Erin Byrnes is from Detroit, Michigan. She has a bachelor27s degree in women27s and gender studies from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master27s degree in education from Brooklyn College. She is single.

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Erin Byrnes is originally from Dearborn, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree in women's and gender studies from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master's degree in education from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Erin lives in Dearborn, Michigan. 

Erin is a state representative for Michigan's 15th House District. She previously worked as a special education teacher for the New York City Department of Education. Before taking elected office, she also served as the program director for America Reads Tutoring Corps, where she hired, trained, and supervised literacy tutors for public schools in Detroit, Ypsilanti, and Ann Arbor. She also leads nonpartisan student voting programs at the University of Michigan.

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Erin is a state representative for Michigan's 15th House District. She previously worked as a special education teacher for the New York City Department of Education. Before taking elected office, she worked at the University of Michigan's Ginsberg Center, first as director of the America Reads program and then as lead for democratic engagement, managing nonpartisan student voter education and programming.

Erin is currently a state representative for Michigan's 15th House District. She was first elected in 2022 and reelected in 2024. Before serving in the House, she was a member of the Dearborn City Council from 2018 to 2021.

Erin is currently a state representative for Michigan's 15th House District. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her second term. She previously served as a Dearborn City Council member, including as Council President Pro Tempore. She was first elected to the council in 2017 and served two terms. 

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Prioritizes fair utility regulation and investing in energy efficiency programs to lower utility bills while addressing climate change.

Supports protections against price gouging, expanding access to affordable housing, and strengthening renter protections.

- Prioritizes fair utility regulation and investing in energy efficiency programs to lower utility bills while addressing climate change.
- Supports protections against price gouging, expanding access to affordable housing, and strengthening renter protections.

Economy

Supports gun safety reforms including universal background checks and extreme-risk protection orders.

Advocates for community-driven violence interruption programs and trauma-informed services.

Opposes federal immigration enforcement actions.

- Supports gun safety reforms including universal background checks and extreme-risk protection orders.
- Advocates for community-driven violence interruption programs and trauma-informed services.
- Opposes federal immigration enforcement actions.

Public Safety

Supports reproductive rights, including the right to have an abortion, and aims to repeal Michigan's 1931 abortion ban while advocating for its protection in the state constitution.

Prioritizes expanding community-based mental health services, embedding mental health professionals in schools, and ensuring care is accessible regardless of insurance status or income.

Supports specialized first responder training to safely support people in crisis.

- Supports abortion access. 
- Prioritizes expanding community-based mental health services, embedding mental health professionals in schools, and ensuring care is accessible regardless of insurance status or income.
- Supports specialized first responder training to safely support people in crisis.

Healthcare

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Advocates for staffing and training educators to provide literacy support throughout K-12 education.

Advocates for staffing and training educators to provide literacy support throughout K-12 education.

- Advocates for staffing and training educators to provide literacy support throughout K-12 education.

Education

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

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports green infrastructure initiatives, including water retention systems and urban forestry, and emphasizes the importance of funding for flood mitigation along Ecorse Creek and the Rouge River to address climate change impacts.

Opposes tax incentives for data center development in Michigan.

- Supports green infrastructure initiatives, including water retention systems and urban forestry, and emphasizes the importance of funding for flood mitigation along Ecorse Creek and the Rouge River to address climate change impacts.
- Opposes tax incentives for data center development in Michigan.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding voting access through absentee and early voting, well-resourced election administration, and strong protections for election workers.

Supports sweeping ethics reforms including the Bipartisan Reforms in Transparency and Ethics (BRITE) Act to expose the role of money in politics, strengthen conflict-of-interest rules, and ensure robust financial disclosures from elected officials.

- Supports expanding voting access through absentee and early voting, well-resourced election administration, and strong protections for election workers.
- Supports sweeping ethics reforms including the Bipartisan Reforms in Transparency and Ethics (BRITE) Act to expose the role of money in politics, strengthen conflict-of-interest rules, and ensure robust financial disclosures from elected officials.

Voting & Elections

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Erin Byrnes

Erin Byrnes is from Detroit, Michigan. She has a bachelor’s degree in women’s and gender studies from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master’s degree in education from Brooklyn College. She lives in Dearborn.

Erin is a state representative for Michigan's 15th House District. She previously worked as a special education teacher and a voting engagement leader at the University of Michigan. 

Supports reproductive rights, including the right to have an abortion, and aims to repeal Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban while advocating for enshrining the right to choose in the state constitution.

Believes in strengthening civic participation and advancing ethics and oversight reforms in Lansing.

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