Phil Cavanagh is an American politician from Michigan. Cavanagh is a former member of 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 ...

from the 10th District (previously the 17th District before

redistricting Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. The U.S. Constitution in Art ...

). He is the son of

Jerome Cavanagh Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (June 16, 1928 – November 27, 1979) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1962 to 1970. Initially a popular figure, his reputation was seriously damaged by the city's 1967 riots, t ...

, who was Mayor of Detroit from 1962 to 1970.

Personal life

Cavanagh's wife is Lily Cavanagh. They have three daughters. Cavanagh and his family live in

Redford, Michigan Redford Township (commonly known simply as Redford) is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Redford borders Detroit to the east, roughly northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2 ...

. One of his daughters,

Mary Cavanagh Mary Cavanagh (born 1991) is an American politician serving as a Democratic Party member of the Michigan Senate from the 6th district. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Early life and education Cavanagh was born in Redford Township, Michi ...

, was sworn in as a State Representative on January 1, 2021 and a State Senator on January 1, 2023.

References

External links

Phil Cavanagh at ballotpedia.org
Living people Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) People from Redford, Michigan Aquinas College (Michigan) alumni 21st-century members of the Michigan Legislature {{Michigan-MIRepresentative-stub