Carl Marlinga
Carl Marlinga (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 10th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.
Marlinga was a judge of the Michigan 16th Circuit Court. He left office in 2022.
Biography
Marlinga received his undergraduate degree from the University of Detroit Mercy, summa cum laude. He earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to joining the court, Marlinga was in private practice from 2004 to 2012. He served as the Macomb County Prosecutor from 1985 to 2004, and previously worked as an assistant United States Attorney. Marlinga has worked as an adjunct professor for the Wayne State University criminal justice department, teaching Constitutional Criminal Procedure and the American Court System.[1]
2024 battleground election
Ballotpedia identified the November 5, general election as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here. Incumbent John James (R), Carl Marlinga (D), Mike Saliba (L), and Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan's 10th Congressional District on November 5, 2024.
This election is a rematch of the 2022 general election, when James defeated Marlinga 48.8% to 48.3%. It was the third closest House race in the nation that year.[2][3] Kirby and Saliba also ran in 2022 and received 1.8% and 1.1% of the vote, respectively.
Before he was elected to Congress in 2022, James was an aviation officer in the U.S. Army, president of James Group International, and CEO of Renaissance Global Logistics, a supply-chain management and logistics company based in Detroit.[4] James said he wants to lower inflation, secure the border, and strengthen the economy.[5]
In a speech at the Republican National Convention James said, "America was sold on hope and now the world is on fire, our borders are wide open, and Americans are going into debt to pay for their groceries. We can once again have a land where a child's outcome isn't determined by their zip code, we can once again have a land where hard work truly does get you ahead, we can once again have a land where you can go from poverty to prosperity in a single generation."
Marlinga is a former five-term Macomb County Prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Michigan 16th Circuit Court judge.[6] Marlinga said, "We will work tirelessly to address the issues that matter most to our community — restoring a woman’s right to choose and defending reproductive freedom, protecting Lake St. Clair and the Great Lakes from oil drillers and rebuilding America so you can work one job and pay the bills."[5]
In an interview with the Detroit Free Press editorial board, Marlinga said he is running because he wants to protect democracy: "Jan. 6 of 2021 happened...I want to be in the House of Representatives on Jan. 6, 2025 ... I don’t want Donald Trump and his forces to hijack the election. Or if the election is thrown into the House, I don’t want there to be one more Republican vote, because I need to save democracy.”[7]
Based on second quarter 2024 reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, James raised $6.2 million and spent $3 million and Marlinga raised $627,494 and spent $529,015. As of December 31, 2022, James had raised $7 million and spent $6.2, and Marlinga had raised and spent $1 million.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Marlinga in its “Red to Blue” program.[8] The committee did not include Marlinga in the program in 2022.[9] The district is one of 34 congressional districts with a Republican incumbent or an open seat the committee is targeting in 2024. To read about DCCC targeting initiatives, click here. For a complete list of DCCC targeted districts, click here.
As of October 2, 2024, four independent election forecasters rated the general election Lean Republican.
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Incumbent John James, Carl Marlinga, Mike Saliba, and Andrea Kirby are running in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on November 5, 2024.
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John James (R) | ||
Carl Marlinga (D) | ||
Mike Saliba (L) | ||
Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Carl Marlinga defeated Diane Young, Tiffany Tilley, and Emily Busch in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Carl Marlinga | 48.8 | 32,561 | |
Diane Young | 24.4 | 16,282 | ||
Tiffany Tilley | 13.3 | 8,861 | ||
Emily Busch | 12.8 | 8,541 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 464 |
Total votes: 66,709 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rhonda Powell (D)
- Brian Steven Jaye (D)
- Anil Kumar (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Incumbent John James advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | John James | 100.0 | 52,871 |
Total votes: 52,871 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Mike Saliba advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on July 20, 2024.
