Mike Shirkey
Michael J. Shirkey is a member of the Michigan State Senate and former member of the Michigan House of Representatives. He was first elected to the House in 2010 and Senate in 2014. His district, the 16th, covers all of Branch, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties.
He has a bachelor's degree from Kettering University and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shirkey worked for GM for 13 years before starting his own engineering company. Shirkey founded the Jackson-based assembly machine manufacturing company Orbitform.
In early April 2020, he criticized Governor Gretchen Whitmer for extending a "stay home" order until the end of April.
Senator Shirkey is ineligible for re-election in 2022.
