Senator Tony Stamas

Tony Stamas, now serving his second term, represents the counties of Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Otsego as the 36th District senator.

Stamas serves as the chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and is a member of the Appropriations Committee. Stamas' other appropriations subcommittees include Department of Community Health and Economic Development. Senator Stamas is a member of the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, and the Committee on Commerce and Tourism. In 2005, Stamas introduced Senate Joint Resolution E, which became Proposal 4 of 2006. Proposal 4, which limited the government's use of eminent domain for taking private property for economic development purposes, was passed overwhelmingly by Michigan's voters.

Before being elected to the Michigan Senate, Tony Stamas served two terms as state Representative of the 98th District where he served on the House Appropriations Committee as chair of Community Colleges subcommittee and vice chair of the Capital Outlay subcommittee. He also served on the Retirement and School Aid/K-12 subcommittees.

Stamas served as a Midland County commissioner prior to being a member of the House of Representatives, from 1991 to 1998. He served two years as the chair of the commission. Tony Stamas is a former district director for state Senator Bill Schuette, and works closely with his family's small business in downtown Midland.

Stamas earned an undergraduate degree in communications from Michigan State University in 1988. He is a lifelong resident of Midland County, and he and his wife, Sara, are members of the Messiah Lutheran Church. He is a member of the Midland Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Midland and the Michigan Farm Bureau. Currently, Stamas is a board member of the Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan. Also, Tony Stamas is a former member of the Midland/Gladwin County Mental Health Board.

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