Together, I am confident our members can work together to fulfill the commitments we made to get the
job done for Michigan families in this 100th Legislature.
I also want to thank you and your beautiful family – your wife Stephanie and children, Lee II, Matthew,
Noah, Payge and Lincoln – for being willing to take on the sacrifices inherent in leading this chamber for
the next two years in our new political landscape that requires teamwork, open communications and yes,
even compromise. The 100th Legislature will certainly be historic as we accept our role in this divided
government with humility, grace and focus.
It is in the spirit of bipartisan teamwork, I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me in
supporting the nomination of Representative Lee Chatfield as the next Speaker of the Michigan House of
Representatives.”
The question being on the election of a Speaker,
The roll of the House was called by the Assistant Clerk and the members voted as follows: