Ranjeev Puri is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing District 24. He was selected as House minority leader effective January 15, 2025.

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Ranjeev Puri is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing District 24. 

2026 Michigan General Election

2026 Michigan Primary Election

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Supports fighting to keep jobs in Michigan, keep plants open, and ensure a strong economy.

Supports holistic solutions for the economy, including investing in public education, fixing infrastructure, and building a regional transit system to attract and retain talent.

Supports passing adequate funding and services to support small businesses.

Supports funding and providing services to support small businesses.

Supports incorporating communities of color in policy-making and ensuring 20% of state contracts are awarded to minority and women-owned businesses.

Supports promoting local and small businesses, believing they are vital to strong communities and economic support for neighbors.

- Supports fighting to keep jobs in Michigan, keep plants open, and ensure a strong economy.
- Supports holistic solutions for the economy, including investing in public education, fixing infrastructure, and building a regional transit system to attract and retain talent.
- Supports funding and providing services to support small businesses.
- Supports incorporating communities of color in policy-making and ensuring 20% of state contracts are awarded to minority and women-owned businesses.
- Supports promoting local and small businesses, believing they are vital to strong communities and economic support for neighbors.

Economy

Supports de-militarizing the police and investing in holistic solutions for crime and escalation.

Supports reforming the cash bail system to consider the circumstances of the accused and eliminate biases against low-income individuals.

Opposes for-profit prisons and advocates for using prison revenue to invest in communities with high crime rates, focusing on second-chance opportunities for returning citizens.

Believes police brutality is a significant issue resulting from ineffective training and internal bias, and advocates for more effective training and oversight for officers.

Supports ensuring that every Michigan family can send their children to school without fear of gun violence, emphasizing that schools should be safe learning environments.

Supports a mandatory waiting period on the purchase of any firearm.

Supports enacting universal background checks on all gun purchases.

Supports passing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent individuals from acquiring firearms.

Supports passing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent individual who are a threat to themselves and to others from acquiring firearms.

Supports a ban on high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and assault weapons, advocating that such weapons should be reserved for the battlefield.

Supports a ban on high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and assault weapons.

- Supports de-militarizing the police and investing in holistic solutions for crime and escalation.
- Supports reforming the cash bail system to consider the circumstances of the accused and eliminate biases against low-income individuals.
- Opposes for-profit prisons and advocates for using prison revenue to invest in communities with high crime rates, focusing on second-chance opportunities for returning citizens.
- Believes police brutality is a significant issue resulting from ineffective training and internal bias, and advocates for more effective training and oversight for officers.
- Supports ensuring that every Michigan family can send their children to school without fear of gun violence, emphasizing that schools should be safe learning environments.
- Supports a mandatory waiting period on the purchase of any firearm.
- Supports enacting universal background checks on all gun purchases.
- Supports passing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent individual who are a threat to themselves and to others from acquiring firearms.
- Supports a ban on high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and assault weapons.

Public Safety

Supports access to quality healthcare for all Michiganders, including safe reproductive health care services such as abortion, contraception, and family planning.

Supports financial and emotional support for pregnant women, investment in prenatal care, and childcare for newborns and infants in Michigan.

Supports a healthcare system that provides high quality and affordable care for all Michiganders.

Supports the Health Over Profits for Everyone (HOPE) plan to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.

Supports the bipartisan Safe Patient Care Act to establish reasonable patient-to-nurse ratios, curb forced overtime, and ensure a safe working environment for nurses.

Supports building a comprehensive, affordable, and public mental health care system in Michigan.

Supports protecting the Healthy Michigan Plan and opposes harmful work requirements that inhibit access to healthcare coverage for Michiganders.

- Supports access to quality healthcare for all Michiganders, including safe reproductive health care services such as abortion, contraception, and family planning.
- Supports financial and emotional support for pregnant women, investment in prenatal care, and childcare for newborns and infants in Michigan.
- Supports a healthcare system that provides high quality and affordable care for all Michiganders.
- Supports the Health Over Profits for Everyone (HOPE) plan to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.
- Supports the bipartisan Safe Patient Care Act to establish reasonable patient-to-nurse ratios, curb forced overtime, and ensure a safe working environment for nurses.
- Supports building a comprehensive, affordable, and public mental health care system in Michigan.
- Supports protecting the Healthy Michigan Plan and opposes harmful work requirements that inhibit access to healthcare coverage for Michiganders.

Healthcare

Supports teacher-led education reform that prioritizes the well-being and success of students and teachers, advocating for increased collaboration and compensation for educators.

