Mike Kowall (born September 10, 1951) is a former
Republican
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member of the
Michigan Senate
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, representing the
15th district from 2011 until 2018. He served in the
Michigan House of Representatives
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from 1998 to 2002.
Kowall's wife,
Eileen
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, serves in the
Michigan House of Representatives
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, making them the first married couple to serve in the Legislature at the same time in 25 years (
John Engler
John Mathias Engler (born October 12, 1948) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he later worked for Business Roundtable, where '' The Hill'' ...
and
Colleen House
Colleen House (March 17, 1952 – December 24, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, from 1974 to 1976 and 1983 to 1986.
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House was born in Bay City, Michigan, ...
were the last).
Electoral history
References
Republican Party Michigan state senators
1951 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
People from Oakland County, Michigan
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American politicians
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