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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American politician from Michigan}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|image = <br />
|name=Tim Bledsoe<br />
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|state_house=Michigan<br />
|state= Michigan<br />
|district=[[Michigan's 1st House of Representatives district|1st]]<br />
|term_start=January 1, 2009<br />
|term_end=December 31, 2012<br />
|preceded=[[Edward Gaffney]]<br />
|succeeded=[[Brian Banks (politician)|Brian Banks]]<br />
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|6|18|mf=y}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Lake Village, Arkansas]]<br />
|spouse= Mary Herring<br />
|profession=[[Political Science]] [[Professor]]<br />
|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Timothy Bledsoe''' (born June 18, 1953) is a politician and college professor from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. In 2008, he was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[Michigan State House of Representatives]], taking office in 2009 and serving until 2012. He represented the [[Michigan's 1st House of Representatives district|1st District]], which was located in [[Wayne County, MI|Wayne County]] and included the cities of [[Harper Woods, MI|Harper Woods]], [[Grosse Pointe, MI|Grosse Pointe]], [[Grosse Pointe Farms, MI|Grosse Pointe Farms]], [[Grosse Pointe Park, MI|Grosse Pointe Park]], [[Grosse Pointe Shores, MI|Grosse Pointe Shores]], [[Grosse Pointe Woods, MI|Grosse Pointe Woods]], and a small portion of [[Detroit]]. He previously served as a political science professor at [[Wayne State University]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Timothy Bledsoe was born on June 18, 1953, in [[Lake Village, Arkansas]]. He graduated from Lakeside High School in Lake Village in 1971. He received a B.A. in Political Science from [[Louisiana State University]] in 1976. In 1978, he received an M.A. in Political Science from the [[University of Arkansas]]. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the [[University of Nebraska]] in 1984.<br />
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After receiving his Ph.D., Bledsoe began teaching political science at the [[University of South Carolina]], where he taught until 1989. In 1989, Bledsoe moved to [[Grosse Pointe, Michigan]] and took a job teaching at [[Wayne State University]], where he taught until elected to the State House in 2008. Bledsoe has written several books on the study of urban politics, including ''Careers in City Politics'', and ''Urban Reform and its Consequences''. He is married to Dr. Mary Herring, also a professor at Wayne State. They have one daughter, named Daisy, and are members of Christ Church Grosse Pointe in [[Grosse Pointe Farms]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
[[Image:MIMAP1.jpg|left|thumb|Map of Wayne County with the 1st District outlined in '''Bold''']]<br />
Tim Bledsoe was a precinct organizer for Democratic Presidential Candidate [[John Kerry]] during the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]]. In 2006, he unsuccessfully challenged sitting State Representative [[Edward Gaffney]] for his seat in the State House. Bledsoe ran again for the 1st District in 2008, when term limits required Gaffney to step down. Bledsoe won the 2008 Democratic Primary that also included Harper Woods mayor Kenneth Poynter with nearly 55% of the vote. He faced Republican Mary Treder Lang in the general election. He defeated her with 57% of the vote.<br />
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==Electoral history==<br />
*'''2008 election for State House'''<br />
**Tim Bledsoe (D), 56.78%<br />
**Mary Treder Lang (R), 43.22%<br />
*'''2008 Democratic Primary election for State House'''<br />
**Tim Bledsoe (D), 54.92%<br />
**Kenneth Poynter (D), 38.12%<br />
**Edward Ruedemann (D), 3.51%<br />
**Ronald Diebel (D), 3.46%<br />
*'''2006 election for State House'''<br />
**Ed Gaffney (R), 52%<br />
**Tim Bledsoe (D), 46%<br />
*'''2006 Democratic Primary election for State House'''<br />
**Tim Bledsoe (D), 49%<br />
**Je Donna Dinges (D), 29%<br />
**William Miller (D), 21%<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090224043816/http://house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=001 Official Website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090216021529/http://001.housedems.com/biography/ House Democrats Website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723040925/http://www.changemichigan.net/ Campaign Website]<br />
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