The Honorable
Bill Ballenger
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byEmil Lockwood
Succeeded byRichard J. Allen
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 87th district
In office
January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
Preceded byBlair G. Woodman
Succeeded byR. Douglas Trezise
Personal details
Born
William S. Ballenger III

(1941-03-28) March 28, 1941
Flint, Michigan
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Virginia
(m. June 20, 1964); (div. April 15, 1986)
RelationsSusan Steiner Bolhouse, partner, 2000 -
William S. Ballenger Sr. (grandfather)[1]
Alma materHarvard University
Princeton University

Bill Ballenger (born 28 March 1941) was the editor of Inside Michigan Politics a newsletter of Michigan Politics until January 2016. He previously served as a Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate.[2] In March 2016, he founded The Ballenger Report political blog, followed by a weekly podcast.

Ballenger was born in Flint, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the Robert P. & Marjorie Griffin Professor in American Government at Central Michigan University from 2003 until 2007. He also served for a time as Michigan racing commissioner and director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation.[3] Ballenger has for many years been a panelist on the Michigan state politics public affairs television program Off the Record with Tim Skubick on WKAR-TV.

Ballenger was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare under Gerald R. Ford.

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Bolhouse, Susan Steiner; Melinn, Kyle (November 19, 2012). "WILLIAM (BILL) S. BALLENGER" (PDF). Michigan Political History Society. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  2. ↑ The Political Graveyard: Ballenger, William S. III
  3. ↑ Michigan Policy Network introduction to interview with ballenger Archived December 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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