State Representative, 69th District · Michigan 2026 General Election

What this office does: A state representative votes on Michigan laws and the state budget on behalf of the district.

Patrick Duvendeck

Republican

President, PhD Automation

The gist

Supports Mississippi-style reading and math reforms over more funding.
Supports an all-of-the-above energy approach.
Supports returning people who entered illegally to apply legally.
Supports university partnerships to prepare job-ready workers.

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Supports Mississippi-style reading and math reforms over more funding.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“More funding is not the answer. We need to leverage the principles that Mississippi followed”
Supports an all-of-the-above energy approach.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We need an all of the above approach for sources of energy”
Supports returning people who entered illegally to apply legally.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Those who enter the country illegally should be sent back to get in the legal line”
Supports university partnerships to prepare job-ready workers.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“leverage a cooperation with the Local Universities”

Adam Blake Childress

Libertarian

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No documented position found.

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Jasper Ryan Martus

DemocraticIncumbent

State representative · Flushing

The gist

Supports the science of reading and more dual enrollment.
Co-sponsored bill banning masks for ICE agents.
Supports cutting regulations that limit housing construction.
Supports a diversified energy portfolio prioritizing clean energy.
Supports restoring farmer suicide prevention funding.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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Supports the science of reading and more dual enrollment.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I have championed a return to the science of reading and phonics in elementary schools and increases in dual enrollment opportunities”
Co-sponsored bill banning masks for ICE agents.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I co-sponsored legislation that bans ICE agents from wearing masks and requires them to properly identify themselves.”
Supports cutting regulations that limit housing construction.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“We can slash regulations that constrict the building of housing and infrastructure”
Supports a diversified energy portfolio prioritizing clean energy.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 69
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Michigan needs a diversified energy portfolio that prioritizes cost-effective and clean energy.”
Supports restoring farmer suicide prevention funding.
Martus, Bierlein Call for Restoration of Vital Suicide Prevention Funding for Michigan's Farmers
Public statement · Michigan House Democrats · Dec 12, 2025 · housedems.com
“pushing for the restoration of farmer suicide prevention funds through a future supplemental measure”

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