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Legislative Contact List for Montcalm County 2025

US Senator Gary Peters (D): https://www.peters.senate.gov/
(202) 224-6221
US Senator Elissa Stotkin (D): https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/
(202) 224-4822
US Rep. John Moolenaar (R): https://moolenaar.house.gov/
(202) 225-3561
State Senator Rick Outman (R): [email protected]
517-373-3760
State Rep. Pat Outman (R): [email protected]
517-373-3436
State Rep. Tim Kelly (R) for Ferris, Crystal, and Bloomer Townships: [email protected]
517-373-1778
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D): https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer
517-335-7858
Attorney General Dana Nessel (D): 
517-335-7622

Contact all members of Congress: By phone: (202) 224-3121
By email: Congress.gov
By Resistbot: Resist.bot
Contact White House or other federal agencies: usa.gov/federal-agencies


If you are a resident of State Senate District 33 and would like to attend public meetings, use the information below:

Ionia County (district includes all but SE corner)
The Board of Commissioners meets on Tuesdays from either 3-4 or 7-8 PM in the Ionia County Administration Building (3rd Floor) Commissioners Board Room. schedule can be found here: https://ioniacounty.org/events/categories/boc/

Montcalm County
Regular Board of Commissioner meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, 4 PM, on the 3rd floor of the County Administrative Building (the old courthouse) at 211 W Main Street, Stanton. Meetings can also be viewed on the County's You Tube channel.

Newaygo County
Board of Commissioners - Regular sessions of the Board are on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 9:30 a.m., and at such other times and days as may be established. Board of the Administration Building at 1087 Newell Street, White Cloud, Michigan.

Lake County (district includes Western portion)
County Commissioners meet every 2nd and 4th Weds. at 10 AM in the Commissioners Room, 800 Tenth, Baldwin MI 49304

Kent County (district includes north portion excluding Rockford: Tyrone, Sparta, Solon, Algoma, Nelson, Cortland, Cannon, Spencer, Oakfield, and Grattan Townships; city of Cedar Springs - Cedar Springs and Cannon Townships might be good focus areas)
Regular, public meetings of the Board of Commissioners are typically scheduled at 8:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month in the Board of Commissioners' Room (Room 310) on the third floor of the County Administration Building.

Ottawa County (district includes Chester Township) 
Chester Township Board meets on the second Monday of each month at 7pm. The Planning Commission meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 7pm.