Emily Bauman
Emily Bauman (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 5. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Bauman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Emily Bauman was born in Rochester, New York. She attended Cazenovia College and Lansing Community College. Bauman's career experience includes working as a personal development, life, and business coach; and in the retail, dental, medical, landscape, and telecommunications industries. She has been affiliated with the Westland Chamber of Commerce, Livonia Chamber of Commerce, Livonia Symphony Orchestra, and Toastmasters International.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan State Senate District 5
Incumbent Dayna Polehanki defeated Emily Bauman in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dayna Polehanki (D) | 61.1 | 64,455 | |
| Emily Bauman (R) | 38.9 | 41,091 | ||
| Total votes: 105,546 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 5
Incumbent Dayna Polehanki defeated Velma Overman in the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dayna Polehanki | 74.0 | 19,822 | |
| Velma Overman | 26.0 | 6,954 | ||
| Total votes: 26,776 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 5
Emily Bauman defeated Leonard Scott Jr. and Jody Rice-White in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 5 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Emily Bauman | 42.0 | 6,909 | |
| Leonard Scott Jr. | 33.1 | 5,442 | ||
| Jody Rice-White | 24.9 | 4,106 | ||
| Total votes: 16,457 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Kevin Coleman defeated Emily Bauman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 16 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Coleman (D) | 62.5 | 28,225 | |
| Emily Bauman (R) | 37.5 | 16,937 | ||
| Total votes: 45,162 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Kevin Coleman advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 16 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Coleman | 100.0 | 12,455 | |
| Total votes: 12,455 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 16
Emily Bauman defeated Josephine Brown in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 16 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Emily Bauman | 75.2 | 3,512 | |
| Josephine Brown | 24.8 | 1,156 | ||
| Total votes: 4,668 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Emily Bauman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bauman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Emily Bauman is a wife, mother and businesswoman who has called Michigan her home for 20 years.
Emily has owned and operated several small businesses as well as worked in large corporations and small-medium sized businesses across many industries. She currently owns and operates a leadership & personal development organization.
"I believe everyone has the ability to achieve great things and it is our job to provide the tools. As State Senator I have the responsibility to the community to build trust between citizens and elected officials. My work and life experiences have allowed me to see and understand many perspectives and the value each person brings to the solution. I support our U.S. and Michigan constitutions and will defend them to preserve the freedoms our veterans and founding fathers sacrificed for.
- Trustworthy, balancing grace with action
- Experienced & fiscally conservative
- Effective & fearless in order to be sure all sides are heard
Families & parental rights--preserving the laws already in the Michigan Constitution about parental rights and education and raising the bar and incresaing opportunities for students to have access to quality academic education
Prosperity, including jobs, businesses and communities
Freedom, constitutional rights, health freedom and limiting government interference of life, liberty & pursuit of happiness
My father was one of my first role models. Though it took me years to appreciate, he was up at the crack of dawn every day. He worked without someone telling him he had to and many times without help. He had a just do it anyway motivation.
I have always admired hard-working people who persevere through major crises and tribulations. They step up and do what needs to be done for their families, their community, their world, without complaint. I want to follow in the example of people who serve and give to others so humbly, freely, generously & graciously you wouldn't know they have a world of troubles surrounding them. I try to follow that-everyone has troubles and something they are going through-mine are no more important than anyone else's and my job is to listen and care for other person and be a helper.
An understanding of the US Constitution and Michigan Constitution as well as representative government. It is very important that elected officials understand that the state and government are on the shoulders of 'we the people' and that, 'All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their equal benefit, security and protection,' (Article 1 of the Constitution of Michigan of 1963). After that, elected officials need characteristics of being and acting in trustworthy ways and the ability to learn about their district/people they serve with understanding and discernment.
The core responsibilities are to preserve and uphold the US and Michigan Constitutions and ensure that bills and resolutions do not infringe on the rights of the people. Having the ability to ask questions and see the effects of a bill from all sides is necessary.
One of the earliest events I remember is the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio. I was only 4 at the time of the shooting but this event had a profound impact on me and there was a lot of discussion about these shootings and the protest for many months and years following, in my household and various settings.
My very first job (after babysitting) was a right of passage in my home town--raspberry picking. We had a local farmer who supplied many of the area farm markets with wonderful, fresh raspberries and employed many of the local teens every summer. Finding the berries, and especially the best berries on the bush was rewarding and hard work. The perks of eating a few fresh black and red raspberries was wonderful too. I only worked there one summer.
From that point on, I just knew I needed to work and the next few years consisted of nannying, retail, and waitressing, until my first professional job in telecommunications.
The Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson and Dream on by Aerosmith
It is very important to have healthy, working, respectful relationshihps with other legislators as relationships are the first level of negotiation. It is very difficult to accomplish resuts if people cannot work together. In politics and life, at any given time, we will be on different sides of an argument. It is vital to maintain relationships so as to achieve positive results.
Additionally, one of my favorite quotes is by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to William Hamilton: "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. During the whole of the last war, which was trying enough, I never deserted a friend because he had taken an opposite side; and those of my own state."
Yes, I have thought about the committess I would want to be a part of: Education and Career Readiness, Judiciary and Public Safety, Oversight and Local Government.
I believe that negotiation is necessary, however, compromise for the sake of compromise can be problematic. I find many times multiple sides want the same solution and just need to negotiate the bests path to it.
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2020
Emily Bauman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bauman's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Emily Bauman is a wife, mother and businesswoman who has called Michigan her home for 18 years.
Emily has owned and operated several small businesses as well as worked in large corporations and small-medium sized businesses across many industries. She currently owns and operates a personal development & life coaching organization.
"I believe everyone has the ability to achieve great things and it is our job to provide the tools. As a State Representative I have the responsibility to the community to build trust between citizens and elected officials. My work and life experiences have allowed me to see and understand many perspectives and the value each person brings to the solution. I support our U.S. and Michigan constitutions and will fight to preserve the freedoms they and our veterans and founding fathers sacrificed for.
- Trusted, pragmatic woman of grace and action
- Experienced & fiscally conservative
- Effective--Emily listens to & represents Wayne & Westland-Trust is Job 1
Helping businesses thrive and getting and keeping people working
Building a bridge between public servants and citizens
Raising the bar and increasing opportunities for students of any age to have access to quality education, especially in areas of math, science, reading, art, music and skilled trades
My father was one of my first role models. Though it took me years to appreciate, he was up at the crack of dawn every day. He worked without someone telling him he had to and many times without help. He had a just do it anyway motivation.
I have always admired hard-working people who persevere through major crises and tribulations. They step up and do what needs to be done for their families, their community, their world, without complaint. I want to follow in the example of people who serve and give to others so humbly, freely & graciously you wouldn't know they have a world of troubles surrounding them. I try to follow that-everyone has troubles and something they are going through-mine are no more important than anyone else's and my job is to listen and care for other person and be a helper.
My business leadership, strategic planning, critical thinking and need for action and results; along with my ability to listen and ask questions to understand, with care will help me so that I serve the people well.
That my family and neighbors know that a small change can create a huge impact and that if at any time it feels you/we are going in the wrong direction, it is still possible to turn the sails.
One of the earliest events I remember is the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio. I was only 4 at the time of the shooting but this event had a profound impact on me and there was a lot of discussion about these shootings and the protest for many months and years following, in my household and various settings.
My first job was as a raspberry picker on a farm for one summer. Berry picking was a 'rite of passage' in my small town and through that job, I learned value and responsibility of working hard, swiftly and accurately, being sure all of the raspberries were picked. I learned to be frugal with my money-my parents gave only a small allowance and my summer earnings needed to carry me through the winter for any extras. This was a dirty, hot, yet fun job.
The Anatomy of Peace. It is a book that really opened my eyes to boxes and categories we put ourselves in and how that affects how we see others.
Speechless from the movie Aladdin and Never Enough from The Greatest Showman
Financial changes--being a business owner for so many years, income has varied greatly--sometimes it is feast or famine. It is not easy to shift expenses to match a lower income or to not over spend the surplus.
A bicameral legislature has different powers in order to ensure fairness through checks and balances within the system.
I believe government and politics is best served by individuals who have experienced life and it's many facets and situations, whether from government or the private sector.
Rebuilding the economy, fixing/improving our schools & education, being better prepared for crisis and repairing trust between citizens and elected officials.
I believe and support the Michigan constitution, Article 3, which spells out the three equal powers of government.
Yes, I believe the way to get things done is through collaboration, which comes from mutual respect, by working to build a relationship.
I am interested in Appropriations; Families, Children & Seniors; Local Government & Municipal Finance; Health Policy, Oversight
Yes, I would be interested in a leadership role or chair on a committee
At this time, I am only looking at the State House seat
I recently spoke with a resident of Westland who has lived here for his entire life. He went to Westland schools, got his first job, worked at Ford, bought his house and raised his family in Westland. He taught his children to be responsible with their money even when they may only be earning minimum wage. Now, he is greatly concerned with how all that he has worked for is slowly being taken away. He gave me a challenge-he said, 'I'll vote for you and if you can put at least $1 back in my pocket, I'll vote for you again'. That was a powerful and motivating request.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 28, 2020
