David Jaye

For other people named David Jay, see David Jay (disambiguation).

David Jaye (born 1958) is a former Republican politician from Michigan. He is considered^{[by whom?]} one of the most controversial politicians from Michigan^{[citation needed]}. He was the first state senator in Michigan's history to be ousted from the State Senate.^[1] He represented a district in Macomb County from 1997 to 2001, when he was forced out of the Senate.

Political career

He served on the Executive Board of the Macomb County Taxpayers' Association. Dave Jaye was the leader of efforts to ban affirmative action for colleges and universities. Dave Jaye was elected to the Macomb County Commission in 1984 and the Michigan State House in 1988. Dave Jaye received his Masters Degree and Bachelor's Degree with honors from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dave Jaye was an advocate of hunting and gun rights. His leadership lead to Michigan adopting a CCW, Carrying a Concealed Weapon law.

Jaye was elected State Representative for Michigan's 32nd District in 1988 defeating then incumbent Democratic representative Bill Brown. Jaye then served until 1998, when he vacated the seat to run for the 12th District State Senate seat (representing Macomb County) to fill the seat that was vacated by Sen. Doug Carl, who died of a heart attack. He was replaced by Alan Sanborn, who took the seat he left in a special election. Jaye won the Senate seat and served there until his expulsion in 2001. Among many reasons for his expulsion, the most cited were his three drunken-driving convictions.^[2]

Jaye spent three and a half years serving as an and being a business Professor in South Korea^{[citation needed]}. He currently is employed as a project manager for the Solid Waste department of Collier County, in Florida.^[3]

References

1. ^ Tim Skubick, "Ousted State Senator on Comeback Trail", Stateline.org, August 27, 2001
2. ^ John Carpenter, "Expelled Senator To Run Again", The New York Times, July 27, 2001
3. ^ http://www.colliergov.net/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=23011

External links

• David Jaye's homepage

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Name	Jaye, David
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1958
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