Jack Minore (October 25, 1938 – September 21, 2021) was an American politician. He was a
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member of the
Michigan State House of Representatives
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from 1999 to 2004. He represented the
49th District, which is located in
Genesee County and includes part of the city of
Flint
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. He was a member of the Flint City Council from 1983 to 1998.
Early life
Minore was on October 25, 1938, in Flint, Michigan, to Hattie Marsh Minore and Francis Oliver Minore as their youngest child. He grew up with three siblings, now all deceased. In 1957, he graduated from
Flint Northern High School
Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in Flint, Michigan. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the Flint ...
. He then attended
Flint Junior College
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ...
. He followed this up with bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. He earned his master's degree from Eastern Michigan University a few years later. Minore was a teacher for 30 years in the
City of Flint School District.
Political career
Minore first ran for a Democratic nomination for Michigan state senate 29th District primary in 1970. In 1974, he was defeated in the race for 81st District state representative. In 1996, he was an alternate Michigan Democratic National Convention delegate.
In 1983, he ran for the 7th Ward Flint City Council seat and won. He held the seat until 1998 when he was elected to the Michigan State House of Representatives.
He served until time limits forced him out in 2004. In 2006, he ran for Michigan state senator in a crowded primary that included auto dealer Patsy Lou Williamson, but lost in the primary to
John Gleason.
Minore as a member of the
Michigan State Compensation Commission in March 2009 where he objected to pay cuts for the governor, legislature and other high level government officials the Attorney General would make less than others in his office and favored a 5% cut. He had filed to run for the 7th Ward City Council seat.
Death
Minore died on September 21, 2021, at the age of 82.
References
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1938 births
2021 deaths
University of Michigan–Flint alumni
Eastern Michigan University alumni
Michigan city council members
Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
Politicians from Flint, Michigan
20th-century American educators
Schoolteachers from Michigan