Heather Smiley - Ballotpedia

Heather Smiley earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University. She lives with her two children.

Heather is a retired product development and analytics manager. She worked at Ford Motor Company for over 32 years, where she led product development, strategy and planning, business reengineering and transformation, customer service, and analytics. She previously worked on Europe-based product development projects and global partnership initiatives for Ford Motor Company.

Michigan Primary 2024 Voter Guide: 6th Congressional District

Heather previously worked for Ford Motor Company as a product development and analytics manager. 

Heather Smiley's campaign for U.S. Representative for Michigan's 6th Congressional District.

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Heather previously ran for U.S. Representative in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in 2024, but did not win.

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Supports free-market policies, domestic manufacturing, and reciprocal trade practices.

- Supports free-market policies, domestic manufacturing, and reciprocal trade practices.

Economy

Supports enabling and supporting law enforcement to effectively perform their duties and enforce the rule of law.

Supports law enforcement and enforcing equal protection under the law.

For Candidate Heather Smiley on Issue public-safety: Supports the right to self-defense and opposes holding firearm manufacturers personally responsible.

Supports the right to self-defense and opposes holding firearm manufacturers personally responsible.

- Supports law enforcement and enforcing equal protection under the law.
- Supports the right to self-defense and opposes holding firearm manufacturers personally responsible.

Public Safety

Supports increasing domestic drug production.

- Opposes abortion access.
- Supports increasing domestic drug production.

Healthcare

Supports school safety and wants schools to focus curriculum on academics and global competitiveness.

- Supports school safety and wants schools to focus curriculum on academics and global competitiveness.

Education

Supports restoring energy independence, unleashing the free market, and improving infrastructure.

Supports increasing domestic energy production and reducing government limits on the energy market.

Supports protecting and restoring air, water, land, wildlife, and their habitats, as well as improving the human condition.

- Supports increasing domestic energy production and reducing government limits on the energy market.
- Supports protecting and restoring air, water, land, wildlife, and their habitats, as well as improving the human condition.

Energy & the Environment

Supports reducing undocumented immigration and changing immigration policies.

- Supports reducing undocumented immigration and changing immigration policies.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports ensuring and enforcing ballot security, allowing voting only for legal U.S. citizens.

Supports voter identification and limiting voting to U.S. citizens.

- Supports voter identification and limiting voting to U.S. citizens.
- Supports term limits.

Voting & Elections

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