Up North Progressive

Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, the northwest corner of Marquette, and Ontanogon Counties make up the 110th State House District in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. The Democratic Party candidate for this seat in Ken Summers. Summers is a business owner in L’Anse, his hometown where he and his wife, Bridget, raise a son.

Ken Summers graduated from high school in L’Anse in 1996. He went on to earn a degree in Finance from Northern Michigan University. The Summers are business owners and served on the board for the village, school district, and chamber of commerce.

Priorities Ken Summers will focus on when he is in Lansing include increasing support and funding for public education and providing job training and career technical education for our young people so they are ready upon graduation to enter the workforce with the skills they need to be successful. Infrastructure must be improved in the Upper Peninsula; including internet access upgrades for supporting high tech jobs and physical improvements to transportation. Making the Upper Peninsula an independent energy region is a high priority for the 110th District. Increasing the use of renewable energy sources to bring prices down are necessary to keep the UP competitive for business growth. Summers will also work to make healthcare for the people of the 110th District more affordable.

Ken Summers is endorsed by the MEA, UAW, MCUL, MCO, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324, the Michigan Nurses Association, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan AFL-CIO, the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Planned Parenthood, the Progressive Women’s Caucus, Equality Michigan, AFSCME, Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, the Sierra Club, the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, POAM, SEIU, AFT, NASW, the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights, Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Association, IBEW Michigan, MAPO, One Union, LiUNA!, Michigan Association of Justice, End Citizens United, and more!

To find out more about Ken Summers and his campaign, you can visit his website and Facebook page. On November 6, 2018, vote for Ken Summers. A native son of the Upper Peninsula who knows what the people of the 110th District need and will go to Lansing ready to fight for his constituents.