Aric Nesbitt
Minority Leader of theMichigan Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2023
Preceded by	Jim Ananich
President pro tempore of theMichigan Senate
In office January 9, 2019 – January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Tonya Schuitmaker
Succeeded by	Jeremy Moss
Member of theMichigan Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2019
Preceded by	Tonya Schuitmaker
Constituency	26th district (2019–2022) 20th district (2023–present)
Member of theMichigan House of Representatives
In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2017
Preceded by	Tonya Schuitmaker
Succeeded by	Beth Griffin
Constituency	80th district (2011–2013) 66th district (2013–2017)
Personal details
Born	(1980-01-25)January 25, 1980 (age 45) Porter Township, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Trisha Nesbitt
Education	Kalamazoo Valley Community College Hillsdale College (BA) Norwegian School of Economics (MBA)

Aric Nesbitt (born January 25, 1980) is an American politician serving as a member of theMichigan Senate, representing the20th district, which includes most ofVan Buren County, CentralAllegan County, NorthernBerrien County andByron Township &Gaines Township inKent County. He serves as theminority leader of theMichigan State Senate and previously served as President pro tempore. He received the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from Hillsdale College for being a conservative reformer.^[1] He previously represented the66th District in theMichigan House of Representatives and served as theMichigan Lottery Commissioner from 2017 to 2018.^[2] Nesbitt was elected in November 2010 to theMichigan House of Representatives, served three terms, and served as the House Majority Floor Leader and chair of the House Committee on Energy & Technology. He is a member of theRepublican Party and resides south ofLawton, Michigan, with his wife, Trisha, daughter, Catherine, and son, William.^[3]

Nesbitt grew up on a six generation family dairy & grape farm in Porter Township, just south of Lawton in Van Buren County. He is the middle of five children, with two older brothers and two younger sisters. He said this taught him the values of hard work, self-government, and independence.^[4] His father served three tours inVietnam and came back home to run the family dairy farm. He served as a page in theU.S. House of Representatives during his junior year of high school and was a delegate to the American Legion Boy's Nation between his junior and senior year of high school.^{[citation needed]}

Nesbitt graduated from Lawton High School in 1998, the same school as his father and grandfather. During his senior year of high school he was dual enrolled atKalamazoo Valley Community College. He earned a B.A. in economics fromHillsdale College December 2001 and later earned his master's degree in international business fromNorwegian School of Economics, NHH.^[5]

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• 2023–Present
  • Senate Minority Leader
  • Minority Vice-Chairman, Government Operations Committee
• 2019–2022
  • Senate President Pro-Tempore
  • Chairman, Regulatory Reform Committee
  • Chairman, Appropriation Subcommittee on Licensing & Regulatory Affairs and Insurance & Financial Services
  • Chairman, Advice & Consent Committee
  • Vice-chairman, Finance Committee
  • Vice-chairman, Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Member, Appropriations Committee
  • Member, Government Operations Committee
  • Member, Energy & Technology Committee
  • Member, Insurance & Banking Committee
• 2015–2016
  • House Majority Floor Leader
  • Chairman, Energy Committee
  • Member, Elections Committee
  • Chairman, Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee
• 2013–2014
  • Chairman, Energy and Technology Committee
  • Member, Commerce Committee
  • Member, Tax Policy Committee
  • Member, Insurance Committee
  • Chairman, Michigan House Republican Campaign Committee
• 2011–2012
  • Vice Chair, Government Operations Committee
  • Member, Energy and Technology Committee
    • Chairman, Subcommittee on Natural Gas
  • Member, Tax Policy Committee
  • Member, Education Policy Committee

• 1980 births
• Living people
• Republican Party Michigan state senators
• Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Hillsdale College alumni
• People from Van Buren County, Michigan
• 21st-century members of the Michigan Legislature

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