After a long and contentious campaign season, the Michigan House of Representatives will flip majority control to Republicans beginning January 1, 2025. Four Democratic incumbents lost their re-election efforts, giving Republicans a 58 to 52-seat majority when the session officially begins on January 8, 2025.
Each caucus met this afternoon to choose who will lead them in the 2025 – 2026 legislative session. Republicans elected Republican Minority Leader Matt Hall (Richland) as Speaker of the House. On Wednesday, current Speaker of the House, Joe Tate, announced he will not seek reelection as leader of the Democratic caucus, and house democrats chose Representative Ranjeev Puri (Canton) as House Minority Leader.
With a shift in power, MITA is well-positioned to work closely with the new majority. It has been a long-time and successful strategy to support candidates on both sides of the aisle, in part due to your PAC support. Infrastructure funding is a bi-partisan issue, and we support those candidates who support our industry. Over the next several months, Republicans will choose their committee chairs and committee assignments for the chamber, which will significantly impact the policies that the MITA membership supports and pursues.
House Democrats under Speaker Joe Tate will remain in power with a 56 to 54 majority through the end of the year. The house is expected to be in session for at least three weeks before the new year in what is considered a “lame duck” session and we expect that a long-term road funding solution will be discussed and debated and hopefully taken action on during the lame duck period.
