Jen Strebs is from Battle Creek, Michigan. She has a bachelor 27s degree in American public policy and psychology from Western Michigan University. She lives in the Westwood neighborhood in Kalamazoo Township with her children, Jude and Olive.

Jen Strebs is from Battle Creek, Michigan. She has a bachelor 's degree in American public policy and psychology from Western Michigan University. She lives in Kalamazoo Township with her children.

Jen is a clinical quality specialist, qualified intellectual disability professional, and qualified mental health professional at Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health. 

Jen is currently a public behavioral health administrator, clinical quality specialist, qualified intellectual disability professional, and qualified mental health professional at Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health. 


Jen is currently chairperson of the Kalamazoo County Commission. She was first elected to the commission in 2021 and is currently serving her third term. Before that, she served as a trustee for Kalamazoo Township for three and a half years.

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Jen is currently chairperson of the Kalamazoo County Commission. She was first elected to the commission in 2021 and is currently serving her third term. Before that, she served as a trustee for Kalamazoo Township.

2026 Michigan General Election

2026 Michigan Primary Election

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Supports strengthening corporate tax transparency and tying subsidies and tax abatements to labor standards and community benefits, while enforcing clawbacks for unmet corporate commitments.

Supports modernizing the tax code, closing loopholes, and ensuring large corporations pay their fair share to prevent everyday people from subsidizing corporate profits.

Supports expanding paid family and medical leave statewide, ensuring up to 15 weeks of job-protected, wage-replaced leave for workers.

Supports a Responsible Bidder Policy to ensure strong wages, secure benefits, and preference for local workers in county contract awards.

Supports holding corporations accountable when they take public dollars without delivering public good.

Plans to raise wages, eliminate subminimum wages, and strengthen worker protections.

Supports lifting state bans to allow cities to implement rent stabilization and just-cause eviction protections.

Advocates for expanding rental assistance, eviction-prevention programs, and implementing a "Renters Bill of Rights."

Supports investing in EV charging infrastructure and clean mobility options statewide.

Supports Complete Streets and zoning flexibility for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.

- Supports strengthening corporate tax transparency and tying subsidies and tax abatements to labor standards and community benefits, while enforcing clawbacks for unmet corporate commitments.
- Supports modernizing the tax code, closing loopholes, and ensuring large corporations pay their fair share to prevent everyday people from subsidizing corporate profits.
- Supports expanding paid family and medical leave statewide, ensuring up to 15 weeks of job-protected, wage-replaced leave for workers.
- Supports a Responsible Bidder Policy to ensure strong wages, secure benefits, and preference for local workers in county contract awards.
- Supports holding corporations accountable when they take public dollars without delivering public good.
- Plans to raise wages, eliminate subminimum wages, and strengthen worker protections.
- Supports lifting state bans to allow cities to implement rent stabilization and just-cause eviction protections.
- Advocates for expanding rental assistance, eviction-prevention programs, and implementing a "Renters Bill of Rights."
- Supports investing in EV charging infrastructure and clean mobility options statewide.
- Supports Complete Streets and zoning flexibility for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.

Economy

Supports adopting a Driver’s License for All program in Michigan to improve access to essential services and generate additional tax revenue.

- Supports adopting a Driver’s License for All program in Michigan to improve access to essential services and generate additional tax revenue.

Public Safety

Supports and aims to expand access to abortion, contraception, gender-affirming care, and confidential reproductive health services for all Michiganders, opposing any measures that attack these rights.

Supports a true single-payer healthcare system.

Supports expanding Medicaid and protecting reproductive freedom, including abortion access without financial barriers.

Supports nurses and healthcare workers through safe staffing ratios, limits on forced overtime, and workplace-violence protections.

Supports guaranteeing access to gender-affirming care and LGBTQ+ health protections, advocating for shield laws to protect medical professionals, modernizing name-change and ID systems, and establishing a statewide ID for All program.