Fights for a future where students and teachers are safe at school, allowing them to focus on education without fear.

Fights for a future where students and teachers are safe at school.

Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in education to ensure all students have equitable opportunities, particularly for those in low-income communities.

Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning and social services in schools for children Pre-K to 12th grade, addressing external factors like health care access, public transit, and safe housing that inhibit student learning.

Supports equitable funding for schools, prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks, and investing in infrastructure and educators to close opportunity gaps.

Supports prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks and investing in infrastructure and educators.

- Supports teacher-led education reform that prioritizes the well-being and success of students and teachers, advocating for increased collaboration and compensation for educators.
- Fights for a future where students and teachers are safe at school.
- Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in education to ensure all students have equitable opportunities, particularly for those in low-income communities.
- Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning and social services in schools for children Pre-K to 12th grade, addressing external factors like health care access, public transit, and safe housing that inhibit student learning.
- Supports prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks and investing in infrastructure and educators.

Education

Aims to protect Michigan's water and air, reduce carbon emissions, and modernize waste management and recycling programs.

Supports ensuring all Michigan families have access to affordable clean water and air, emphasizing the need for solutions to address PFAS water contamination.

Supports taking action on climate change, prioritizing efforts to reduce Michigan's carbon footprint, and advocating for an increased renewable energy portfolio standard.

Supports maintaining federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and initiatives to protect Michigan’s Great Lakes and environment.

Supports modernizing waste management efforts, increasing recycling rates, and expanding the bottle bill to include all beverage containers.

Supports modernizing waste management efforts, increasing recycling rates, and expanding the "bottle bill" to include all beverage containers.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports legislation to protect groundwater and ensure corporations pay for their use of natural resources while addressing environmental pollution.

Supports legislation to protect groundwater and ensure corporations pay for their use of natural resources while addressing environmental pollution.

- Aims to protect Michigan's water and air, reduce carbon emissions, and modernize waste management and recycling programs.
- Supports ensuring all Michigan families have access to affordable clean water and air, emphasizing the need for solutions to address PFAS water contamination.
- Supports taking action on climate change, prioritizing efforts to reduce Michigan's carbon footprint, and advocating for an increased renewable energy portfolio standard.
- Supports maintaining federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and initiatives to protect Michigan’s Great Lakes and environment.
- Supports modernizing waste management efforts, increasing recycling rates, and expanding the "bottle bill" to include all beverage containers.
- Supports legislation to protect groundwater and ensure corporations pay for their use of natural resources while addressing environmental pollution.

Energy & the Environment

Supports modernizing Michigan's infrastructure with updates such as regional transit, electric vehicle charging, and full broadband connectivity to foster economic development.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue Transportation & Infrastructure:  
Supports finding solutions to ensure families can trust the water coming from their kitchen taps.

Supports finding solutions to ensure families can trust the water coming from their kitchen taps.

- Supports modernizing Michigan's infrastructure with updates such as regional transit, electric vehicle charging, and full broadband connectivity to foster economic development.
- Supports finding solutions to ensure families can trust the water coming from their kitchen taps.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Believes in sealing the Legislature-to-Lobbyist Pipeline and imposing a mandatory three-year waiting period for retiring legislators.

Believes in sealing the "legislature-to-lobbyist pipeline" and imposing a mandatory three-year waiting period for retiring legislators.

Pledges to work with the Secretary of State to enhance election security, maintain the integrity of the electoral process through thorough audits, and upgrade voter technology.

- Believes in sealing the "legislature-to-lobbyist pipeline" and imposing a mandatory three-year waiting period for retiring legislators.
- Pledges to work with the Secretary of State to enhance election security, maintain the integrity of the electoral process through thorough audits, and upgrade voter technology.

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Supports demilitarization of the police to build trust between communities and law enforcement, believing it will lead to safer communities.

Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning and social services in all schools for children Pre-K to 12th grade.

Supports fully funding public schools and prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks.

Ranjeev is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing District 24. He works at the Michigan House of Representatives, where he has been since January 1, 2023. He previously worked as a business manager at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Ranjeev Puri's campaign for Michigan State Representative, District 24 is his first entry into politics.

As of May 7, 2026, Ranjeev Puri’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports investing in public education and infrastructure to strengthen the economy.

Supports investing in public education, infrastructure, and regional transit to strengthen Michigan's economy and retain talent.

Supports investing in public education and fixing infrastructure to ensure a strong economy.

Supports investing in public education and fixing infrastructure to strengthen the economy.

Supports investing in public education and infrastructure to strengthen the economy and retain talent.

