Dan Lauwers
{{Short description|American politician (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dan Lauwers
|state_senate = Michigan
|district = 25th
|term_start = January 1, 2019
|term_end =
|predecessor = Phil Pavlov
|successor =
|office1 = Majority Leader of the Michigan House of Representatives
|term_start1 = January 11, 2017
|term_end1 = January 9, 2019
|predecessor1 = Aric Nesbitt
|successor1 = Triston Cole
|state_house2 = Michigan
|district2 = 81st
|term_start2 = January 1, 2013
|term_end2 = January 1, 2019
|predecessor2 = Judson Gilbert II
|successor2 = Gary Eisen
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|15}}
|birth_place = Almont, Michigan, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse = Kellie
|children = 3
|education = Michigan State University (BS)
}}
Daniel Victor Lauwers[https://cfrsearch.nictusa.com/committees/518302 Michigan Committee Statement of Organization]. Michigan Secretary of State, November 25, 2019. (born January 15, 1963) is a member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 25th district. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives and represented the 81st district, made up of the areas just south of Port Huron, Michigan along the St. Clair River, that are functional suburbs of Detroit with additional business related to the water tourism, combined with an inland area to the west of Port Huron that is largely still rural farm country with small towns that largely function as trade centers, and only very limited influx of commuters to the Metro-Detroit area.
Lauwers comes from the more rural western portion of the district, and has a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Michigan State University. Lauwers owns Eastern Michigan Grain. He was a legislative assistant to Bill Schuette when Schutte was in the US House of Representatives. Lauwers was first elected to the state house in 2012. He also runs Nick Lauwers Farms with his son Nick. His wife Kellie is currently being investigated for embezzlement from the Yale chamber of commerce where she held the position of secretary since 2019 as reported in the Yale Expositor {{Cite news|url=http://gophouse.org/representatives/thumb/lauwers/|title=Dan Lauwers, District 81 - Michigan House Republicans|newspaper=Michigan House Republicans|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-13|archive-date=2016-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102131626/http://gophouse.org/representatives/thumb/lauwers/|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Michigan
Category:Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Michigan state senators
Category:Michigan State University alumni