Robert S. Wittenberg (born 1981) is an American politician serving as the treasurer of

Oakland County, Michigan Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the metropolitan Detroit area, located northwest of the city. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,274,395, making it the second-most populous county in Michigan, b ...

since 2021. A member of the

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, Wittenberg previously represented the 27th District in the

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from 2015 to 2020.

Career

Wittenberg earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management at

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and worked as a licensed insurance agent specializing in health care. He was first elected in 2014, defeating Republican candidate Michael Ryan. During that term he was minority vice chairman of the House Financial Liability Reform Committee and served on the House Insurance and Health Policy committees. In June 2016 Wittenberg became the founding chairperson of the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Caucus and later that year sponsored a bill to ban assault weapons. He re-contested the 2016 election, beating Republican challenger Kyle Forrest with a slightly increased majority. He named increasing funding for public schools as one of his priorities for the new term.

Electoral history

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Robert Wittenberg
at HouseDems.com 1981 births Living people County treasurers in Michigan Jewish American people in Michigan politics Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives People from Oak Park, Michigan 21st-century American politicians Indiana University alumni 21st-century American Jews {{Michigan-politician-stub