State Representative Terry Brown
(D-Pigeon) has filed his paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office to run
for the 25th State Senate District against incumbent Senator Phil
Pavlov (R-St. Clair.). The announcement gives the Democrats a credible
challenger in the seat.
Representative Brown first won
his House seat in 2006 in a major upset given the Republican’s stronghold on
the 84th District. He then narrowly lost the seat in 2010 during the
Republican swell; however, reclaimed the seat in 2012.
In the 11th State
Senate District, Representative Ellen Cogen Lipton (D-Huntington Woods) has
filed her committee to run, setting up a huge Democratic Primary with State
Representative Vicki Barnett (D-Farmington Hills) who filed for the seat last
July.