- Supports and aims to expand access to abortion, contraception, gender-affirming care, and confidential reproductive health services for all Michiganders, opposing any measures that attack these rights.
- Supports a true single-payer healthcare system.
- Supports expanding Medicaid and protecting reproductive freedom, including abortion access without financial barriers.
- Supports nurses and healthcare workers through safe staffing ratios, limits on forced overtime, and workplace-violence protections.
- Supports guaranteeing access to gender-affirming care and LGBTQ+ health protections, advocating for shield laws to protect medical professionals, modernizing name-change and ID systems, and establishing a statewide ID for All program.

Healthcare

Supports comprehensive, medically accurate sex education in public schools, replacing abstinence-only programs with evidence-based curricula.

Opposes funding cuts to K-12 and higher education budgets.

Supports increasing state funding for K-12 schools to enable smaller class sizes, safer buildings, mental health supports, and strong academic and career-technical programs.

Supports investing in public colleges and universities to reduce tuition, expand financial aid, and work towards debt-free public higher education in Michigan.

Supports strengthening pathways from high school to good-paying jobs by empowering union apprenticeship programs, skilled-trades training, and partnerships with community colleges.

- Supports comprehensive, medically accurate sex education in public schools, replacing abstinence-only programs with evidence-based curricula.
- Opposes funding cuts to K-12 and higher education budgets.
- Supports increasing state funding for K-12 schools to enable smaller class sizes, safer buildings, mental health supports, and strong academic and career-technical programs.
- Supports investing in public colleges and universities to reduce tuition, expand financial aid, and work towards debt-free public higher education in Michigan.
- Supports strengthening pathways from high school to good-paying jobs by empowering union apprenticeship programs, skilled-trades training, and partnerships with community colleges.

Education

For Candidate Jen Strebs on Issue energy-and-environment:  
Supports defending and strengthening the Clean Energy and Jobs Act to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.

Supports defending and strengthening the Clean Energy and Jobs Act to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.

For Candidate Jen Strebs on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports passing Polluter Pay laws, expanding PFAS cleanup funding, and requiring cumulative-impact permitting.

Supports passing Polluter Pay laws, expanding PFAS cleanup funding, and requiring cumulative-impact permitting.

For Candidate Jen Strebs on Issue energy-and-environment: Supports expanding funding for parks, trails, and equitable access to nature.

Supports expanding funding for parks, trails, and equitable access to nature.

Opposes any effort to shrink or weaken protections for public lands.

For Candidate Jen Strebs on Issue public-safety: Advocates blocking rate increases for utilities until they meet strict reliability standards.

Advocates blocking rate increases for utilities until they meet strict reliability standards.

Supports automatic compensation for outages and banning shutoffs during extreme weather.

- Supports defending and strengthening the Clean Energy and Jobs Act to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.
- Supports passing Polluter Pay laws, expanding PFAS cleanup funding, and requiring cumulative-impact permitting.
- Supports expanding funding for parks, trails, and equitable access to nature.
- Opposes any effort to shrink or weaken protections for public lands.
- Advocates blocking rate increases for utilities until they meet strict reliability standards.
- Supports automatic compensation for outages and banning shutoffs during extreme weather.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding public transit, sidewalks, and protected bike lanes.

Supports investing in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and clean mobility options statewide.

Supports banning utility political spending.

Supports a statewide moratorium on new data center constructions in Michigan to assess impacts on utility costs, water systems, and neighborhoods, advocating for high standards in clean energy and community benefits if data centers are allowed.

Commits to ensuring every Michigander has access to nature, including urban parks and protected areas, and is dedicated to protecting Michigan's natural heritage for future generations.

Supports investing in modern water infrastructure, septic replacement, and statewide lead service line removal.

Supports increasing state funding for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation.

- Supports expanding public transit, sidewalks, and protected bike lanes.
- Supports investing in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and clean mobility options statewide.
- Supports Complete Streets and zoning flexibility for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.
- Supports banning utility political spending.
- Supports a statewide moratorium on new data center constructions in Michigan to assess impacts on utility costs, water systems, and neighborhoods, advocating for high standards in clean energy and community benefits if data centers are allowed.
- Commits to ensuring every Michigander has access to nature, including urban parks and protected areas, and is dedicated to protecting Michigan's natural heritage for future generations.
- Supports investing in modern water infrastructure, septic replacement, and statewide lead service line removal.
- Supports increasing state funding for affordable housing construction and rehabilitation.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports reforms that expand voting access, reduce dark money's influence, and modernize election systems, while pledging not to accept corporate PAC contributions.

