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Carrie A. Rheingans earned a bachelor's degree in German and biology and master's degrees in public health and social work from the University of Michigan.

Carrie is a health and human services policy expert. She works at the Michigan Public Health Institute, where she has been since 2020, and at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, where she has been since 2015. She previously worked at the Center for Health and Research Transformation from 2011 to 2020.

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Carrie is a health and human services policy expert at the Michigan Public Health Institute, where she has been since 2020, and at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, where she has been since 2015. She previously worked at the Center for Health and Research Transformation from 2011 to 2020.

Carrie A. Rheingans is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 47. She was elected in 2022. She has also served on the Washtenaw County Board of Health and the Washtenaw Emergency Medical Services Commission.

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Carrie is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 47. She was elected in 2022. She has also served on the Washtenaw County Board of Health and the Washtenaw Emergency Medical Services Commission.

2026 Michigan General Election

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Supports expanding workforce development opportunities, trade school, and apprenticeships.

Advocates for raising the minimum wage to a living wage and increasing pay for overworked and underpaid professionals, such as teachers and nurses.

Advocates for raising the minimum wage to a living wage and increasing pay for "overworked and underpaid professionals, like teachers and nurses."

Supports subsidized eldercare to enable seniors to age in place with dignity.

Believes in subsidized eldercare to enable seniors to age in place with dignity.

For Candidate Carrie A. Rheingans on Issue economy:  
Supports rent control.

- Supports expanding workforce development opportunities, trade school, and apprenticeships.
- Advocates for raising the minimum wage to a living wage and increasing pay for "overworked and underpaid professionals, like teachers and nurses."
- Wants universal childcare.
- Supports paid family and sick leave.
- Believes in subsidized eldercare to enable seniors to age in place with dignity.
- Supports affordable housing initiatives.
- Promotes rent control.

Economy

Supports an assault weapons ban to ensure safety from gun violence in homes and public spaces.

- Supports an assault weapons ban to ensure safety from gun violence in homes and public spaces.

Public Safety

Supports access to abortion services, birth control, and IVF.

Advocates for access to abortion services, birth control, and IVF.

Supports protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination and ensuring access to gender-affirming healthcare for the trans community.

Wants to expand access to behavioral and mental health care.

Supports increasing supports for people struggling with substance use disorders.

Promotes increasing support for people struggling with substance use disorders.

Supports lowering the cost of prescription drugs.

Aims to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

- Advocates for access to abortion services, birth control, and IVF.
- Supports protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination and ensuring access to gender-affirming healthcare for the trans community.
- Wants to expand access to behavioral and mental health care.
- Promotes increasing support for people struggling with substance use disorders.
- Aims to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Healthcare

Supports legislation requiring Michigan schools to teach about LGBTQ+ people and identities in history and social science classes.

Supports providing school breakfast and lunch to all children in Michigan and ensuring tuition-free community college for all high school graduates.

Believes in providing school breakfast and lunch to all children in Michigan and ensuring tuition-free community college for all high school graduates.

- Supports legislation requiring Michigan schools to teach about LGBTQ+ people and identities in history and social science classes.
- Believes in providing school breakfast and lunch to all children in Michigan and ensuring tuition-free community college for all high school graduates.

Education

Supports holding corporations accountable for polluting the environment.

For Candidate Carrie A. Rheingans on Issue energy-and-environment:  
Supports protecting land, air, and water.

Supports protecting land, air, and water.

Promises to protect workers from the worst effects of climate change.

- Supports holding corporations accountable for polluting the environment.
- Supports protecting land, air, and water.
- Promises to protect workers from the worst effects of climate change.

Energy & the Environment

As of May 4, 2026, Carrie A. Rheingans’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports codifying voting rights, adding Michigan to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and championing transparency laws for elected officials and candidates.

Voting & Elections

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Voted for a gun violence prevention package that expanded background checks, required safe storage, enabled extreme risk protection orders, and reduced threats of gun violence from convicted domestic abusers.

Supports reducing the effects of climate change.

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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.
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- State representatives receive a salary set by the state, which is approximately $71,000 per year.

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