(Lansing, MI) – State Representative Ranjeev Puri of Canton has been elected the next House Speaker as Democrats will have control of the chamber in January, while Republican Representative Tom Kunse of Clare will be the Minority Leader. In the state Senate, Senator Darrin Camilleri of Trenton was elected the next Senate Majority Leader, succeeding Lieutenant Governor-elect Winnie Brinks. Democrats expanded their majority in the Senate to 23-to-15, up from their single seat majority for most of the current term.
Senate Republicans have chosen Senator Roger Hauck of Mt. Pleasant as Senate Minority Leader.
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