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✔ | Mike Saliba (L) |
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Andrea Kirby advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on June 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) |
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Polls
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Election campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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John James | Republican Party | $6,204,176 | $2,983,273 | $4,016,408 | As of July 17, 2024 |
Carl Marlinga | Democratic Party | $627,494 | $529,015 | $104,385 | As of July 17, 2024 |
Mike Saliba | Libertarian Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Andrea Kirby | Working Class Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
Satellite spending
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Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[10][11][12]
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Race ratings
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- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[13]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[14][15][16]
Race ratings: Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 10
John James defeated Carl Marlinga, Andrea Kirby, and Mike Saliba in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | John James (R) | 48.8 | 159,202 | |
Carl Marlinga (D) | 48.3 | 157,602 | ||
Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) | 1.8 | 5,905 | ||
Mike Saliba (L) | 1.1 | 3,524 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 4 |
Total votes: 326,237 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Carl Marlinga defeated Rhonda Powell, Angela Rogensues, Huwaida Arraf, and Henry Yanez in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Carl Marlinga | 47.8 | 32,653 | |
Rhonda Powell | 16.7 | 11,396 | ||
Angela Rogensues | 13.9 | 9,503 | ||
Huwaida Arraf | 13.0 | 8,846 | ||
Henry Yanez | 8.6 | 5,891 |
Total votes: 68,289 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10
John James defeated Tony Marcinkewciz in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | John James | 86.3 | 63,417 | |
Tony Marcinkewciz | 13.7 | 10,079 |
Total votes: 73,496 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eric Esshaki (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Mike Saliba advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on July 10, 2022.
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✔ | Mike Saliba (L) |
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10
Andrea Kirby advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on June 26, 2022.
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✔ | Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) |
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2016
Michigan held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election occurred on August 2, 2016. The candidate filing deadline for incumbents was March 21, and the deadline for non-incumbents was April 19.[17] Carl Marlinga ran unopposed in the 16th Circuit (new judgeship) general election.[18]
16th Circuit, New Judgeship, General Election, 2016 | ||
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Source: Michigan Department of State, "2016 General Election Official Results," November 28, 2016 |
2012
Marlinga advanced from the primary election, winning 55.88 percent of the vote. He defeated Sandra Harrison in the general election on November 6, winning 60.68 percent of the vote.[19][20]
Bar association ratings
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
The WLAM rated candidates running for judicial office with one of four ratings: Outstanding, Well Qualified, Qualified or No Rating.
Marlinga was rated as Qualified.[21]
2010
Marlinga was a Democratic candidate for District 10 in the Michigan State Senate in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. He was defeated in the August primary by Tony Rocca.[22]
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 221 judges of the Michigan Circuit Courts are selected in an identical manner, each serving six-year terms. They are chosen in nonpartisan elections and must face re-election if they wish to continue serving. Candidates are placed on the ballot via nonpartisan primaries or by nominating petitions.[23] Sitting judges who reach age 70 are allowed to serve out the remainder of their term.[24]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judges of the circuit courts are appointed by the state supreme court to two-year terms.[23]
Qualifications
To be elected to either of these courts, a judge must:[23]
- be a qualified elector of his or her district;
- be licensed to practice law in the state;
- have at least five years of law practice experience; and
- be under the age of 70.
Campaign themes
2024
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Campaign website
Marlinga’s campaign website stated the following:
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—Carl Marlinga’s campaign website (2024)[26] |
2022
Carl Marlinga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marlinga's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|I am a former prosecutor, probate court judge, and circuit court judge. I have spent my entire career in the quest for justice. As a prosecutor, I was the first to hire African-American Assistant Prosecutors in the history of my county. I also increased the staffing of women assistant prosecutors from 7% to 51% in my years in office. As a judge, I inaugurated the Mental Health Court felony diversion program to identify and treat offenders whose mental illness was the predominant reason for recurring contact with the criminal justice system. I believe strongly in treatment courts as alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders. I want to take what I have learned in the Michigan system and take it nation-wide.
As a defense attorney I worked with the University of Michigan Law School's innocence Clinic to win new trials and acquittals for persons who were wrongfully convicted. I have never shied away from a fight when justice was on the line. I have always sought to that which is right even if the message or the task were not politically popular.
- We must move away from fossil fuels to embrace renewable energy.
- We must bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
- We must codify the rights once guaranteed by Roe v Wade into federal law.
I believe that we can combine environmental protection with our need to bring back manufacturing jobs. Some country will take the lead in manufacturing the new, efficient, money-saving products of the new green industrial revolution and it should be us. When we manufacture and sell products like fast electric vehicle charging stations and/or heat pumps for home and industrial use we help reduce carbon emissions, but we also provide good jobs for American workers. We also help the world to move away from fossil fuels thereby reducing the ability of rogue nations like Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to intimidate the world because they happen to sit on top of a lot of oil and gas. We can provide good paying union jobs, save the planet, and reform U.S. foreign policy if we take the lead in manufacturing products to take advantage of all the energy given to us freely by nature every day -- in the form of sun, wind, tidal, and geo-thermal energy.
