Noah Jeremy Arbit was born on September 21,1995 and is an American politician who has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023.
12 Facts About Noah Arbit
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Noah Arbit was born on September 21,1995, alongside his fraternal twin brother, to parents Edie and Steve Arbit.
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Noah Arbit was raised with his two brothers in West Bloomfield Township, and attended Bloomfield Hills Schools, including Lone Pine Elementary School, West Hills Middle School, and Andover High School, before completing high school at the Frankel Jewish Academy in 2013.
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In 2018, Noah Arbit graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Comparative politics and Jewish studies.
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In 2016, Noah Arbit took a semester off college to work for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, leading the campaign's organizing efforts in West Bloomfield, Commerce, and Milford townships in central-west Oakland County.
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Noah Arbit has cited Clinton's loss in the 2016 election as a major turning point in his career, compelling him to shift focus from foreign affairs to local and state politics.
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In January 2021, Noah Arbit was appointed Director of Communications for the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, serving under Prosecutor Karen McDonald.
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Noah Arbit organized the Office's first-ever Racial Justice Advisory Council, as well as its first ever Pride celebration.
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Noah Arbit is only the second Democrat to represent a state house district comprising West Bloomfield and Commerce Townships since before the Civil War, and is the youngest openly gay person ever elected to the Michigan Legislature.
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On December 4,2022, Arbit was sworn in as State Representative by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard H Bernstein at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
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Noah Arbit is Jewish; he and his family are congregants at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
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Noah Arbit is openly gay, and has cited his experiences as a part of the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities as compelling him to get involved in politics, to run for office, and particularly, to focus on strengthening Michigan's hate crime laws.