Joey Andrews is from St. Joseph, Michigan. He attended Lake Michigan Catholic High School. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and a bachelor’s degree in music from Carson-Newman University. He also has a Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University School of Law.

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Joey Andrews is originally from St. Joseph, Michigan. He attended Lake Michigan Catholic High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history and music from Carson-Newman University, and a law degree from Wayne State University School of Law. 

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Joey previously worked as a policy analyst at the Michigan AFL-CIO. He also previously served as managing partner at Parasol Solar, a residential and commercial solar project management firm in Saint Joseph. Joey also previously worked as investment manager at TML Holdings, LLC, managing the company's investments and property holdings. He previously worked as business manager and marketing director at Victory Lube Car Care Centers Inc. in Niles, Michigan, as well as working as a clerk at the law firm Miller, Johnson, Schroeder, PLC in St. Joseph earlier in his career. 

Joey Andrews's campaign for Michigan State Representative, District 38, in the Democratic Primary is his first entry into politics.

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Joey currently serves as State Representative for Michigan House District 38. He was first elected in 2022 and is serving his first term. 

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Supports creating family-sustaining jobs, advocating for paid family and medical leave, and supporting workers by repealing right to work and reinstating prevailing wage.

Advocates for paid family and medical leave, and supporting workers by repealing right to work and reinstating prevailing wage.

Wants to address the short-term rental crisis to ensure housing supply meets community needs.

Supports establishing a state fund to address shoreline erosion.

As a state representative, worked to attract major economic developments, including the Palisades Nuclear Energy Project.

- Advocates for paid family and medical leave, and supporting workers by repealing right to work and reinstating prevailing wage.
- Wants to address the short-term rental crisis to ensure housing supply meets community needs.
- Supports establishing a state fund to address shoreline erosion.
- As a state representative, worked to attract major economic developments, including the Palisades Nuclear Energy Project.

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As of May 4, 2026, Joey Andrews’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports updating water infrastructure across lakeshore communities to address lead contamination in drinking water pipes, faucets, and walls.

- Supports updating water infrastructure across lakeshore communities to address lead contamination in drinking water pipes, faucets, and walls.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports the use of independent redistricting commissions to draw district lines.

- Supports the use of independent redistricting commissions to draw district lines.

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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.
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- 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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