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Campaign website
Marlinga's campaign website stated the following:
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Jobs We must strengthen Michigan's clean energy while creating jobs for thousands and fueling economic growth. It is vital to our country that we lead in creating good-paying American jobs by being at the forefront of industries like clean energy and advanced vehicles. Market forces, not mandates, will favor manufacturers who make renewable energy products. We will lose market share in the new economy if we don't try to be the first to manufacture the products that the world is waiting for. The future belongs to manufacturers who are willing to innovate. Macomb and Oakland Counties have both shown this leadership with their commitment to EV.
Protecting reproductive freedom and the right to choose. With the fall of Roe, women lost the right to make decisions about their own bodies. When this happened, I marched. I signed the Reproductive Freedom for All petition, sent out videos, gathered signatures with Rally for Reproductive Rights and issued a position paper demanding all prosecutors in Michigan not criminalize abortion. I have supported women throughout my career starting in the 1980s when I took the number of assistant prosecutors from 4 women of 65 total people to over 50% of my staff. I continue to battle against an out-of-touch Republican opponent who compares abortion to genocide and does not support exceptions for rape or incest. He doesn’t even live in our district but he is running here! I believe that government has no business interfering with a woman’s health care choices, including any choice that she may make regarding abortion. We must take our rage to Michigan's ballot box in November and I pledge to codify the protections of Roe into federal law when I get to Washington. This is about freedom, rights, choice and privacy in all healthcare decisions.
Holding down inflation and creating good-paying jobs will help our economy recover and thrive. I am determined to bring jobs and technology back to our state. We need to bring the supply chain home from China and other communist regimes while also ending our dependence on foreign oil. We need to strengthen our economy and stand up for families so that everybody has good healthcare, clean affordable drinking water, daycare for working mothers and a dependable transportation system.
We must protect our Great Lakes and waterways from corporate polluters. We are blessed to live in communities surrounded by life-giving water. It is our responsibility as well as my top priority to ensure our lakes and rivers are clean for generations to come. As the Macomb County Prosecutor, I fought to protect our national treasures and the lake is cleaner now because of some of those efforts but the commitment of the EPA and the state is not what it should be. I pledge to strengthen the EPA and clean up our waters while in Congress.
We must do better to make sure our justice system works for EVERYONE, not just those at the top. I am proud to have served our community for 40 years as a tough on crime prosecutor and as a fair and commended judge who has cracked down on white-collar crime, stood up for seniors and protected our natural treasures. I dedicated my service to fighting for fairness, justice and protecting the rights of victims. I will continue to bring that FIGHT to Congress to ensure our justice system works equally for everyone. Being exposed to gun violence at an early age in life was the inspiration for my career choice. In order to combat the scourge of gun violence, I support Ethan's Law (safe gun storage) and I fully support a ban on high powered semi-automatic weapons with large magazines (commonly known as assault weapons).[25] |
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—Carl Marlinga's campaign website (2022)[27] |
Campaign finance summary
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Footnotes
- ↑ Carl Marlinga for Macomb County Probate Judge campaign website
- ↑ WDET,"Carl Marlinga, John James set for a rematch in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District," August 7, 2024
- ↑ The Hill,"How close were House races? A few thousand votes could have swung control," November 28, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "John James," accessed August 23, 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Detroit Free Press, "Marlinga wins 10th District primary, will face Rep. John James a second time," August 6, 2024
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Detroit Free Press,"For Dems in Macomb County's 10th District Carl Marlinga is best choice | Endorsement," June 11, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Advance, "Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee backs Marlinga in bid to flip MI-10," August 15, 2024
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Democrats add Metro Detroit's Marlinga to program boosting top candidates for Congress," August 15, 2024
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Dates," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Unofficial Candidate Listing," April 19, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "Unofficial 2012 General Election Results: Macomb County Probate Court"
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2012 Primary Results"
- ↑ Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Press Release: "WLAM Endorses, Rates Judicial Candidates"
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Results"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Michigan," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Daily, "Washtenaw County judge announces early retirement," May 1, 2014
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Carl Marlinga’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed July 24, 2024
- ↑ Carl Malinga, “Issues,” accessed October 6, 2022
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