Jim Lower

James Lower
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 70th district
In office
January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2021
Preceded byRick Outman
Succeeded byPat Outman
Personal details
Born (1989-04-10) April 10, 1989 (age 35)
Ionia, Michigan
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKristen
ChildrenAaron and Kate
ResidenceGreenville, Michigan
Alma materMichigan State University (BS)
Grand Valley State University (MBA)
WebsiteState Rep. James Lower and Campaign website

James Lower (born April 10, 1989)[1] is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing the 70th district since 2017. Lower previously served on the Ionia County Board of Commissioners, was the Village Manager of Edmore, Michigan, and was the campaign manager for Brian Calley's state senate campaign in 2010.

Elected office and political career

Lower was elected to the Ionia County Board of Commissioners in 2010, becoming one of the youngest elected officials in Michigan and the board's youngest member as a 21-year-old.[2] In 2012, Lower ran an unsuccessful campaign for Ionia County Clerk.[3][4] In 2014, Lower accepted a job as the Edmore Village Manager, earning an annual salary of $45,000.[5] He resigned from this job after 18 months[6] when he announced his candidacy for the Michigan House of Representatives.[7][8]

Michigan state representative Rick Outman was term limited out of the 70th District House seat in 2016. Lower announced his candidacy for the seat in January 2016 and won the 2016 election with 63% of the vote, beating Democratic Party candidate Ken Hart and Green Party candidate Michael Anderson.[8][9]

In December 2018, Lower sponsored a bill during the lame-duck session which would make it harder to get signatures for ballot initiatives. The Detroit Free Press noted that the bill came "on the heels of three successful ballot proposals that were overwhelmingly approved by voters... but were opposed by many Republicans." The bill would require that a ballot initiative cannot get more than 15 percent of total signatures from any one of Michigan's 14 districts. Lower said that the intention behind the bill was to "get more transparency in the process and more input from voters."[10]

During 2019-2020 legislative session, Lower sponsored 15 bills[11] of which only three became law.[12][13] Lower was the only sponsor of a bill which eased restrictions on sex offenders, eliminating the requirement that they appear in person to update information and eliminating school safety zones which had previously prohibited sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school.[14]

Lower lives in Greenville, Michigan with his wife Kristen and two young children.[7]

In May 2019, Lower announced that he was challenging independent U.S. Representative Justin Amash for Michigan's 3rd congressional district in the 2020 election.[15][16] He withdrew from the race in November 2019.[17] On December 7, 2020, speaker-designate Jason Wentworth announced that he had hired Lower to be a strategic advisor on his staff beginning in January 2021.[18]

During the 2020 elections, Mr. Lower drew criticism that he was accepting unlawful payments through a shell company "Eureka RDC" in exchange for his endorsement.[19]

References

  1. ^ "James Lower". Library of Michigan. Michigan Department of Education. 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Meet James Lower, Newest and youngest member of the Ionia County Board of Directors". Ionia Sentinel-Standard. December 31, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Ionia County Clerk: Commissioner aims to unseat clerk". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Rich fends off county commissioner for Ionia County clerk". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ex-Ionia County commissioner accepts Edmore village manager job". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Edmore village manager resigning to campaign for state house". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "James Lower, District 70". Michigan House Republicans. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Edmore village manager resigning to campaign for state house". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. February 19, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  9. ^ "2016 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/08/2016". Elections in Michigan. Michigan Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  10. ^ Gray, Kathleen; Egan, Paul (December 21, 2018). "GOP bill making it tougher to get proposals on ballot heads to Snyder". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  11. ^ "Michigan Legislature - Search Results". www.legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  12. ^ "Michigan Legislature - House Bill 5761 (2020)". www.legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "Michigan Legislature - House Bill 5810 (2020)". www.legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  14. ^ "Michigan Legislature - House Bill 5679 (2020)". www.legislature.mi.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  15. ^ Waldon, Elisabeth (May 20, 2019). "Rep. Jim Lower to primary Congressman Justin Amash". The Daily News. Greenville, Michigan: Stafford Media. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  16. ^ Spangler, Todd (May 20, 2019). "After impeachment remarks, Rep. Justin Amash gets Republican challenger". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  17. ^ Winowiecki, Emma (November 20, 2019). "State lawmaker Jim Lower drops out of race challenging Rep. Justin Amash". Michigan Radio (NPR). Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  18. ^ Wentworth, Jason (December 7, 2020). "Speaker-elect Wentworth builds his leadership staff". Mi House Repubs. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  19. ^ "Divergent candidates face off to replace retiring judge". thedailynews.cc. Retrieved October 26, 2020.

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