Sylvia Santana

Sylvia Santana (Democratic Party) is a member of the Michigan State Senate, representing District 2. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Santana (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 2. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Santana is a former Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 9 from 2017 to 2019.

Biography

Sylvia Santana lives in Warrendale, Michigan.^[1] Santana earned a B.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University in 2007 and an executive M.B.A. from Michigan State University in 2022. Her career experience includes working as a micro-lending officer with ProsperUS Detroit/Southwest Economic Solutions, a valuation analyst with Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services, Inc., and an underwriter with Quicken Loans.^[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Santana was assigned to the following committees:

Senate Appropriations Committee
Judiciary and Public Safety Committee
Elections and Ethics Committee
Health Policy Committee, Majority Vice Chair
Health Policy and Human Services, Majority Vice Chair
Senate Regulatory Reform Committee
Families, Seniors, and Veterans Committee

2021-2022

Santana was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Santana was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 2

Incumbent Sylvia Santana defeated Harry Sawicki and Larry Betts in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 2 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sylvia Santana (D)	68.0	43,258
	Harry Sawicki (R)	29.4	18,726
	Larry Betts (Working Class Party)	2.6	1,632
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,620
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2

Incumbent Sylvia Santana defeated Maurice Sanders in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Santana	80.7	15,020
	Submit photo	Maurice Sanders	19.3	3,599

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,619
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Adel Mozip (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2

Harry Sawicki advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Harry Sawicki	100.0	5,984

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,984
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 2

Larry Betts advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan State Senate District 2 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Larry Betts (Working Class Party)

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Campaign finance