Mark W. Yonkman
Democratic · MI · Member, Township Board of Review
Yonkman is a sixth-generation Wexford County farmer who was general counsel at Comerica Bank and at M&T Bank. He puts farm policy and rebuilding Michigan's electrical grid first.
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Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Served as General Counsel and Secretary and head of Compliance at M&T Bank in New York, a senior executive post at the state's largest retail bank through the global financial crisis, as set out in a May 14, 2026 biographical release.
May 14, 2026
Source: natlawreview.com · researched July 30, 2026
Sat on his local township Board of Review in Wexford County, Michigan, the local body that hears property assessment appeals, as set out in a May 14, 2026 biographical release.
May 14, 2026
Source: natlawreview.com · researched July 30, 2026
Practiced corporate and securities law at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia after law school, then joined Comerica Bank, where he worked on the corporate development acquisitions team and rose to General Counsel - Corporate Finance, as set out in a May 14, 2026 biographical release.
May 14, 2026
Source: natlawreview.com · researched July 30, 2026
Wrote a Postindustrial column published January 14, 2025 documenting that Michigan's automatic voter registration raised rural registration and turnout while Democrats did no rural outreach; the column identified him as founder of the Reclaim the Rural Vote super PAC.
January 14, 2025
Source: postindustrial.com · researched July 30, 2026
Published the book 'Reclaim the Rural Vote and WIN in 2024: A Democratic Operative's Handbook' on February 2, 2024, a study of why rural voters in eight upper-Midwest states left the Democratic Party.
February 2, 2024
Source: barnesandnoble.com · researched July 30, 2026
Race Mark W. Yonkman is in:
- 36th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 36; Michigan
Past race Mark W. Yonkman ran in:
- State Senator District 36 · August 4, 2026 · State Senate District 36; Michigan
Profile last researched September 9, 2026.