Kevin Cotter

Kevin Cotter


72nd Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2015
Preceded by	Jase Bolger
Succeeded by	Tom Leonard (designate)
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 99th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2011
Preceded by	Bill Caul
Succeeded by	Roger Hauck (elect)
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-26) September 26, 1977 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Cotter
Alma mater	Central Michigan University (B.S., M.S) Cooley Law School (J.D.)

Kevin Cotter is an American politician, who currently represents the 99th District in the Michigan House of Representatives.^[1] He is a member of the Michigan Republican Party.^[1] He worked as an attorney in Mt. Pleasant before winning election to the state House in 2010. He won a third term on Tuesday, holding of a strong challenge in the 99th district to win 52 percent of the vote. After serving as chair of the House Judiciary Committee and vice chair of the Elections and Ethics Committee, in November 2014, he was selected by the Republican caucus to serve as Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives for the 2015-16 legislative session.^[2]^[3] On September 8, 2016, a federal lawsuit was filed against Representative Cotter (and numerous other defendants) by former State Representative Todd Courser. ^[2]^[4]

Personal life

Cotter is a graduate of Shepherd High School and holds a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, as well as a Master's of Science in Administration, both from Central Michigan University. He also earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Cooley Law School.^[2]

Electoral History

Michigan's 99th state House of Representatives District Republican Primary, 2010^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Kevin Cotter	6,108	60.7	N/A
	Republican	Christine Alwood	3,960	39.3	N/A

Michigan's 99th state House of Representatives District General Election, 2010^[6]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Kevin Cotter	16,647	64.4
Democratic	Toni Sessoms	9,202	35.6
Republican hold

Michigan's 99th state House of Representatives District General Election, 2012^[7]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Kevin Cotter (I)	18,150	57.4
Democratic	Adam Lawrence	13,468	42.6
Republican hold

Michigan's 99th state House of Representatives District General Election, 2014^[8]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Kevin Cotter (I)	11,347	51.5
Democratic	Bryan Mielke	10,676	48.5
Republican hold

References

1 2 "Cotter wins state representative race; looks forward to 'getting work done' in Lansing", Central Michigan Life, November 3, 2010.
1 2 3 "Meet Michigan's next House Speaker: Kevin Cotter wants to 'continue momentum' with GOP majority", mlive.com; accessed January 2, 2015.
↑ Rick Mills (November 6, 2014). "Cotter is House speaker; Leonard speaker pro-tem". The Morning Sun.
↑ John Agar (September 9, 2016). "Courser Complaint" (PDF). MLive.
↑ "2010 Michigan Election Results 99th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position". Michigan Secretary of State. February 29, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
↑ "2010 Michigan Election Results 99th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position". Michigan Secretary of State. February 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
↑ "2012 Michigan Election Results 99th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position". Michigan Secretary of State. February 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
↑ "2014 Michigan Election Results 99th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position". Michigan Secretary of State. February 22, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.

Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives

Convis Whipple Bingham Acker Fuller Biddle Bingham McClelland Lothrop Hanscom Crary Peck Buel Chapman Harris Thurber Quackenboss Lovell Stout Shaw Mussey Cutcheon Read Warner Woodman Croswell Hoyt Rich Moffatt Howard Clark Markey Diekema Wachtel Tateum Gordon Adams Carton Master Whelan Campbell Baker Currie Smith Rice Read Warner Welsh Wells Gardner Ming Bradley Schroeder Nugent Knox Van Valkenburg Van Peursem Pears Green Kowalski Waldron Ryan Crim Owen Dodak Hertel Hillegonds Hertel Perricone Johnson DeRoche Dillon Bolger Cotter Leonard (designate)

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Speaker of the House: Kevin Cotter (R) Speaker pro tempore: Tom Leonard (R) Majority Floor Leader: Aric Nesbitt (R) Minority Leader: Tim Greimel (D) Clerk: Gary L. Randall

