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Briar Bearss

Republican · Michigan · 2026

Running for Michigan House District 97, Michigan

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Renewing Michigan's manufacturing sector with low-tax, pro-business policy
  • Eliminating wasteful government spending and reducing the tax burden
  • Reforming education toward a workforce-minded system
Biography

Bearss is a sixth-generation Mid-Michigander who graduated from West Point in 2022 and served as an Army officer, including a deployment supporting Ukraine operations in Eastern Europe and duty on the U.S. southern border in El Paso, Texas, before an honorable discharge and medical retirement as a captain in 2026, per the campaign site. During the COVID-19 pandemic he co-founded Bearss Residential with his twin brother, a company that provides housing for veterans and working families, per the campaign site. He grew up between Millington and Frankenmuth and is married to Chloe, per the campaign site.

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Michigan House District 97Michigan · 2026Saginaw County sample ballot

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