Anthony Feig
Anthony Feig (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 92. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Feig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Anthony Feig was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1995, a graduate degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1998, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, El Paso, in 2004. His professional experience includes being a scientist and educator, working as an associate professor of earth science in the department of geography and environmental studies at Central Michigan University. Feig has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1][2]
- Geological Society of America
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers
- International Association for Geoscience Diversity
- Isabella and Gratiot County Democratic Parties
- Michigan Democratic Party Rural, Environmental, and Anishinaabek Caucuses.
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 92
Jerry Neyer defeated Anthony Feig and Greg Black in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 92 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jerry Neyer (R) | 55.5 | 18,080 | |
| Anthony Feig (D) | 42.4 | 13,809 | ||
| Greg Black (L) | 2.1 | 670 | ||
| Total votes: 32,559 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 92
Anthony Feig advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 92 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Feig | 100.0 | 4,687 | |
| Total votes: 4,687 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 92
Jerry Neyer defeated Erin Zimmer, Gene Haymaker, Todd Schorle, and Thomas Anderman in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 92 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jerry Neyer | 31.6 | 2,876 | |
| Erin Zimmer | 22.8 | 2,072 | ||
| Gene Haymaker | 20.5 | 1,867 | ||
| Todd Schorle | 19.1 | 1,742 | ||
| Thomas Anderman | 5.9 | 541 | ||
| Total votes: 9,098 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 92
Greg Black advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 92 on July 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Greg Black (L) | |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 4
Incumbent John Moolenaar defeated Jerry Hilliard, David Canny, and Amy Slepr in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Moolenaar (R) | 65.0 | 242,621 | |
| Jerry Hilliard (D) | 32.4 | 120,802 | ||
| David Canny (L) | 1.4 | 5,374 | ||
| Amy Slepr (G) | 1.2 | 4,448 | ||
| Total votes: 373,245 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4
Jerry Hilliard defeated Anthony Feig in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jerry Hilliard | 54.1 | 26,616 | |
| Anthony Feig | 45.9 | 22,594 | ||
| Total votes: 49,210 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Senan Saleh (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4
Incumbent John Moolenaar advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Moolenaar | 100.0 | 97,653 | |
| Total votes: 97,653 | ||||
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Green convention
Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4
Amy Slepr advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on June 20, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Amy Slepr (G) | |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4
David Canny advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on July 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | David Canny (L) | |
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Endorsements
- LEAP Forward[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anthony Feig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feig's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a geoscientist with a background in climate science and surficial geologic processes including water flow, erosion, and near-surface stratigraphy. I work at Central Michigan University, where I teach Earth science and the teaching of science. I feel a strong responsibility to give back to my community. Mount Pleasant is my home, and I’ve raised my kids here. We all families deserve clean water, a healthy environment, the right to vote, and a thriving economy. It;s time for our lawmakers to stop playing games and get to work. As a scientist, I’m trained to think holistically and critically about problems, and I apply scientific habits of mind to solve them. As an educator, I am skilled in listening carefully and serving others, especially vulnerable people. As a union member who has held a leadership position, I understand that workers are the backbone of America; we deserve safe, equitable workplaces, and employers must offer good wages and benefits. And as the child of a working-class single mother, I know what it means to fight for access to opportunity. I will bring my experience and skills to provide true, accountable representation to the people of the 92nd State House District.
- Politics should be about listening to people—for real—and getting stuff done. In short, politics should be boring. We need elected officials who want to get work done, not just scream and shout and refuse to cooperate. I want to be remembered as the lawmaker who simply went to work and got things done–a person who was always accessible, responsive, and courteous, and who worked with all kinds of people.
- We have more in common than we might think, and we agree on more things than we disagree. We care about our communities, our families, and our livelihoods. We don’t have to agree on absolutely everything, but we can work together to do what needs to be done.
- When we invest in our community - not just with money, but with education and opportunities - we all thrive. We all deserve clean water, good health, access to a world-class education, and the opportunity to earn a living wage.
