State Rep. Andrew Fink running for Michigan Supreme Court seat

LANSING — State Rep. Andrew Fink, R-Adams Township, won’t seek a third term but will turn his career toward a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court.

“I am running for the Michigan Supreme Court because our justice system needs to be focused on the law, not the personal views of the judge," Fink said in a statement Monday.

“Upholding our Constitutional rights is a judge’s sacred duty because every one of us deserves due process, equal protection of the laws, and the guarantee of a fair day in court. I am ready to take the oath of office and do justice under law,” the Republican attorney stated.

Fink earned a bachelor of arts in politics from Hillsdale College in 2006 and a juris doctor from the University of Michigan in 2010. Fink served in the Marine Corps as a captain from 2009 to 2016 and is a NRA member.

Fink said in his campaign announcement, “We can reverse the declining faith in our governing institutions caused by activist judges and special interests abusing our court system. Our state needs justices who will not waver from their duty of upholding the Constitution, maintaining the separation of powers in government, and defending our constitutional freedom.”

Fink was among the crowd of former President Donald Trump supporters who gathered at the state Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in the “Stop the Steal” protest of President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election certification.

Fink sponsored a bill in this term to ban abortion care after fetal viability, which died in committee in the Democratic-led house.

Fink won the 2020 Republican primary for the 35th district in a four-way race, defeating Andy Welden, Daren Wiseley, and Adam Stockford with 38.6% of the vote.

Fink took the 2020 and 2022 races in the conservative Branch and Hillsdale counties district by over 70% of the general election votes.

Fink became the first to announce his candidacy for the state supreme court.

Two seats are up for election in November 2024. Democratic appointee Kyra Harris Bolden must run for a full term after being named to the court by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The other, held by David Viviano, was elected in 2018 after former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed him to the court in 2013.

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The current court is split 4-3, with Democrats holding the majority.

 -Contact Don Reid: dReid@Gannett.com. 

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