Ellen Lipton | |
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| Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 27th district | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – January 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andy Meisner |
| Succeeded by | Robert Wittenberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marc Lipton |
| Education | Williams College (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
Ellen Cogen Lipton (born March 26, 1967) is an American politician and patent attorney from Huntington Woods, Michigan. She currently serves on the Michigan State Board of Education.
She formerly served as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat, she represented the 27th State House District, which is located north of Detroit in south-east Oakland County. She was first elected in 2008, and subsequently re-elected in 2010 and 2012. She ran to represent the 11th District in the state Senate in 2014. Incumbent Vincent Gregory defeated Vicki Barnett and Ellen Lipton in the Democratic primary. In 2018,[1][2] she joined the Democratic field to replace retiring Rep. Sander Levin in the 9th District of Michigan. She was defeated in the primary by Andy Levin, the retiring incumbent's son winning 42.4% to Levin's 52.4. Lipton carried the Oakland County portion of the District, while Levin carried the Macomb County section.
In 2020, Lipton was nominated by the MDP to run for the State Board of Education. She won an 8 year term