Brad Paquette

Brad Paquette

Republican Party

Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor

Samantha Steckloff

Prior offices

Michigan House of Representatives District 78

Predecessor: Dave Pagel

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Compensation

Base salary

$71,685/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid. Legislators receive an expense allowance of $10,800/year for session and interim.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Northern Michigan University, 2009

Graduate

Andrews University, 2012

Personal

Profession

Educator

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Brad Paquette (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 37. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.

Paquette (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 37. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Brad Paquette lives in Niles, Michigan. Paquette earned a B.A. in political science from Northern Michigan University in 2009 and an M.A. in teaching from Andrews University in 2012. His career experience includes working as an educator with Niles New Tech Entrepreneurial Academy. Paquette has served on the City of Niles Planning Commission.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Paquette was assigned to the following committees:

• Education Committee
• Education Committee
• Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee

2021-2022

Paquette was assigned to the following committees:

• Education Committee, Majority vice-chair
• Energy Committee
• Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee

2019-2020

Paquette was assigned to the following committees:

• Education Committee, Majority Vice Chair
• Elections and Ethics Committee
• Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee
• Insurance Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Brad Paquette defeated Angela Jones in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette (R)	64.3	24,915
		Angela Jones (D)	35.7	13,855

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 38,770
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Angela Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Jones	100.0	3,716

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,716
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Brad Paquette advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette	100.0	9,183

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,183
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Endorsements

Paquette received the following endorsements.

• Citizens for Traditional Values – PAC

2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Brad Paquette defeated Naomi Ludman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette (R)	64.7	22,392
		Naomi Ludman (D)	35.3	12,223

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,615
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Naomi Ludman advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Naomi Ludman	100.0	4,203

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,203
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37

Incumbent Brad Paquette defeated JD Haughey in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette	85.2	8,734
		JD Haughey	14.8	1,513

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,247
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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Brad Paquette defeated Dan VandenHeede and Andrew Warner in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette (R)	62.7	28,485
		Dan VandenHeede (D)	35.9	16,297
		Andrew Warner (Natural Law Party)	1.4	638

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,420
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

Dan VandenHeede advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan VandenHeede	100.0	5,768

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,768
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

Incumbent Brad Paquette advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette	100.0	10,208

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,208
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Natural Law Party convention

Natural Law Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

Andrew Warner advanced from the Natural Law Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on July 30, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Andrew Warner (Natural Law Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Brad Paquette defeated Dean Hill in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette (R)	61.3	20,596
		Dean Hill (D)	38.7	12,978

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,574 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Dean Hill advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Hill	100.0	4,676

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,676
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Republican primary election

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 78

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Paquette	49.0	4,272
		David Mann	19.6	1,708
		Kelly Priede	15.0	1,309
		Daniel Hinkle	8.5	742
		Dana Daniels	5.8	508
		Steve Bury	2.0	176

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,715
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Brad Paquette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Paquette's responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Education Infrastructure Jobs

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Education because I have been an educator for the last six years. I know what it is like to have changing goal posts on which to strive toward yearly, and being overburdened by decisions made by folks who have never stepped foot inside my classroom. We need a people-driven structure to retain solid educators and do what is best for learners.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Being in touch with the people that I represent.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Taco Bell - 2 Years

What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?

The lack of investment in our young people.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Education Reform Auto-Insurance Reform Agriculture Regulatory Reform

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Theodore Roosevelt

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Campaign finance summary

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Brad Paquette campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Michigan House of Representatives District 37	Won general	$15,500	$0
2022	Michigan House of Representatives District 37	Won general	$33,966	$0
2020	Michigan House of Representatives District 78	Won general	$32,107	N/A**
2018	Michigan House of Representatives District 78	Won general	$32,449	N/A**
Grand total			$114,021	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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Footnotes

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Preceded by Samantha Steckloff (D)	Michigan House of Representatives District 37 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Dave Pagel (R)	Michigan House of Representatives District 78 2019-2023	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Representatives

District 1

Tyrone Carter (D)

District 2

Tullio Liberati (D)

District 3

Alabas Farhat (D)

District 4

Karen Whitsett (D)