Brian Banks (D) Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (D) Wendell Byrd (D) Rose Mary Robinson (D) Fred Durhal III (D) Stephanie Chang (D) LaTanya Garrett (D) Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D) Harvey Santana (D) Leslie Love (D) Lauren Plawecki (D) Erika Geiss (D) Frank Liberati (D) Paul Clemente (D) George Darany (D) Robert Kosowski (D) Bill LaVoy (D) Sarah Roberts (D) Laura Cox (R) Vacant Kristy Pagan (D) John Chirkun (D) Pat Somerville (R) Anthony G. Forlini (R) Henry Yanez (D) Jim Townsend (D) Robert Wittenberg (D) Patrick Green (D) Tim Greimel (D) Jeff Farrington (R) Marilyn Lane (D) Andrea LaFontaine (R) Ken Goike (R) Sheldon Neeley (D) Jeremy Moss (D) Peter Lucido (R) Christine Greig (D) Kathy Crawford (R) Klint Kesto (R) Mike McCready (R) Martin Howrylak (R) Lana Theis (R) Jim Tedder (R) Jim Runestad (R) Michael Webber (R) Bradford Jacobsen (R) Henry Vaupel (R) Pam Faris (D) Phil Phelps (D) Charles Smiley (D) Joseph Graves (R) Gretchen Driskell (D) Jeff Irwin (D) David Rutledge (D) Adam Zemke (D) Jason Sheppard (R) Nancy Jenkins (R) Eric Leutheuser (R) Aaron Miller (R) Jon Hoadley (D) Brandt Iden (R) John Bizon (R) David Maturen (R) Earl Poleski (R) Brett Roberts (R) Aric Nesbitt (R) Tom Cochran (D) Andy Schor (D) Sam Singh (D) Rick Outman (R) Tom Barrett (R) Ken Yonker (R) Chris Afendoulis (R) Rob VerHeulen (R) David LaGrand (R) Winnie Brinks (D) Thomas Hooker (R) Dave Pagel (R) Al Pscholka (R) Mary Whiteford (R) Dan Lauwers (R) Gary Howell (R) Paul Muxlow (R) Edward J. Canfield (R) Ben Glardon (R) Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R) Mike Callton (R) Roger Victory (R) Amanda Price (R) Daniela Garcia (R) Holly Hughes (R) Marcia Hovey-Wright (D) Tom Leonard (R) Tim Kelly (R) Vanessa Guerra (D) Charles Brunner (D) Joel Johnson (R) Gary Glenn (R) Kevin Cotter (R) Jon Bumstead (R) Ray Franz (R) Philip Potvin (R) Bruce Rendon (R) Larry C. Inman (R) Triston Cole (R) Vacant Lee Chatfield (R) Ed McBroom (R) John Kivela (D) Scott Dianda (D)

Republican (61) Democratic (46) Michigan Legislature Michigan House of Representatives Michigan Senate

Current Speakers of U.S. state Houses of Representatives

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives: Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)

AL Victor Gaston (R) AK Mike Chenault (R) AZ David Gowan (R) AR Jeremy Gillam (R) CA Anthony Rendon (D) CO Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D) CT Brendan Sharkey (D) DE Peter Schwartzkopf (D) FL Steve Crisafulli (R) GA David Ralston (R) HI Joseph Souki (D) ID Scott Bedke (R) IL Michael Madigan (D) IN Brian Bosma (R) IA Kraig Paulsen (R) KS Ray Merrick (R) KY Greg Stumbo (D) LA Taylor Barras (R) ME Mark Eves (D) MD Michael Busch (D) MA Robert DeLeo (D) MI Kevin Cotter (R) MN Kurt Daudt (R) MS Philip Gunn (R) MO Todd Richardson (R) MT Mark Blasdel (R) NE Galen Hadley (R) NV John Hambrick (R) NH Shawn Jasper (R) NJ Vincent Prieto (D) NM Don Tripp (R) NY Carl Heastie (D) NC Tim Moore (R) ND Wesley Belter (R) OH Cliff Rosenberger (R) OK Jeff Hickman (R) OR Tina Kotek (D) PA Mike Turzai (R) RI Nicholas Mattiello (D) SC Jay Lucas (R) SD Dean Wink (R) TN Beth Harwell (R) TX Joe Straus (R) UT Greg Hughes (R) VT Shap Smith (D) VA William Howell (R) WA Frank Chopp (D) WV Tim Armstead (R) WI Robin Vos (R) WY Kermit Brown (R) DC Phil Mendelson (D) Territories: AS Savali Talavou Ale (I) GU Judith Won Pat (D) MP Joseph Deleon Guerrero (I) PR Jaime Perelló (D) VI Neville James (D)

Political party affiliations: 34 Republican 20 Democratic 2 Independent italics indicate speakers of unicameral bodies

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