Arlan B. Meekhof (born November 28, 1959) is an American

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politician from

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

formerly serving in the

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and as that chamber's majority leader. He previously served two terms in 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 ...

. Arlan Meekhof has been a figure of controversy with the support of tax increases through the May 2015 Michigan proposal 1 tax increase as well as the October 2015 vote for fuel and registration tax/fee increase set to go in place January 2017. He has also led the fight for the purchase of a new senate building. He endorsed Ohio governor

John Kasich John Richard Kasich Jr. ( ; born May 13, 1952) is an American politician, author, and television news host who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001 and as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, Kasic ...

for president on September 19, 2015.

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* 1959 births 21st-century American politicians Living people Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Republican Party Michigan state senators People from Grand Haven, Michigan People from Ottawa County, Michigan {{Michigan-politician-stub