The map changed, the seat opened up, and now the real test begins: can a candidate represent a quarter-million people across cities that don’t always see themselves on the same team? We sit down with Michigan State Senate candidates Ren (District 9) and Amanda Treppa (new District 10) to talk about redistricting, campaigning in “lawn sign season,” and what genuine representation looks like when your district stretches across Oakland County and Macomb County.

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The conversation stays grounded in what they’re hearing face to face while door knocking: people want to feel safe about their money, their bills, their kids, and their neighborhoods. Affordability shows up everywhere, including places you’d expect to be insulated. Amanda shares how lived experience shaped her focus on workplace psychological safety and why leaders can’t stay stuck in a Lansing bubble if they want to fix the gaps people live with every day.

Then we get into governing: what happens in the first 100 days when the Michigan state budget is already on the clock, why roads and infrastructure are not partisan problems, and how transparency and FOIA shape public trust. Ren makes the case for fixing revenue sharing so municipalities can fund real needs without constantly squeezing residents, and both talk about finding common ground where it actually exists.

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