Jim Stamas

Jim Stamas
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 98th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2009
Personal details
Born February 17, 1965
Midland, Michigan
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Marsha Stamas
Residence Midland, Michigan
Alma mater Northwood University, Delta College
Website Official website

Jim Stamas is the current Majority Leader of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was inaugurated on January 1, 2011. A Republican, he represents District 98, and is from Midland.

Political Life

State Representative Jim Stamas was elected to his second term in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2010, representing portions of Midland and Saginaw counties. Stamas is a former two-term Midland County commissioner. He was a Midland Township trustee from 1997-2004. He served on the boards of the Midland Downtown Development Authority, Midland Downtown Business Association, and Midland County Planning Commission.

Personal life

Stamas is the owner and former general manager of Pizza Sam's, the eatery in Midland the Stamas family has owned for nearly 50 years. Prior to running the family business, Stamas was self-employed as a realtor and was project manager at Case Systems. Stamas holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Northwood University and an associate's degree in business management from Delta College. Stamas served in both the U.S. Army and the Michigan National Guard. Jim and wife, Marsha, have been married for more than 25 years, and have a daughter and a son.

Reference

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Speaker of the House: Jase Bolger (R) • Speaker pro Tempore: John J. Walsh (R) • Majority Leader: Jim Stamas (R) • Minority Leader: Richard Hammel (D)
   
  1.    Tim Bledsoe (D)
  2.    Lisa Howze (D)
  3.    Alberta T. Talabi (D)
  4.    Maureen Stapleton (D)
  5.    John Olumba (D)
  6.    Fred Durhal, Jr. (D)
  7.    Jimmy Womack (D)
  8.    Thomas Stallworth (D)
  9.    Shanelle Jackson (D)
  10.    Harvey Santana (D)
  11.    David Nathan (D)
  12.    Rashida Tlaib (D)
  13.    A. Kandrevas (D)
  14.    Paul Clemente (D)
  15.    George Darany (D)
  16.    Bob Constan (D)
  17.    Phil Cavanagh (D)
  18.    Richard LeBlanc (D)
  19.    John J. Walsh (R)
  20.    Kurt Heise (R)
  21.    Dian Slavens (D)
  22.    Douglas Geiss (D)
  1.    Pat Somerville (R)
  2.    Anthony Forlini (R)
  3.    Jon Switalski (D)
  4.    Jim Townsend (D)
  5.    Ellen Cogen Lipton (D)
  6.    Lesia Liss (D)
  7. Vacant
  8.    Jeff Farrington (R)
  9.    Marilyn Lane (D)
  10.    A. LaFontaine (R)
  11.    Ken Goike (R)
  12.    Woodrow Stanley (D)
  13.    Rudy Hobbs (D)
  14.    Peter Lund (R)
  15.    Vicki Barnett (D)
  16.    Hugh Crawford (R)
  17.    Lisa Brown (D)
  18.    Chuck Moss (R)
  19.    Marty Knollenberg (R)
  20.    Harold Haugh (D)
  21.    Gail Haines (R)
  22.    Eileen Kowall (R)
  1.    Tom McMillin (R)
  2.    B. Jacobsen (R)
  3.    Cindy Denby (R)
  4.    Richard Hammel (D)
  5.    Jim Ananich (D)
  6.    Charles Smiley (D)
  7. Vacant
  8.    Mark Ouimet (R)
  9.    Jeff Irwin (D)
  10.    David Rutledge (D)
  11.    Rick Olson (R)
  12.    Dale Zorn (R)
  13.    Nancy Jenkins (R)
  14.    Kenneth Kurtz (R)
  15.    Matt Lori (R)
  16.    Sean McCann (D)
  17.    Margaret O'Brien (R)
  18.    Kate Segal (D)
  19.    Jase Bolger (R)
  20.    Earl Poleski (R)
  21.    Mike Shirkey (R)
  22.    Bill Rogers (R)
  1.    Barbara Byrum (D)
  2.    Joan Bauer (D)
  3.    Mark Meadows (D)
  4.    Rick Outman (R)
  5.    Deb Shaughnessy (R)
  6.    Ken Yonkers (R)
  7.    Peter MacGregor (R)
  8.    David Agema (R)
  9.    Brandon Dillon (D)
  10.    Roy Schmidt (D)
  11.    Thomas Hooker (R)
  12.    Sharon Tyler (R)
  13.    Al Pscholka (R)
  14.    Aric Nesbitt (R)
  15.    Jud Gilbert (R)
  16.    Kevin Daley (R)
  17.    Paul Muxlow (R)
  18.    Kurt Damrow (R)
  19.    Ben Glardon (R)
  20.    Lisa Lyons (R)
  21.    Mike Callton (R)
  22.    Bob Genetski (R)
  1.    Amanda Price (R)
  2.    Joseph Haveman (R)
  3.    Holly Hughes (R)
  4.    M. Hovey-Wright (D)
  5.    Paul Opsommer (R)
  6.    Kenneth Horn (R)
  7.    Stacy Oakes (D)
  8.    Charles Brunner (D)
  9.    Joel Johnson (R)
  10.    Jim Stamas (R)
  11.    Kevin Cotter (R)
  12.    Jon Bumstead (R)
  13.    Ray Franz (R)
  14.    Phillip Potvin (R)
  15.    Bruce Rendon (R)
  16.    Wayne Schmidt (R)
  17.    Greg MacMaster (R)
  18.    Peter Pettalia (R)
  19.    Frank Foster (R)
  20.    Ed McBroom (R)
  21.    Steve Lindberg (D)
  22.    Matt Huuki (R)