Incumbent Hauck wins 99th District State House seat, Outman wins in 33rd District State Senate race
State Senator race — 33rd district
The Associated Press has declared Republican Rick Outman the winner of the race for the 33rd District State Senate seat. Outman defeated Democrat Mark Bignell on Nov. 6. Outman received 36,596 votes and Bignell received 23,341 votes with 77 percent of precincts reporting.
Outman’s political experience includes serving three terms as the State House representative for the 70th District from 2011 to 2016. Outman, of Six Lakes, is endorsed by Emmons, County Road Association of Michigan, AgriPac, Congressman John Moolenaar and Right to Life Michigan. According to the "Rick Outman for State Senate" Facebook page, Outman is a proud conservative, small business owner, farmer, husband, father and is pro-life and pro-Second Amendment.
Bignell earned an associate’s degree in accounting from Montcalm Community College before transferring to Grand Valley State University. He then attended West Michigan CDL for training in logistics.
Representative in State legislature — 99th District
Incumbent Roger Hauck (R-Union Township) defeated Democrat Kristen Brown in the Nov. 6 Midterm election for the 99th District State House seat. Hauck received 16,127 votes and Brown received 14,062 votes.
Brown was born and raised in Mount Pleasant, graduating from Mount Pleasant High School in 1985. She has a Bachelor of Arts in political science/pre-law degree from Michigan State University. Brown earned her Juris Doctor from Detroit College of Law and has worked as a lawyer for 23 years.
Hauck grew up on a farm in Beal City and graduated from Beal City High School. Before being elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016, Hauck worked as a line technician for 24 years at the Delfield Company.
