carter |publisher=brendajcarter.com |access-date=October 6, 2019}}
Education
Career
Carter was an engineering analyst for GM.{{cite web |url=http://oaklandcounty115.com/2014/12/27/the-power-of-love-and-pontiac-pride-randy-and-brenda-carter/ |title=The Power of Love... |publisher=oaklandcounty115.com |first=Crystal A. |last=Proxmire
|date=December 27, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2019}}
Carter is a former interim assistant to the City Manager of City of Troy in Michigan. In August 2018, Carter defeated Kermit Williams, Chris Jackson, Lone Bowman, Keyon Payton, and Mike Demand, and won the primary election for Michigan House of Representatives for District 29. On November 6, 2018, Carter won the election and became a member of Michigan House of Representatives for District 29.{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/182757/brenda-carter |title=Representative Brenda Carter's Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=October 6, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Brenda_Carter |title=Brenda Carter |publisher=ballotpedia.org |access-date=October 6, 2019}}
Following redistricting, Carter ran in the 53rd district in 2022, winning reelection.{{cite web |title=2022 Michigan Election Results - General |url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State |access-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129162327/https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |date=November 28, 2022 |url-status=live}} She was reelected in 2024.{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=November 24, 2024|date=November 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241124174348/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024}}
Personal life
Carter's husband is Randy Carter, a councilman. They have five children. In 1998, Carter and her family moved to Pontiac, Michigan.{{cite web |url=http://www.pontiac.mi.us/council/councilman_carter.php |title=Council President Pro Tempore Randy Carter |publisher=pontiac.mi.us |access-date=October 6, 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://housedems.com/brenda-carter Brenda Carter at housedems.com]
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Brenda_Carter Brenda Carter at ballotpedia.org]
- [https://milist.org/project/brenda-carter/ Brenda Carter at milist.org]
- [https://www.theoaklandpress.com/lifestyles/suburban/briefing-october-events-and-contests/article_c582a4d4-df2d-11e9-b1c3-270552eb210e.html 2019 WONder Woman award honorees]
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