Pamela Pugh - Ballotpedia

Pamela Pugh was born in Newton, Mississippi. She has a bachelor's degree from Florida A&M University and a graduate degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her family moved to the City of Saginaw when she was 15 years old, where she attended Saginaw High School and then Delta College.

Pamela is a public health advisor and education advocate. She served as the Chief Health Advisor for the City of Flint. She also worked as a scientist and has held leadership roles in education policy, including serving as President of the Michigan State Board of Education.

Pamela is currently an at-large member of the Michigan State Board of Education. She was first elected to the board in November 2014 and took office in January 2015. She was re-elected in 2018.

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Supports policies that enable businesses to hire more workers and pay higher salaries, and advocates for affordable childcare and an expanded Child Care Tax Credit to prepare workers for "21st century jobs."

Advocates for affordable childcare and an expanded Child Care Tax Credit to prepare workers for "21st century jobs."

Supports increasing the minimum wage and fair compensation practices to reduce income inequality.

Supports policies that enable businesses to hire more workers and pay higher salaries.

- Advocates for affordable childcare and an expanded Child Care Tax Credit to prepare workers for "21st century jobs."
- Supports increasing the minimum wage and fair compensation practices to reduce income inequality.
- Supports policies that enable businesses to hire more workers and pay higher salaries.

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Plans to address public safety by expanding opportunity, promoting safety, and improving environmental and health outcomes in underserved communities.

Supports expanding opportunity, promoting safety, and improving environmental and health outcomes in underserved communities.

- Supports expanding opportunity, promoting safety, and improving environmental and health outcomes in underserved communities.

Public Safety

Supports abortion access and wants to "codify access to reproductive freedom by passing a national law mandating coverage for abortion care."

Healthcare

Supports creating a pathway to affordable college degrees and ending the student loan debt burden.

- Supports a federal ban on book bans.
- Supports creating a pathway to affordable college degrees and ending the student loan debt burden.

Education

As of December 5, 2025, Pamela Pugh’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

- Supports addressing the climate crisis.

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Pamela Pugh

- Supports increasing the minimum wage and fair compensation practices to reduce income inequality.
- Supports policies that enable businesses to hire more workers and pay higher salaries.

Pamela Pugh was born in Newton, Mississippi. She earned a bachelor's degree from Florida A&M University in 1996 and a graduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2001. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2014. Her family moved to the City of Saginaw when she was 15 years old where she attended Saginaw High School and then Delta College.

Pamela is a public health advisor and education advocate. She served as the Chief Health Advisor for the City of Flint, where she responded to the Flint Water Crisis. She also worked as a scientist and has held leadership roles in education policy, including serving as President of the Michigan State Board of Education.

Pamela is currently an at-large member of the Michigan State Board of Education. She was first elected to the board in November 2014 and took office in January 2015. She was re-elected in 2018 and her current term ends on January 1, 2031. Pugh is running in a special election to the Michigan State Senate to represent District 35. She is on the ballot in the special Democratic primary on February 3, 2026.

As of December 5, 2025, Pamela Pugh did not have a website or any information online.

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