Andrew Meisner (born March 30, 1973) is a politician from

Huntington Woods, Michigan Huntington Woods is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit on the Woodward Corridor, Huntington Woods is located roughly northwest of downtown Detroit. As ...

. He is a former Democratic Party member of the

Michigan State House of Representatives Michigan ( ) is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio ...

. He served as the

Oakland County Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a principal county of the Detroit metropolitan area, containing the bulk of Detroit's northern suburbs. Its seat of government is Pontiac, and its largest city is Troy. As of the ...

Treasurer from 2009 to 2021. Meisner was a candidate for Oakland County Executive in 2020, but was defeated in the August Democratic primary.

Early life

While in college, Meisner was an aide to Congressmen

Sander Levin Sander Martin Levin (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019, representing (numbered as the from 1983 to 1993 and as the from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member ...

and

David Obey David Ross Obey ( ; born October 3, 1938) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the sta ...

. After graduating, he became Congressman Levin's policy analyst for issues concerning criminal justice, mental health, unemployment insurance, and foreign affairs. Meisner was then elected vice president of the national, non-profit Drug-Free Kids Campaign, or CADCA. In 2001, Meisner returned to Michigan to work as a corporate communications director for a real estate firm.

Political career

Meisner was elected to the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2020 ...

in 2002. Since then he has become the Assistant Democratic Leader and the Vice-Chair of the House Commerce Committee and Ethics, Oversight and Campaign Finance Committee, and serving as a member of the Tax Policy Committee. Meisner was awarded the "Rising Star Award" in 2005 from the 21st Century Democrats. Meisner is an advocate for easing restrictions on

embryonic stem cell research Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre- implantation embryo. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4–5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist ...

. After serving the maximum number of 3 terms in the State House under

term limits A term limit is a legal restriction on the number of Term of office, terms a Incumbent, person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in Presidential system, presidential and Semi-presidential republic, semi-president ...

, in November 2008, Meisner successfully ran against the incumbent Oakland County Treasurer. In September 2009, Governor Granholm named Meisner to the Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authorit

In November 2012, Meisner ran for re-election against term-limited State Representative Marty Knollenberg (R)-Troy, winning by 7 points. In 2020, Meisner was a candidate for Oakland County Executive, but lost in the August Democratic primary.

Electoral history

References

External links

Andy Meisner's Web SiteAndy Meisner's Michigan House Democrats Web SiteThe Michigan House Democrats Web SiteAttorney Mark Brewer of Goodman Acker, P.C.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meisner, Andy Living people Jewish state legislators in Michigan Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives People from Ferndale, Michigan 1973 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews 21st-century members of the Michigan Legislature