Education: I've seen first-hand how education can transform lives and create opportunity - as a first-generation college student, as an educator, and as a parent. Quality education must be available to everyone, including children of all abilities and all income levels.
Environment: I am a geologist and avid outdoorsman. I want my children to inherit clean land, air, and water that they in turn can pass on to their children. Climate models indicate that Michigan will become warmer and wetter, and we are seeing disrupted precipitation, less predictability in seasons, and flooding. We're done talking about "if" climate change is happening. Now it's time to respond.
Workforce and economy: ensuring that workers have good wages and benefits, and specifically aiding small businesses in their ability to offer good wages and benefits while continuing to grow.
I would like to follow the example set by Carl Sagan. He believed that people are smarter than they are given credit for, and that the world, and the universe, are beautiful and understandable.
The Bloom County anthologies, by Berke Breathed. It’s irreverent, witty, funny, with biting commentary and a knack for calling out bad behavior on all sides, left, right, and center. Breathed has a way of getting right to the heart of a matter.
I think an elected official should be thoughtful, dignified, and not easily rattled. The person should listen more than they talk.
As a scientist, I have the abilities to both analyze data and evidence, and to “know what I don’t know.” I can collaborate with anybody who wants to work with me. As an educator, I can explain complex topics in straightforward terms. I don’t get rattled by name-calling or polemics. I have a sense of humor, and I can laugh at myself before anybody else does.
The main responsibility of a state representative is to conduct the business of government seriously, thoughtfully, with civility, and in accordance with the will of the constituents. This includes being available to all constituents, listening to them and providing them with information and reports from the Capitol.
I want my legacy to be that I represented everybody; that I cared about people first. I want people to say that I was compassionate, and a good father.
The first historical event I remember was the Apollo 17 splashdown when I was three years old.
I worked at a Jack In the Box restaurant in Phoenix Arizona starting in 1986 when I was a junior in high school. I worked the Friday & Saturday night graveyard shifts and the Sunday swing shift, mostly on the drive-through but also on the grill. I worked there until the end of my first year in college in 1988.
My favorite book is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, by Douglas Adams. It is several decades old but reads as if it could have been written anytime up to the present. On the surface, the story and style seem fun and frivolous. However, the books treat serious issues very deeply, including free will, personal responsibility, the obligations of publishers of information, and the benefits and pitfalls of a technocratic society.
“Tank!” by The Seatbelts, which is the title theme of the anime “Cowboy Bebop.”
It should be cooperative and not dysfunctional.
Workforce, water quality and availability, response to climate change.
It can be beneficial but it is not required.
Of course it is. That’s the only way anything gets done in a legislative body.
Citizen-led.
Education, Natural Resources & Outdoor recreation.
I want to hang a map of the world in my house, and then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map, so it won't fall down. –Comedian Mitch Hedberg.
Yes. In order to get the business of governance done, negotiation and compromise is necessary.
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2020
Anthony Feig completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feig's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I was raised by working class people; switchboard operators, secretaries, and welders. My mother, Beverly, raised me as a single mom with the help of my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Gil. As a kid, I fell in love with science, a passion that would inspire me to further my education. I was a part-time student paying my own way through college, and I never had benefits like health insurance. Sometimes I worked three part-time jobs at once - unloading trucks, delivering flowers, working in group homes - but what I learned was worth it. Now I have a career that I love as a geoscientist and educator at Central Michigan University. My wife, Cathy, and I moved to Mt. Pleasant in 2008 and we could not imagine a better place to raise our two sons, Pierre and Dave. But like so many Americans, my wife and I felt frustrated and discouraged by recent politics. My son said to me, "Well dad, what are you going to do about it?" Pierre made me realize if we want a government that represents honest, everyday Americans, then those are the people we need to elect in office. That's why I'm running for Congress.
- We will not be forgotten. Our district has unique needs and our representative must be ready to fight to be heard in Washington.
