Hudsonville Republican Joe Moss defeated Allendale Democrat Meegan Zickus for state representative in Michigan’s 89th District.
The 40-year-old Moss is currently an Ottawa County commissioner and cofounder of the conservative Ottawa Impact organization. He also owns multiple technology companies.
Fifty-four-year-old Zickus is a bioethics professor at Grand Valley State University and previously served on the Allendale Public School Board and Allendale Planning Commission.
Moss received just over 62% of the votes, with Zickus receiving roughly 37%.
Moss takes office in January and will serve a two-year term in Michigan’s House of Representatives. He fills the seat vacated by Republican Representative Luke Meerman from Coopersville, who decided not to seek reelection after four terms.
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