Martin "Marty" Knollenberg was born on September 21,1963 and is a Republican politician from the US state of Michigan who previously served in the Michigan Senate from the 13th district.
20 Facts About Marty Knollenberg
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Marty Knollenberg was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 41st District which covers the cities of Troy and Clawson in Oakland County.
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Marty Knollenberg is the son of former US Congressman Joe Knollenberg, who represented Michigan's 9th congressional district from 1993 until 2009.
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Marty Knollenberg was term limited in 2012 and succeeded by Republican Martin Howrylak.
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Marty Knollenberg had previously served as an Oakland County Commissioner from 2002 to 2004 and Oakland County Parks and Recreation commissioner from 2004 to 2006.
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Marty Knollenberg has a bachelor's degree in history from Albion College.
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Marty Knollenberg has served three terms in the Michigan State House.
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Marty Knollenberg pushed for legislation in 2011 that would prevent teachers from receiving pay increases while they negotiate their labor contracts.
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Marty Knollenberg was the chief sponsor of House Bill 4054, a controversial right-to-work law in Michigan.
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In early 2013 Marty Knollenberg was among candidates planning to run for mayor of Troy after mayor Janice Daniels was recalled in the November 2012 election.
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Marty Knollenberg was a candidate for election in the 2004 Republican primary for the 41st District House seat, being vacated by term-limited representative John Pappageorge.
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Marty Knollenberg faced former-State Representative Bob Gosselin who was running for his final term after leaving office in 2002 to run for state Senate, and upstart candidate Mike Bosnic.
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Marty Knollenberg was accused by Knollenberg of accepting an illegal $2,500 contribution from the Heroes of Public Education, which was then a new PAC subject to a smaller campaign contribution limit.
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Marty Knollenberg was re-elected to the Michigan House for a final time in November 2010.
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Marty Knollenberg was term-limited in 2012 and in 2011 formed a congressional campaign committee in anticipation of running for a seat in the US House of Representatives.
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Marty Knollenberg abandoned his plans after being redistricted into the same district as Thaddeus McCotter.
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Marty Knollenberg ran for the office of Treasurer of Oakland County and was defeated by incumbent Andy Meisner.
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Marty Knollenberg was elected to the Michigan Senate in 2014 after the Troy Republican survived a crowded primary GOP field of candidates that included former Reps.
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Marty Knollenberg ran for re-election to another term in the Michigan Senate.
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Marty Knollenberg was the subject of controversy in 2015 for statements he made during a state senate education committee meeting that suggested failing schools could be fixed if African American students could be made white.