Dana Nessel
Dana Nessel | |
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| 54th Attorney General of Michigan | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
| Governor | Gretchen Whitmer |
| Preceded by | Bill Schuette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1969 West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Alanna Maguire (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA) Wayne State University (JD) |
| Website | Government website |
Dana Michelle Nessel[1] (born April 19, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician. She is the 54th Attorney General of Michigan since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Nessel is the second openly lesbian person elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey of Massachusetts) and the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to statewide office in Michigan. She is also the first Jew to be elected Attorney General of Michigan.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Dana Nessel [@dananessel] (March 11, 2021). "When this gets directed to me, feels like the @RNC might be off to a rough election cycle" (Tweet). Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Gray, Kathleen (October 19, 2018). "Dana Nessel run for Michigan Attorney General: What fuels her". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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