Supports de-militarizing police and investing in holistic crime reduction solutions.

Opposes the cash bail system, which requires payment for pretrial release, saying it suggests "poor people are a greater risk to society than people that can afford to pay bail, and therefore buy their way out."

Supports universal background checks for gun purchases.

Supports banning high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and assault weapons.

Supports gun control, saying "Every Michigan family should be able to send their children to school — and every student should be able to attend school — without the fear of being harmed by gun violence. Schools are centers for learning; no guns needed."

Supports measures to prevent domestic abuse and provide support for survivors, such as the recent Michigan Senate bill that provides address confidentiality for survivors.

Opposes privatization of veteran care facilities.

Supports prohibiting privatization in veteran care facilities.

Supports access to abortion and safe reproductive health care services.

Supports investing in prenatal care to reduce complications in pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum.

Supports creating a comprehensive, affordable, and public mental health care system in Michigan.

Supports protecting the Healthy Michigan Plan, which provides health coverage to low-income residents.

Supports prioritizing families through education.

Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning and social services in all schools for Pre-K to 12th grade.

Believes in fully funding schools and prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks.

Supports modernizing waste management and recycling programs.

Supports increasing Michigan’s renewable energy portfolio standard.

Supports maintaining federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and initiatives to keep the Great Lakes clean.

Supports modernizing waste management efforts by expanding recycling resources and efforts.

Plans to advocate for legislation that protects Michigan's groundwater and mandates corporations to pay for using the state's natural resources.

Supports modernizing infrastructure with regional transit, electric vehicle charging, and broadband connectivity to foster economic development.

Said, "Term limits in our state legislature have our elected officials focused on the next step of their careers rather than driving Michigan forward. Instead of continuing to serve their community, term-limited politicians take large sums of money to become lobbyists. I believe we must seal the Legislature-to-Lobbyist Pipeline and impose a mandatory three-year waiting period for retiring legislators."

Ranjeev Puri is a father to three young boys.

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Ranjeev previously worked in the automotive industry. He also worked for President Obama and served as a community organizer.

Ranjeev is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 24. He is currently serving his second term.

Supports keeping jobs in Michigan and strengthening the economy through investment in public education, infrastructure, and regional transit systems.

Supports keeping jobs in Michigan, investing in public education, fixing infrastructure, and building a regional transit system to strengthen the economy.

Supports keeping jobs in Michigan and strengthening the economy through holistic solutions, including investment in public education, infrastructure, and regional transit systems.

Supports keeping jobs in Michigan, investing in public education, fixing infrastructure, and building a regional transit system to attract and retain talent.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue public-safety: Advocates for prioritizing training and education for law enforcement, promoting diversity, de-militarizing police, and investing in holistic solutions to crime and escalation.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue public-safety:  
Supports eliminating cash bail.

Believes police brutality stems from ineffective training and internal bias, advocating for more effective training and increased oversight for officers.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue public-safety: Supports the demilitarization of the police to build trust between communities and law enforcement, believing this will lead to safer communities.

Supports passing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent individuals with a history of violence from acquiring firearms and believes domestic abusers and those convicted of misdemeanors should surrender their firearms and ammunition.

Supports passing Extreme Risk Protection Orders to prevent individuals deemed a threat from acquiring firearms and requires domestic abusers and those convicted of misdemeanors to surrender their firearms and ammunition.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue public-safety:  
Advocates for stricter regulations on firearm licenses to prevent criminals from purchasing guns at gun shows.

Supports a ban on high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and assault weapons, advocating that such weapons should be reserved for the battlefield while recognizing hunting as a cultural practice and a means of self-defense.

Supports providing affordable and accessible healthcare in Michigan, with a focus on maternal and prenatal care, and addressing disparities in infant mortality, particularly for women of color.

Supports moving towards a healthcare system that provides high quality and affordable care for all Michiganders, addressing issues of high costs and lack of coverage.

Supports bold action to prevent opioid misuse, increase access to treatment, and reduce harm from substance use.

Supports holding pharmaceutical companies accountable for reducing costs and increasing access to prescription drugs, and endorses the Health Over Profits for Everyone (HOPE) plan to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue education: Supports putting families first in education.

Supports fully funding public schools, prioritizing public education over for-profit charter networks, and investing in educators and infrastructure.

Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in education to ensure all students have equitable opportunities for success, particularly in low-income communities.

For Candidate Ranjeev Puri on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports legislation to protect groundwater and ensure corporations pay fairly for using Michigan's natural resources while addressing environmental pollution.

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