Preceded by Emil Lockwood Name Bill Ballenger Succeeded by R. Douglas Trezise | Preceded by Blair G. Woodman Succeeded by Richard J. Allen Political party Republican Party | |
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Full Name William S. Ballenger III Born March 28, 1941 (age 82)
Flint, Michigan ( 1941-03-28 ) Spouse(s) Virginia
(m. June 20, 1964) Alma mater Harvard University
Princeton University Education Harvard University, Princeton University | ||
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Bill Ballenger (born 28 March 1941) was the editor of Inside Michigan Politics a newsletter of Michigan Politics until January 2016. He previously served as a Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate. In March 2016, he founded The Ballenger Report political blog, followed by a weekly podcast.
Ballenger was born in Flint, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the Robert P. & Marjorie Griffin Professor in American Government at Central Michigan University from 2003 until 2007. He also served for a time as Michigan racing commissioner and director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Ballenger was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare under Gerald R. Ford.