As of May 18, 2026, Jen Strebs’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Jen Strebs

Supports a statewide moratorium on new data center constructions in Michigan until impacts are fully understood, advocating for high standards in clean energy, water protection, and community benefits.

Supports strengthening disclosure laws for transparency in political spending, including dark money.

Supports passing Polluter Pay laws, expanding PFAS cleanup funding, and investing in modern water infrastructure, septic replacement, and statewide lead service line removal.

- Supports defending and strengthening the Clean Energy and Jobs Act to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040.
- Supports passing Polluter Pay laws, expanding PFAS cleanup funding, and requiring cumulative-impact permitting.
- Supports expanding funding for parks, trails, and equitable access to nature.
- Opposes any effort to shrink or weaken protections for public lands.
- Supports automatic compensation for outages and banning shutoffs during extreme weather.

Jen is currently a three-term Kalamazoo County Commissioner. She previously served as a trustee for Kalamazoo Township.

Supports strengthening corporate tax transparency and enforcement, tying subsidies and tax abatement to labor standards and community benefits, and enforcing clawbacks when corporations fail to meet job-quality or investment commitments.

Supports modernizing Michigan's tax code, closing loopholes, and enforcing compliance so "everyday people aren’t subsidizing corporate profits."

Supports expanding paid family and medical leave statewide to ensure up to 15 weeks of job-protected, wage-replaced leave.

Supports holding corporations accountable for not delivering public benefits when receiving public funds.

As County Commissioner, refined a Responsible Bidder Policy to ensure "strong wages, secure benefits, and local workers are given preference in contract awards."

Supports enforcing "clawbacks" when corporations do not meet job quality or investment commitments.

Supports banning political spending by utilities.

Supports a statewide moratorium on new data center constructions in Michigan until policymakers fully understand the impacts, to prevent raising utility costs, straining water systems, and burdening neighborhoods.

Supports requiring automatic compensation for utility outages and banning shutoffs during extreme weather.

Plans to delay any rate increases until utilities meet strict reliability standards.

Supports tying subsidies and tax abatement to strong labor standards and community benefits.

Supports implementing a "Driver's License for All" program in Michigan, similar to Minnesota's, to ensure all residents can access essential services and participate fully in their communities.

Believes communities should be "safe, walkable, and connected" and supports transportation policies that enhance opportunity, safety, and climate resilience.

Supports banning political spending from utilities.

Supports requiring automatic compensation for outages and banning shutoffs during extreme weather.

Plans to delay any increase in block rates until utilities meet strict reliability standards.

Supports access to abortion, contraception, and gender-affirming care.

Supports a single-payer healthcare system.

Supports expanding Medicaid and ensuring access to abortion without financial barriers.

Supports safe staffing ratios, limits on forced overtime, and workplace-violence protections for nurses and healthcare workers.

Supports access to gender-affirming care and LGBTQ+ health protections.

Supports replacing abstinence-only programs with evidence-based sex education in public schools.

Opposes funding cuts to K-12 and higher education.

Supports increasing state funding for K-12 schools to ensure smaller class sizes, safer buildings, mental health supports, and robust academic and career-technical programs.

Supports investing in public colleges and universities to reduce tuition, expand financial aid, and aim for debt-free higher education in Michigan.

Opposes any funding cuts to K-12 or higher education.

Supports investing in public colleges and universities to reduce tuition, expand financial aid, and aim for debt-free public higher education in Michigan.

Supports the Clean Energy and Jobs Act, which aims for 100% clean energy by 2040.

Supports passing "Polluter Pay laws," expanding funding for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) cleanup, and mandating cumulative-impact permitting.

Wants to expand funding for parks, trails, and equitable access to nature.

Opposes efforts to reduce or weaken protections for public lands.

Supports investing in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and clean mobility options statewide.

Supports "Complete Streets" initiatives and zoning flexibility to create walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.

Supports investing in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and clean transportation options statewide.

Supports "Complete Streets" and zoning flexibility for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods.

Supports expanding voting access, reducing "dark money" influence, and modernizing Michigan's election systems.

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