Marie Donigan (born June 17, 1954) is an American politician and architect who served as a member of the

Michigan State 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 2010 U ...

for the 26th District from January 1, 2005 to January 1, 2011.

Early life and education

Donigan was born in

Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak is about north of Detroit's city limits. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 57,236. Royal Oak is located along th ...

and attended

Dondero High School George A. Dondero High School (formerly Royal Oak High School) opened in 1927 in Royal Oak, Michigan in Greater Detroit. It was named after former Royal Oak School Board president and U.S. representative George A. Dondero. A part of the Royal Oak ...

. She earned a

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from

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

and a

M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Career

Donigan worked in private practice as a landscape architect for a number of years, before joining the

Farmington Hills Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the affluent suburbs northwest of Metro Detroit, Detroit, Farmington Hills is the second most-populated city in Oakland County, after Tro ...

Department of Planning. She was elected to the Royal Oak City Commission in 1997, and served until 2004, when she resigned in order to serve as State Representative. She defeated

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City Commissioner Carlo P. Ginotti. She was re-elected in 2006, defeating Republican Kevin Konczal, and again reelected in 2008. The chief focus of her legislative work in the Michigan House has been in the areas of education, health care, public transit and the economy. She was the author of a bill to build a Public Transportation system for the

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Area along the

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Corridor. After Donigan left office due to term limits, she began working as a non-profit executive.

Personal life

She is married to Kevin McLogan, who was the a trustee of the Royal Oak School Board from 1997 to 2009.

Election results

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align=left valign=top , 2004 Candidate ! align=right , Party ! align=right , Popular votes ! align=right , Vote percentage , - , align=left valign=top, Marie Donigan , valign="top", Democrat , valign="top", 22,780 , valign="top", 52.08% , - , align=left valign=top, Carlo Ginotti , valign="top", Republican , valign="top", 20,954 , valign="top", 47.91% , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align=left valign=top , 2006 Candidate ! align=right , Party ! align=right , Popular votes ! align=right , Vote percentage , - , align=left valign=top, Marie Donigan , valign="top", Democrat , valign="top", 22,077 , valign="top", 62% , - , align=left valign=top, Kevin Konczal , valign="top", Republican , valign="top", 12,357 , valign="top", 35% , - , align=left valign=top, James Young , valign="top", Libertarian , valign="top", 1,057 , valign="top", 3% , -

References

External links

Marie Donigan's Michigan House Democrat Website

Campaign Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donigan, Marie 1954 births Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Living people People from Royal Oak, Michigan Women state legislators in Michigan Western Michigan University alumni University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni 21st-century American women politicians