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Jeremy Moss | |
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 Moss in 2019 | |
| President pro tempore of theMichigan Senate | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Aric Nesbitt |
| Member of theMichigan Senate | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Vincent Gregory |
| Constituency | 11th district (2019–2023) 7th district (2023–present) |
| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the35th district | |
| In office January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rudy Hobbs |
| Succeeded by | Kyra Harris Bolden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeremy Allen Moss (1986-06-23)June 23, 1986 (age 39) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Michigan State University (BA) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Jeremy Allen Moss (born June 23, 1986) is an American politician fromSouthfield, Michigan, currently representingMichigan's 7th Senate district.[1] A member of theDemocratic Party, Moss is thefirst openly queer person elected to theMichigan Senate, and the first to serve as itspresident pro tempore.[2] Moss representedMichigan's 35th House of Representatives district in theMichigan House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018.[3] Before running for the state legislature, Moss, at age 25, was elected to the Southfield City Council in 2011, becoming the youngest member elected in the body's history.[4][5][6]
Moss was born on June 23, 1986, in Detroit and is a lifelong resident ofSouthfield, Michigan.[5][6] He attendedHillel Day School and graduated fromWylie E. Groves High School in the Birmingham Public School District.[7]
He graduated with high honors fromMichigan State University with a bachelor's degree injournalism and an additional major inpolitical science.[page needed]
He graduated from the Michigan Political Leadership Program Fellowship.[5][7]
Moss is currently a member of organizations such as the Greater Southfield/Farmington chapter of theNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Martin Luther King Task Force, and is a board member of Congregation Beth Ahm inOakland County.[5]
Moss isJewish andopenly gay.[7][8][9][10]
Moss worked in the offices of MayorBrenda Lawrence and State RepresentativePaul Condino.[6][11] He worked as district director for State RepresentativeRudy Hobbs[7] after serving as hiscampaign manager.[11]
In November 2011, at age 25,[11] he placed first among eight candidates to be elected to serve as the youngest-ever elected official in Southfield.[5][7] He served aschairman of the council's Legislative and Urban Affairs Committee, and as a member of the Boards and Commission and Neighborhood Services committees. In 2013, Moss successfully advocated for the creation of a new Economic Development Committee.[7]
He was elected to serve the35th District in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2014.[12] He became the second openly gay member elected to the Michigan legislature.[7]
In his first term in the Michigan House of Representatives, he served as minority vice chairman of the House Local Government Committee and sat on the House Commerce and Trade and House Regulatory Reform committees.[5][13]
Moss was re-elected in 2016. His colleagues selected him to serve as the House DemocraticWhip. In his second term, he served as minority vice chairman of the House Regulatory Reform Committee and sat on the House Elections and Ethics Committee, House Local Government Committee, and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.[5]
In 2018, Moss was elected to represent the 11th Michigan Senate District and was the Assistant Democratic Leader. Moss started his second term in the Michigan Senate in 2023, representing district 7.[14]
In 2014, he defeated Nicole Brown, Darryle Buchanan, and Charles Roddis in the Democratic primary for the 35th District of the Michigan House of Representatives on August 5, 2014. He then went on to defeatRepublican Party candidate Robert Brim in the general election on November 4, 2014.[12][13] He defeated Brim in a rematch in 2016.
In 2018, Moss defeated Crystal Bailey, Vanessa Moss, and James Turner in the Democratic primary for the 11th State Senate district.[15] He went on to defeat Republican Boris Tuman andLibertarian James Young in the general election.[16]
Following the 2022redistricting, Moss successfully ran for re-election in the newly-drawn 7th Michigan Senate District and served as the Michigan Senate Democratic campaign co-chair as the caucus won its first majority in 40 years.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 80,597 | 74.21 | |
| Republican | Corinne Khederian | 28,008 | 25.79 | |
| Total votes | 108,605 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 32,022 | 82.95 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Foster | 6,584 | 17.05 | |
| Total votes | 38,606 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 97,192 | 76.43 | |
| Republican | Boris Tuman | 26,829 | 21.10 | |
| Libertarian | James Young | 3,145 | 2.47 | |
| Total votes | 127,166 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 25,712 | 52.07 | |
| Democratic | Crystal Bailey | 10,417 | 21.10 | |
| Democratic | Vanessa Moss | 9,030 | 18.29 | |
| Democratic | James Turner | 4,216 | 8.54 | |
| Total votes | 49,375 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 44,737 | 83.27% | |
| Republican | Robert Brim | 8,639 | 16.08% | |
| Total votes | 53,376 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 31,659 | 83.02% | |
| Republican | Robert Brim | 6,473 | 16.98% | |
| Total votes | 38,132 | 100 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeremy Moss | 6,541 | 51.09 | |
| Democratic | Nicole Brown | 3,507 | 27.40 | |
| Democratic | Darryle Buchanan | 1,909 | 14.91 | |
| Democratic | Charles Roddis | 844 | 6.60 | |
| Total votes | 12,801 | 100 | ||
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