Alexander "Sandy" Lipsey is a
Democratic politician from the
U.S. state of
Michigan. As a member of the
Michigan State House of Representatives, he represented the
60th District from 2000
to 2006. On July 20, 2007, Lipsey was appointed by Michigan Governor
Jennifer Granholm to replace Judge Philip Schaefer on the
Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was 261,670. The county seat is Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo County is included in the Kalamazoo– Portage, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Kalamazoo Count ...
Circuit Court.
Education
Lipsey earned his
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Michigan Law School and his
bachelor's degree from
Kalamazoo College.
Political career
Constrained by state
term limits
A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...
, Lipsey placed an unsuccessful bid for the
Michigan State Senate in 2006, facing defeat to incumbent state senator
Tom George
Thomas George (born December 2, 1956) is an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate, he represented Kalamazoo County as well as an eastern portion of Van Buren Count ...
of
Portage, Michigan.
References
1950 births
21st-century American judges
21st-century American politicians
Kalamazoo College alumni
Living people
Members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan Democrats
Michigan state court judges
University of Michigan Law School alumni
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