- When we invest in our community - not just with money, but with education and opportunities - we all thrive.
- The truth matters. Science and facts must guide our policy.
Healthcare: I know what it's like to live without health insurance - the fear and anxiety that one unexpected medical need could wipe out your savings. Everyone deserves access to affordable, quality healthcare-everyone. The healthcare policy I'll work for includes: protecting rural practices, allowing the federal government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies, protections for pre-existing conditions and against surprise billing, addressing medical racism, and ensuring that people currently covered by the Affordable Care Act don't lose their coverage while we reform US healthcare.
Education: I was raised by resilient working-class folks who often had to scrape by to make ends meet. College just wasn't in the family budget, so I worked to pay my own way through school. I've seen first hand how education can transform lives and create opportunity - both as a first-generation college student and as a professor. Quality education must be available to everyone, including children of all abilities and all income levels.
Climate Change: I'm a scientist who has studied climate change and I'm also a neighbor who has seen how our community is being affected. In 2019 increased rainfall prevented our farmers from planting their crops, and this spring several mid-Michigan communities were devastated by flooding and dam failures. We're done talking about "if" climate change is happening. Now it's time to respond.
I admire and would like to emulate former president Jimmy Carter. He is the embodiment of strength, honesty, and dignity. He does spend much time talking about his values; he expresses them through his actions in service to our country and our world.
The book that best describes my political philosophy is The Audacity of Hope by President Obama. He believes that we are more alike than we are different, and that we should think and act in terms of ideas, versus weapons. I am running for office because I am a scientist and an educator, and I believe that we need more such people representing the people. I was really struck by this quote by the former president: "I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers."
I want my legacy to be that I represented everybody; that I cared about people first. I want to be known as one of the leaders who helped bring to the nation the promise of a new American patriotism, built not just on flag-waving and ideology, but one centered on compassion, community, and Americans caring for each other.
The first historical event I remember was the Apollo 17 splashdown when I was three years old.
My favorite book is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, by Douglas Adams. It is several decades old but reads as if it could have been written anytime up to the present. On the surface, the story and style seem fun and frivolous. However, the books treat serious issues very deeply, including free will, personal responsibility, the obligations of publishers of information, and the benefits and pitfalls of a technocratic society.
The fictional character I would most like to be is Doctor Who. This is a character who can be either a man or a woman because, instead of dying, he/she can regenerate into a new person. The character personifies renewal and redemption. The Doctor also solves problems and interacts with enemies without weaponry, other than his/her wits and humor. The Doctor is vastly wise, but also childlike, irreverent, and fallible.
The last song that got stuck in my head is "Things Is About to Change," by KRS-1, also known as Kris Parker, rapper and former front man for the group Boogie Down Productions.
The nation's largest challenge in the next decade will be to acknowledge, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. Climate change is a "threat multiplier." The threats to people and communities are 1) increases in severe weather frequency and intensity, 2) exposure to weather events and natural disasters, and 3) vulnerability-poverty, hunger, disenfranchisement. The economy, healthcare, justice and civil rights, agriculture, and the availability of drinking water are all inextricably intertwined with climate and environment.
As a freshman representative, I would like to join any two of the following committees: Agriculture, Education & Labor, or the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
I believe that term limits for representatives should be extended to four years, with elections taking place in presidential midterms. This would allow more time for building relationships and institutional knowledge. Furthermore, a four-year term would allow representatives to serve their constituents with higher quality and consistency.
As a legislator, I would model myself after Tom Udall, who represents NM-3 (northern New Mexico). By being a member of both the New Democrat Coalition and the Progressive Caucus, he has worked to forge relationships between groups along a spectrum of ideologies. This is what I have to do in my district. His voting record reflects what I would have done: repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," voting for the Affordable Care and DREAM Acts, CHIP Reauthorization, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He has also been an advocate of Native Americans in his district.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 15, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 11, 2022
- ↑ LEAP Forward, "6. ENDORSEMENTS," accessed June 30, 2020
