Gary Glenn was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2014, representing the 98th House District comprised the cities of Auburn, Linwood, Midland, Pinconning, and Saginaw and thirteen suburban and rural townships in Bay and Midland counties.
Career
He serves as vice chairman of the House Energy Policy Committee and on the House Commerce and Trade, Military and Veterans Affairs, and Tax Policy committees. He is a Republican from Larkin Township and as president of the American Family Association of Michigan, he coauthored the state"s Marriage Protection Amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004. As executive director of the Idaho Freedom to Work Committee from 1980-1986, he had led the successful effort to enact the same law there in 1985.
In 2011, he was named “Citizen of the Year” by Citizens for Community Values during the South Bend, Indiana-based family and community values advocacy group"s annual banquet on the campus of Notre Dame University.
Religion
Because of their sinful state, all human beings stand in need of salvation, and God's gracious provision for this consists in the life and work of Jesus Christ.
Politics
A member of a Christian Church should support all social initiatives having a purpose to maintain and strengthen well-being and progress of the whole community and its members.
Views
Some personalities are difficult to manage, especially if they are prone to despair. Do not give up on a search of the paths of God, and the sense of joy and assurances you are looking for will be received.
Membership
Members of the Capitol press corps affiliated with the Michigan Information and Research Service, Lansing"s oldest daily legislative news service, named Glenn the MIRS "Freshman Legislator of the Year" in 2015, specifically citing his leadership and impact on energy policy and civil asset forfeiture reforms. In 2011, he was a founding board member of the Michigan Freedom to Work coalition, which launched the successful effort to enact a state Right to Work law prohibiting compulsory union affiliation or financial support.
