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Douglas Chester Wozniak

Republican | Michigan

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Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Detroit College of Law at MSU, East Lansing, Juris Doctorate, 1998-

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Bachelors of Mathematics, 1969-

WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

Shelby Lions Club, Member

Shelby Optimist Club, Member

Grosse Pointe Crisis Club, Member

National Rifle Association, Member

Michigan Coalition of Responsible Gun Owners, Member

Knights of Columbus, Member

Shelby Golden K Kiwanis, Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Senator, 2021-2022

State Representative, 2019-2021

Shelby Charter Township Trustee, 2008-2018

State Representative, 2023-

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (8)

National Rifle Association NRA-PVF

Citizens for Traditional Values

Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Michigan

Right to Life of Michigan PLM-PAC

LIBERAL (1)

IAFF Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union

OTHER (6)

Michigan Corn Growers Association Friends of Corn PAC

Michigan Farm Bureau AgriPAC

Small Business Association of Michigan Small Biz PAC

Michigan Manufacturers Association

Michigan Chamber of Commerce PAC

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (8)

Douglas Wozniak (2026)

State Republican Party Organizations (2026)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)

Tudor Dixon (2022)

Filler Majority Fund (2019)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (36)

Conservative Voices (2026)

Douglas Wozniak (2026)

Hauck Majority Fund (2026)

Mark Huizenga (2026)

Take It Back Super PAC (2026)


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Michigan Association for Justice (2026)

Laborers International Union of N. America (national, state & local) (2021)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

No taxpayer money should go to abortion providers.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Under very limited circumstances. In the case of rape or incest, it is difficult to say whether abortion should be permitted, but under our current law, it is permissible. Abortion is codified in the Michigan Constitution, and undoing that will be difficult, though I will fight to see it repealed as abortion is the gravest moral evil of our time.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

Life begins at conception.

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

Yes, all human life is precious and deserves protection under the law.

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree

Yes, it should be enforced. States where abortion restrictions are essentially non-existent should not be permitted to supersede states where abortion access is limited or altogether banned.


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

A minimum wage should be in place to ensure laborers aren't being taken advantage of, though letting the free market determine economic outcomes is the best we can do for our state and its people to remain prosperous.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

The notion that private property should be abolished is dangerous, and I will continue to ensure that people can own and work for their own earnings. It should belong to them solely.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

My priorities include continuing to scale back income tax at a state level, increasing oversight and decreasing the size and scope of bureaucracy, and cutting burdensome regulation that puts a strain on the free market and private interests.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

It means the state and church serve separate roles in the public domain. The church serves an important role in instituting morality, whilst the state makes and enforces laws that ought to be moral, so in that sense they are not entirely separate. The two entities, however, should serve their respective roles; not every free citizen practices, and they should not be forced to; the state makes its decisions without executive influence from the church, though the church lays the groundwork.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Disagree

The state should be required to provide services to anyone and everyone under the equal protection clause, though individuals, and thus businesses and private interests, should not be required to fulfill that same role.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Option C. It is unrealistic and unreasonable to defund all government services for healthcare as there are those who need it, but it should be limited to those in need and not be all-encompassing.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Disagree

This would be a breach of people’s privacy. Their medical decisions are their own, and the state does not have the right to keep tabs on their health status.


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Agree

At the state level, they pose a threat to cyber security, intellectual property, and our economic prosperity. We must protect our own. We cannot know what steps the CCP will take, though we continue to keep a keen eye on their activities.

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

It is important insofar as our national interests in global stability in a region where Israel is the sole democracy. Israel has the right to exist, though the sovereignty of other nations does not fall within the purview of the state.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

This generous offering has been abused and the problems that it presents have been particularly exacerbated since the Biden Administration allowed ten million plus illegal immigrants to flood the country with little to no vetting.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

Defunding the Department of Education has been a popular sentiment among Republicans since the it was re-instituted in 1979 under the Carter Administration, and for understandable reasons. Our educational standards have since plummeted to all-time lows, owing mostly to a bloated, corrupt administration and oversized bureaucracy. Letting states make their own decisions will be far more efficient and net better outcomes for students.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree

There is no reason for foreign interests to be meddling with American education.


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

The family is the chief political unit; it should be up to them to preside over decisions made for their children. Children are also largely incapable of making decisions for themselves that are in their best interests. That is the duty of their parents.

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

There is a growing and palpable concern of abusers taking advantage of their authoritative positions of power. Physical and/or social transitioning of a child is one of the greatest social ills of our time and is an evil we must root out.

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Agree

The institution of marriage is at the discretion of the church, not the state. If the government wants to continue to recognize civil unions, it is the right of the people to keep it that way or overturn it.

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Disagree

Gambling is a vice that should not be encouraged. If people want to gamble, that is up to them, but the state should not romanticize or incentivize such behavior.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a life-long Catholic and owe my spiritual upbringing to the church. I look to the church for answers about morality and my countenance. Christ's teachings are a guiding force.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

The availability and ease of access to personal documentation should preclude those without it from voting. If we were to vote without it, it would compromise our elections.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Not only would this be an immoral redistribution of resources, we’ve already made an effort to resolve our nation’s past racial sins through the last half-century of restructuring our government around non-discrimination, quotas, affirmative action, and the like.

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

Biological men have no right to access women’s spaces. There is no moral or logical reason to change this.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Disagree

We should make efforts to reduce pollution and the strains human activity puts on the environment, but this is a political issue that has invited fearmongering, ridiculous environmental initiatives, and an over-fixation on an individuals’ activity.

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Refined nuclear energy. It is a technology that has made amazing strides this century, and is a cheap, clean alternative to other energy options.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Conservative

It is incumbent upon conservatives to maintain the moral fabric of our society as it continues to deteriorate.

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No, absolutely not.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

Also no, absolutely not.


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To dispense justice and keep innocents protected from those with ill-intent for others.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

In this digital age, more than ever must we protect our youth from the harms of sexual and other forms of degeneracy.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree

Sharia law has no place in our country and is antithetical to our values.


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Law-abiding citizens should have access to guns for the sake of their own protection. In the hands of good people, guns are a net positive and protect the innocent from wrongdoers.

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