Meet Haley
Haley was born and raised in Oakland County, Michigan. Growing up, her parents owned a landscaping business in Macomb County where they planted, landscaped, and plowed snow in the winter. Later in life, her dad went back to being a first grade teacher, but even at 80, her family still jokes that he wakes up at the sound of snow. Haley’s parents were always building things, and from a young age, her experience around heavy machinery, her parents’ small business, and her community taught her the value of hard work – a value every Michigander shares.
That value has guided Haley’s entire life and career. She served as Chief of Staff on President Obama’s auto rescue and was the only Michigander on the team. Day in and day out, Haley visited manufacturing floors and auto communities and eventually brought workers, corporations, and union leadership to the same table to stabilize the auto industry and save 200,000 Michigan jobs.
Haley Stevens, by the way, she was there. She was a critical part of my team that helped the American auto industry come roaring back.
President Barack Obama Haley’s work – whether during the auto rescue or afterwards in the private sector – regularly took her to manufacturing plants and facilities, leading her to create one of the first online job-training programs for digital manufacturing.
Just as she stepped up during the auto rescue, Haley stepped up to represent Michigan in the House of Representatives in 2018 and won – flipping an open seat that was previously held by the Republican party. Since then, Haley’s fought for Michigan’s manufacturing and auto-industries in the halls of Congress. One of the proudest days of her life was when the CHIPs and Science Act – a bill she helped write – was signed into law to bring America’s semiconductor industry back to where it belongs: Michigan.
Haley has also launched classes to teach digital manufacturing skills to middle and high school kids and voted to expand job training programs and apprenticeship programs for students – because she knows that while college isn’t for everyone, good-paying jobs should be. During her time in office, she has visited and met with workers at over 200 manufacturing businesses as part of a program she calls “Manufacturing Mondays.”
She also wrote legislation to make sure Black-owned businesses have access to the capital, business networks, and supply chains they need to succeed, and was instrumental in passing legislation to make sure every student can access a quality STEM education. And while Donald Trump and his billionaire buddy Elon Musk wreak havoc on our economy and threaten Michanders’ savings and retirements, Haley wrote legislation to make sure taxpayers’ private financial information is protected from Musk.
Now, Haley’s running for Senate to continue to fight for Michiganders and our economy while standing up to the Trump-Musk chaos agenda. When elected, she will fight to lower costs, protect the benefits that Michiganders paid into and earned over a lifetime of work, and defend our personal freedoms.