Tyrone Carter
Candidate for State Representative, 1st District
Background
- Occupation
- State representative; retired Wayne County Sheriff's Office executive lieutenant
- Campaign website
- housedems.com
State representative serving his fourth term, representing part of Detroit and the cities of Ecorse and River Rouge. Spent 25 years with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, retiring as an executive lieutenant in 2008; graduate of Central Michigan University.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Voted for the FY 2025-26 state budgetIn office
Cited Medicaid coverage, $10,050 per-pupil funding, no-cost school meals and a new public safety revenue sharing fund.
ReportCarter Votes for State Budget, Delivers Public Safety and Stability for Detroit FamiliesPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Oct 7, 2025 · housedems.com
“It protects Medicaid coverage, delivers a record per-pupil investment of $10,050, continues no-cost school meals for every child”
Public safety
Supports raising pay for prison staff and violence prevention programsIn office
ReportCarter Votes for State Budget, Delivers Public Safety and Stability for Detroit FamiliesPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Oct 7, 2025 · housedems.com
“We are raising pay and providing support for the men and women who staff our prisons, preserving the community violence prevention programs”
Co-sponsored bills allowing cameras on school bus stop armsIn office
House Bills 4928-30 (2023).
ReportShannon, T. Carter Introduce School Bus Camera Bill PackagePublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Aug 28, 2023 · housedems.com
“House Bills 4928 – 30 will allow the installation of cameras on school bus stop arms to help enforce bus stop laws.”
Roads & infrastructure
Co-sponsored driver's licenses regardless of immigration statusIn office
House Bills 4194-96, introduced with Reps. Joe Tate and John Fitzgerald.
ReportTate, Carter and Fitzgerald Introduce Bill Package to Expand Access to Driver's Licenses and ID Cards for All MichigandersPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Mar 12, 2025 · housedems.com
“would allow all residents, regardless of their immigration or documentation status, to obtain official personal identification cards and driver's licenses”
Government & transparency
Sponsored bills to support Michigan's historic museumsIn office
ReportCarter, Steckloff Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Michigan's History and Cultural InstitutionsPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Jul 29, 2026 · housedems.com
“These bills give communities the tools to invest in their museums, preserve our shared stories”
Courts & justice
Opposed making highway-blocking protests a misdemeanor (HB 4664)In office
ReportHope, Young and Carter Oppose Bill Criminalizing Peaceful AssemblyPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Sep 16, 2025 · housedems.com
“State Reps. Kara Hope (D-Holt), Stephanie A. Young (D-Detroit) and Tyrone Carter (D-Detroit) are speaking out against House Bill 4664”
Opposed Republican bills on resentencing 19- and 20-year-old lifersIn office
House Bills 4506-08.
ReportHope, T. Carter and O'Neal Oppose Republican Bills Undermining Supreme Court Precedent on Youth SentencingPublic statement · Michigan House Democrats · Jun 26, 2025 · housedems.com
“reaffirmed their opposition to House Bills 4506-08 following a House Judiciary Committee vote on June 25”
All sources (10)
- Official Candidate Listing, All State and Judicial Offices, General Election, November 3, 2026
Election filing · Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections · mi-boe.entellitrak.com
- Official Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election
Election filing · Wayne County Clerk · waynecountymi.gov
- Sample ballots, November 3, 2026 State General Election: Wayne County (every precinct)
Election filing · Michigan Department of State, Michigan Voter Information Center · mvic.sos.state.mi.us
- About Tyrone Carter
Government record · Michigan House Democrats · housedems.com
- Carter Votes for State Budget, Delivers Public Safety and Stability for Detroit Families
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Oct 7, 2025 · housedems.com
- Hope, Young and Carter Oppose Bill Criminalizing Peaceful Assembly
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Sep 16, 2025 · housedems.com
- Tate, Carter and Fitzgerald Introduce Bill Package to Expand Access to Driver's Licenses and ID Cards for All Michiganders
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Mar 12, 2025 · housedems.com
- Hope, T. Carter and O'Neal Oppose Republican Bills Undermining Supreme Court Precedent on Youth Sentencing
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Jun 26, 2025 · housedems.com
- Carter, Steckloff Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Michigan's History and Cultural Institutions
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Jul 29, 2026 · housedems.com
- Shannon, T. Carter Introduce School Bus Camera Bill Package
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Aug 28, 2023 · housedems.com
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