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Jocelyn Benson

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Won the General, 2022 Michigan Secretary of State

Michigan Secretary of State (2019-present)

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    Jocelyn Michelle Benson
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Home City:
    Detroit, MI
  • Family:
    Husband: Ryan; 1 Child: Aiden
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, Civil Rights and Election Law, Harvard University Law School, 2001-2004
  • MPhil, Sociology, University of Oxford, 1999-2001
  • BA, Political Science, Wellesley College, 1995-1999

Professional Experience

  • JD, Civil Rights and Election Law, Harvard University Law School, 2001-2004
  • MPhil, Sociology, University of Oxford, 1999-2001
  • BA, Political Science, Wellesley College, 1995-1999
  • Associate Director, Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights
  • Director, Michigan Allies Project
  • Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), 2016-2018
  • Dean of Law School, Wayne State University, 2012-2016
  • Associate Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 2005-2012
  • Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2004-2005
  • Voting Rights Policy Coordinator, Harvard Civil Rights Project, 2002-2004
  • Summer Associate, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated, 2003

Political Experience

  • JD, Civil Rights and Election Law, Harvard University Law School, 2001-2004
  • MPhil, Sociology, University of Oxford, 1999-2001
  • BA, Political Science, Wellesley College, 1995-1999
  • Associate Director, Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights
  • Director, Michigan Allies Project
  • Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), 2016-2018
  • Dean of Law School, Wayne State University, 2012-2016
  • Associate Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 2005-2012
  • Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2004-2005
  • Voting Rights Policy Coordinator, Harvard Civil Rights Project, 2002-2004
  • Summer Associate, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated, 2003
  • Secretary of State, State of Michigan, 2019-present
  • Candidate, Michigan Secretary of State, 2010, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 11, 2012

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Civil Rights and Election Law, Harvard University Law School, 2001-2004
  • MPhil, Sociology, University of Oxford, 1999-2001
  • BA, Political Science, Wellesley College, 1995-1999
  • Associate Director, Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights
  • Director, Michigan Allies Project
  • Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), 2016-2018
  • Dean of Law School, Wayne State University, 2012-2016
  • Associate Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 2005-2012
  • Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2004-2005
  • Voting Rights Policy Coordinator, Harvard Civil Rights Project, 2002-2004
  • Summer Associate, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated, 2003
  • Secretary of State, State of Michigan, 2019-present
  • Candidate, Michigan Secretary of State, 2010, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 11, 2012
  • Chair, Michigan Task Force on Women in Sports, 2019-present
  • Board Member, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE), 2019-present
  • Member, iCivics Advisory Board, 2013-present
  • Member, ABA's Committee on Election Law
  • Co-Founder/Director, Military Spouses of Michigan, 2011-2014
  • Director/Founder, Michigan Center for Election Law and Administration, 2011-2013

Other Info

— Publications:

  • "Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process"

Articles

Secretary of State Project
Jan. 1, 1900

Benson has received the endorsement and financial assistance of the Secretary of State Project (SOS Project), a 527 political organization whose purpose, according to its website, was to "wrestling control of the country from the Republican Party" through the process of "removing their political operatives from deciding who can vote and whose votes will count," namely the office of Secretary of State in many cases. The SOS Project received its funding from the George Soros-backed Democracy Alliance.

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