Triston Cole (born January 4, 1976) is an American politician who served as a member of the
Michigan 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 ...
from 2015 to 2021.
Career
First elected in
November 2014, Cole represented
Antrim,
Charlevoix
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,
Montmorency,
Oscoda, and
Otsego counties in the northern part of the
Lower Peninsula
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...
.
Prior to his election to the House, Cole was a hunting guide for 15 years. He and his wife Stacy also started a farm in Antrim County. Cole is also a former president of the Antrim County Farm Bureau and chairman of the county Republican Party.
State Rep. Triston Cole
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Electoral history
2014
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References
1976 births
21st-century American politicians
Farmers from Michigan
Living people
Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
People from Antrim County, Michigan
Place of birth missing (living people)
Ferris State University alumni
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