| Ellen Cogen Lipton | |
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| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 27th district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Andy Meisner |
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| Born | March 26, 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marc Lipton |
| Profession | Patent Attorney, Politician |
| Religion | Jewish |
Ellen Cogen Lipton (born March 26, 1967) is an Indian politician and patent attorney from Huntington Woods, Michigan. She currently serves as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat, she represents the 27th State House District, which is located north of Detroit in South-East Oakland County. She was elected in 2008 to succeed term-limited State Representative Andy Meisner, who currently serves as Oakland County Treasurer.
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Ellen Cogen was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1967. She graduated from Altamont High School in 1984 and earned a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Williams College in 1988. She received her Juris Doctorate from Harvard University in 1992. She was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan (Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law) and served as a patent attorney for several years. Lipton is President of the Michigan Ambassadors for the Weizmann Institute, one of the world's foremost medical research institutes. She lectures for Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research and Cures. In 2007, she was appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to serve as the public representative on the State Board of Accountancy.
Ellen Cogen Lipton is married to Marc Lipton. They live in Huntington Woods with their son, Corey, and daughter, Celia. They attend Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park, Michigan, where Ellen serves as a Trustee.
Cogen Lipton served three terms on the Huntington Woods Zoning Board of Appeals before announcing her campaign for the Michigan State House of Representatives in early 2008. She filed to run for the 27th District, which was being vacated by term-limited Democrat Andy Meisner. The 27th District is a small suburban district located North of the city of Detroit, in South-Eastern Oakland County. It includes all of the following cities: Huntington Woods, Ferndale, Berkley, Hazel Park, Pleasant Ridge, and a portion of Oak Park. The district is overwhelmingly Democratic and is the most Liberal of all Detroit-area districts. It has a median household income of $49,214, far above the Michigan average. The 27th district also has a strong Jewish population.
Lipton's campaign focused mainly on the Economy and Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, which Lipton supports. She was endorsed by EMILY's List, an organization which supports pro-choice female candidates. She easily won the August 5th Democratic Primary with 55.64% of the vote. Her general election campaign was endorsed by The Detroit Free Press. She went on to handily defeat Republican David Micola in the November 4th general election.
She took office on January 1, 2009. She serves on the Energy and Technology, Insurance, Tax Policy, and Judiciary (Vice-Chair) Committees. She is up for re-election in November, 2010.
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