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State Representative, 8th District
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Chris Gilmer-HillCampaign photo — chrisgilmerhill.com

Chris Gilmer-Hill

Candidate for State Representative, 8th District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Environmental justice advocate; union member
Campaign website
chrisgilmerhill.com

Lifelong Detroiter who describes himself as a democratic socialist, environmental justice advocate and union member; he returned to Detroit to work after college.

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Photo: Campaign photo — chrisgilmerhill.com

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports expanding state revenue sharing to cities

    Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Representative

    Campaign website · Friends of Chris Gilmer-Hill · chrisgilmerhill.com

    “Support legislation to expand our state revenue sharing program to give cities the funds they need for local investments”
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Housing

  • Supports tenant protections and publicly owned housing

    Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Representative

    Campaign website · Friends of Chris Gilmer-Hill · chrisgilmerhill.com

    “supporting badly-needed protections for tenants across our state and backing funding for new housing everywhere, including expanded social and publicly-owned housing options”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Proposes DTE accountability and moving toward publicly owned power

    Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Representative

    Campaign website · Friends of Chris Gilmer-Hill · chrisgilmerhill.com

    “Take on DTE to strengthen accountability for outages, inconsistent service and ridiculous rate hikes, and start building towards publicly-owned power in Michigan.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports a single-payer health system in Michigan

    Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Representative

    Campaign website · Friends of Chris Gilmer-Hill · chrisgilmerhill.com

    “vocally support legislation to enact a single-payer system in Michigan”
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Government & transparency

  • Pledges to refuse corporate PAC money

    Chris Gilmer-Hill for State Representative

    Campaign website · Friends of Chris Gilmer-Hill · chrisgilmerhill.com

    “Never take money from AIPAC, DTE, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, or any other corporate or conservative PAC.”
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