Meet the New Member: Representative Nancy Jenkins-Arno

Jun 5, 2025

by Liz Gullett

As MLC’s Communications and Social Media Manager, Liz Gullett keeps clients informed and up-to-date on the goings on in Lansing and the Capitol.

Representative Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R-Rolling Twp.) is serving her fourth, non-consecutive term in the Michigan House.

Biography

She previously served in the Michigan House for three terms from 2011 to 2016, before the extension of term limits. Representative Jenkins-Arno began her career working as a district director for a former State Senator. Following her first service in the House, she served three terms as a Lenawee County Commissioner from 2018-2024. Additionally, she previously worked as the director of development for the Hudson Area Schools District.

Representative Jenkins-Arno is a graduate of Evangel University and earned her master’s degree in political science from the University of Toledo.

District

Representative Jenkins-Arno represents the 34th House District, which includes the cities of Adrian, Morenci, and Tecumseh; the villages of Addison, Blissfield, Cement City, Clayton, Clinton, and Onsted; a portion of Blissfield Township and the entirety of the townships of Clinton, Tecumseh, Raisin, Palmyra, Riga, Ogden, Franklin, Adrian, Madison, Fairfield, Cambridge, Rome, Dover, Seneca, Woodstock, Rollin, Hudson, and Medina.

Committees:

    • House Appropriations Committee
    • House Appropriations Labor and Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, Chair
    • House Appropriations School Aid and Department of Education Subcommittee, Vice Chair
    • House Appropriations Higher Education and Community Colleges Subcommittee
    • Joint Capitol Outlay Committee, Chair

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