District 5

Natalie Price (D)

District 6

Regina Weiss (D)

District 7

Helena Scott (D)

District 8

Mike McFall (D)

District 9

Abraham Aiyash (D)

District 10

Joseph Tate (D)

District 11

Veronica Paiz (D)

District 12

Kimberly Edwards (D)

District 13

Mai Xiong (D)

District 14

Donavan McKinney (D)

District 15

Erin Byrnes (D)

District 16

Stephanie Young (D)

District 17

Laurie Pohutsky (D)

District 18

Jason Hoskins (D)

District 19

Samantha Steckloff (D)

District 20

Noah Arbit (D)

District 21

Kelly Breen (D)

District 22

Matt Koleszar (D)

District 23

Jason Morgan (D)

District 24

Ranjeev Puri (D)

District 25

Peter Herzberg (D)

District 26

Dylan Wegela (D)

District 27

Jaime Churches (D)

District 28

Jamie Thompson (R)

District 29

James DeSana (R)

District 30

William Bruck (R)

District 31

Reggie Miller (D)

District 32

Jimmie Wilson (D)

District 33

Felicia Brabec (D)

District 34

Dale Zorn (R)

District 35

Andrew Fink (R)

District 36

Steve Carra (R)

District 37

Brad Paquette (R)

District 38

Joey Andrews (D)

District 39

Pauline Wendzel (R)

District 40

Christine Morse (D)

District 41

Julie Rogers (D)

District 42

Matt Hall (R)

District 43

Rachelle Smit (R)

District 44

Jim Haadsma (D)

District 45

Sarah Lightner (R)

District 46

Kathy Schmaltz (R)

District 47

Carrie Rheingans (D)

District 48

Jennifer Conlin (D)

District 49

Ann Bollin (R)

District 50

Robert Bezotte (R)

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Matt Maddock (R)

District 52

Mike Harris (R)

District 53

Brenda Carter (D)

District 54

Donni Steele (R)

District 55

Mark Tisdel (R)

District 56

Sharon MacDonell (D)

District 57

Thomas Kuhn (R)

District 58

Nate Shannon (D)

District 59

Douglas Wozniak (R)

District 60

Joseph Aragona (R)

District 61

Denise Mentzer (D)

District 62

Alicia St. Germaine (R)

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Jay DeBoyer (R)

District 64

Andrew Beeler (R)

District 65

Jaime Greene (R)

District 66

Josh Schriver (R)

District 67

Phil Green (R)

District 68

David Martin (R)

District 69

Jasper Martus (D)

District 70

Cynthia Neeley (D)

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Brian BeGole (R)

District 72

Mike Mueller (R)

District 73

Julie Brixie (D)

District 74

Kara Hope (D)

District 75

Penelope Tsernoglou (D)

District 76

Angela Witwer (D)

District 77

Emily Dievendorf (D)

District 78

Gina Johnsen (R)

District 79

Angela Rigas (R)

District 80

Phil Skaggs (D)

District 81

Rachel Hood (D)

District 82

Kristian Grant (D)

District 83

John Fitzgerald (D)

District 84

Carol Glanville (D)

District 85

Bradley Slagh (R)

District 86

Nancy De Boer (R)

District 87

William Snyder (D)

District 88

Greg VanWoerkom (R)

District 89

Luke Meerman (R)

District 90

Bryan Posthumus (R)

District 91

Pat Outman (R)

District 92

Jerry Neyer (R)

District 93

Graham Filler (R)

District 94

Amos O'Neal (D)

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Bill Schuette (R)

District 96

Timothy Beson (R)

District 97

Matthew Bierlein (R)

District 98

Gregory Alexander (R)

District 99

Mike Hoadley (R)

District 100

Tom Kunse (R)

District 101

Joseph Fox (R)

District 102

Curt VanderWall (R)

District 103

Betsy Coffia (D)

District 104

John Roth (R)

District 105

Ken Borton (R)

District 106

Cameron Cavitt (R)

District 107

Neil Friske (R)

District 108

David Prestin (R)

District 109

Jenn Hill (D)

District 110

Gregory Markkanen (R)

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