First- term state Representative Betsy Coffia is challenged by Republican nominee Lisa Trombley for the right to represent Leelanau, Benzie and Grand Traverse counties in the state House.
Coffia has longtime local roots and grew up in a working class northern Michigan home and made a life here. Former newspaper editor, social worker and Grand Traverse County Commissioner (2018-2022).
Trombley is a native Michigander who grew up on the Great Lakes. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and an MS in Technology of Management from the American University. Lisa retired to Traverse City after a successful career in the Washington, D.C. area where she provided technology solutions and services to the federal Government, including the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. She is an accomplished executive with strategic vision and… We asked the candidates three questions, capping responses to 75 words. Here are their answers:
