Bill Ballenger

For the auto industry executive and grandfather of Bill Ballenger, see William S. Ballenger Sr. For other people with similar names, see Bill Ballinger.
The Honorable
Bill Ballenger
Member of the Michigan Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byEmil Lockwood
Succeeded byRichard J. Allen
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 87th district
In office
January 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
Preceded byBlair G. Woodman
Succeeded byR. Douglas Trezise
Personal details
Born
William S. Ballenger III

(1941-03-28) March 28, 1941 (age 83)
Flint, Michigan
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Virginia
(m. June 20, 1964); (div. April 15, 1986)
RelationsSusan Steiner Bolhouse, partner, 2000 -
William S. Ballenger Sr. (grandfather)[1]
Alma materHarvard University
Princeton University

Bill Ballenger (born 28 March 1941) was the editor of Inside Michigan Politics a newsletter of Michigan Politics until January 2016. He previously served as a Republican member of both the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan State Senate.[2] In March 2016, he founded The Ballenger Report political blog, followed by a weekly podcast.

Ballenger was born in Flint, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was the Robert P. & Marjorie Griffin Professor in American Government at Central Michigan University from 2003 until 2007. He also served for a time as Michigan racing commissioner and director of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation.[3] Ballenger has for many years been a panelist on the Michigan state politics public affairs television program Off the Record with Tim Skubick on WKAR-TV.

Ballenger was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare under Gerald R. Ford.

  1. ^ Bolhouse, Susan Steiner; Melinn, Kyle (November 19, 2012). "WILLIAM (BILL) S. BALLENGER" (PDF). Michigan Political History Society. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  2. ^ The Political Graveyard: Ballenger, William S. III
  3. ^ Michigan Policy Network introduction to interview with ballenger Archived December 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine