Spotlight On Representative Carrie Rheingans

Aug 20, 2026

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 Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) is serving her second term in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Biography

Prior to her election to the House, she was a project director for the Michigan Public Health Institute and a lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

District

The 47th House District includes Columbia Township, Napoleon Township, Norvell Township, Dexter, Freedom Township, Lima Township, Manchester Township, Scio Township, Sharon Township, and portions of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Township, Grass Lake Township, and Sumit Township.

Committees

    • Agriculture
    • Families and Veterans

We asked Representative Rheingans a question to learn more about her:

    • What did you want to be when you were a kid?
      • A – When I was a kid, I read Jurassic Park and wanted to become a genetic engineer to make rice that had all essential nutrients in it. So I went to genetics camp in the summer in high school, started college as a Cell & Molecular Bio major, and worked in a developmental biology lab researching inner ear development of zebrafish and realized that I didn’t want to do that the rest of my life… I wanted to work on addressing health inequities instead. So I did!

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