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6 unusual facts about James Blanchard


Ferndale, Michigan

James Blanchard, Michigan governor, born and raised in Ferndale and attended Ferndale public schools.

Gerald Hills

Before that, Hills served ten years as one of Governor John Engler's chief lieutenants following Engler's electoral ouster of two-term incumbent James Blanchard in November 1990.

Harry A. DeMaso

” In 1983 with Michigan mired in a recession and facing declining tax revenue, then Governor James Blanchard proposed a controversial income tax hike in order to maintain government spending.

Matthew S. Collier

Collier received word of a major oil spill on the Flint River; attended a previously planned (by the previous administration) press conference with the then-Governor of Michigan, James Blanchard; discovered that the news media had received the first “news leak” of his administration; and attended a dinner party with the private knowledge of a death-threat phoned into his office against him.

Richard T. Cole

From 1983 through 1988, Cole was the press secretary and later chief of staff for Governor James Blanchard.

Sarah Goddard Power

Michigan governor James Blanchard appointed Phil Power to his wife's Regents seat; he served in that capacity until he was defeated in a close, four-way election in 1998.



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