| Michelle McManus | |
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| Member of the Michigan Senate from the 35th district |
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| In office 2003-present |
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| Born | October 5, 1966 Traverse City, Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Keith Nelson |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Michelle A. McManus (born October 5, 1966) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Most recently, she was a member and assistant majority leader of the Michigan Senate, representing the 35th District; a seat previously held by her uncle George McManus, from 2003 until 2011.
In 2010, she unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for secretary of state, losing to Ruth Johnson. From 1993 to 1999, she was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
McManus also unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1998 against then-Democratic incumbent Bart Stupak in Michigan's First Congressional District.[1] She served as the director of Governor John Engler's Northern Michigan Office between 1999 and 2002.[2]
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McManus introduced Senate Bill Nos. 395 and 400 during her second year as a member of the Senate, a bill known as the Legal Birth Definition Act, which would have made partial birth abortion illegal in the State of Michigan. After the bills were vetoed by Governor Jennifer Granholm, McManus joined with the Right to Life of Michigan to overturn the veto.
As a member in the Michigan Legislative Sportsmen Caucus, she has sponsored bills the have created an apprentice hunting programs. She also was involved in a ban on internet hunting, which is a remote controlled version of hunting in which a person controls a gun over the internet with their mouse.[3]
She has lived for her entire life in Northern Michigan and attended Traverse City public schools. She graduated from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science.[4]
She lives with her husband, Keith Nelson, and their two daughters in Lake Leelanau.[5]
As a former member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature, McManus is entitled to the courtesy title of The Honorable (abbreviated to Hon. or Hon'ble) for life.