As of September 2, 2026, Darian Counts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

Darian is a lifelong member of the Downriver community. He previously studied at Henry Ford and Wayne Community Colleges.

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Darian is currently a sales consultant for Ford. He previously worked as the editor-in-chief of Detroit Live Magazine, which he also founded. He was formerly a member of the CWA Local 4100.

Darian Counts's campaign for Michigan House of Representatives, District 29, is his first time running for public office.

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Darian's campaign for Michigan House of Representatives, District 29, is his first run for public office.

2026 Michigan General Election

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Supports stronger homestead and fixed-income protections.

Supports capping utility rate hikes and auditing utility rates for transparency.

Supports limits on corporate landlords buying Michigan's housing supply.

Supports increased oversight of grocery and prescription prices.

Supports reducing property taxes for senior homeowners and reviewing home value assessment practices so "retirees aren't priced out of the communities they built."

- Supports stronger homestead and fixed-income protections.
- Supports capping utility rate hikes and auditing utility rates for transparency.
- Supports limits on corporate landlords buying Michigan's housing supply.
- Supports increased oversight of grocery and prescription prices.
- Supports reducing property taxes for senior homeowners and reviewing home value assessment practices so "retirees aren't priced out of the communities they built."

Economy

Wants to ban "unchecked FLOCK camera and license-plate surveillance expansion," require local approval before data is collected, and block sharing of resident data with out-of-state databases.

- Wants to ban "unchecked FLOCK camera and license-plate surveillance expansion," require local approval before data is collected, and block sharing of resident data with out-of-state databases.

Public Safety

Supports bodily autonomy, including protecting access to abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care and opposes "any attempt to criminalize patients or doctors for private medical decisions."

- Supports bodily autonomy, including protecting access to abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care and opposes "any attempt to criminalize patients or doctors for private medical decisions."

Healthcare

Supports modernizing education curriculums, raising math and science standards, and expanding access to paid trade pathways in public high schools.

Advocates for increased teacher pay and investment in teacher training.

Advocates for better school funding formulas so classrooms are "resourced enough to teach."

- Supports modernizing education curriculums, raising math and science standards, and expanding access to paid trade pathways in public high schools.
- Advocates for increased teacher pay and investment in teacher training.
- Advocates for better school funding formulas so classrooms are "resourced enough to teach."

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Energy & the Environment

Believes data centers should not be allowed unless it serves a community's interests and should be approved by community members living near the project.

- Believes data centers should not be allowed unless it serves a community's interests and should be approved by community members living near the project.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Believes a legislative bill's corporate  supporters should be published before each vote.

- Believes a legislative bill's corporate  supporters should be published before each vote.

Voting & Elections

Darian Counts

Supports grants and tax incentives specifically targeted at "Main Street" small businesses rather than multi-national corporations.

A staunch advocate for protecting the rights enshrined in Proposal 3 and expanding access to affordable mental health care through community clinics.

Pledges to increase oversight of industrial facilities in the Downriver corridor to ensure air and water quality standards are strictly enforced.

Prioritizes state funding for modernizing aging sewer and drainage systems to prevent the chronic basement flooding that plagues the district.

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Supports reducing property taxes for senior homeowners, stronger homestead protetcions, and reviewing home value assessment practices so "retirees aren't priced out of the communities they built."

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- Supports capping utility rate hikes and auditing utility rates for transparency.
- Supports limits on corporate landlords buying Michigan's housing supply.
- Supports increased oversight of grocery and prescription prices.
- Supports reducing property taxes for senior homeowners, stronger homestead protetcions, and reviewing home value assessment practices so "retirees aren't priced out of the communities they built."

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- Supports modernizing education curriculums, raising math and science standards, and expanding access to paid trade pathways in public high schools.
- Advocates for increased teacher pay and investment in teacher training.
- Advocates for better school funding formulas so classrooms are "resourced enough to teach."

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- Believes data centers should not be allowed unless it serves a community's interests and should be approved by community members living near the project.

Darian Counts lives in Wyandotte, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and is currently pursuing a master of public policy.

Darien is currently a project coordinator. He was previously a legislative analyst intern and a community relations lead.

- Supports grants and tax incentives specifically targeted at "Main Street" small businesses rather than multi-national corporations.

- A staunch advocate for protecting the rights enshrined in Proposal 3 and expanding access to affordable mental health care through community clinics.

- Pledges to increase oversight of industrial facilities in the Downriver corridor to ensure air and water quality standards are strictly enforced.

- Prioritizes state funding for modernizing aging sewer and drainage systems to prevent the chronic basement flooding that plagues the district.

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- A state representative is an elected member of the Michigan House of Representatives, which is the lower chamber of the Michigan Legislature.
- State representatives introduce, debate, amend, and vote on bills that become state laws.
- The Michigan House of Representatives consists of 110 members, each representing a specific district within the state.
- State representatives are elected to serve two-year terms and are limited to a combined total of 12 years in the Michigan Legislature under current term limit rules.
- Candidates must be at least 21 years old, a U.S. citizen, a registered voter, and a resident of Michigan and the district they represent.
- State representatives receive a salary set by the state, which is approximately $71,000 per year.

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