Hussein Berry
Democratic · MI
Hussein Berry is a Democratic candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 3, challenging incumbent Alabas Farhat. A longtime Dearborn real estate agent, he served three terms on the Dearborn Board of Education before resigning in 2025.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative District 3
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative District 3 · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $500
Direct contributions by size
- $500-$999$500
Source: Michigan Campaign Finance · 2026 cycle · mi-boe.entellitrak.com
Track record
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
Filed suit in Wayne County Circuit Court on June 26, 2017 against the Dearborn school district, alleging the Board of Education broke the Open Meetings Act and its own bylaws in appointing trustee Celia Nasser; Judge Daniel Hathaway denied his motion for injunctive relief that same day.
June 26, 2017For
Source: arabamericannews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Spoke at the November 14, 2022 Dearborn Board of Education meeting at which the district permanently pulled two challenged titles from school libraries, telling the audience the board respected parental rights and cautioning against people judging books at the expense of others.
November 14, 2022For
Source: bridgemi.com · researched July 23, 2026
General
· 6 records
Resigned his Dearborn Board of Education trusteeship at the August 18, 2025 board meeting, before his elected term ran out, creating one of the two vacancies the district filled by appointment that September.
August 18, 2025
Source: firstbell.dearbornschools.org · researched July 23, 2026
Selected president of the Dearborn Board of Education for a second stint at the board's January 9, 2024 reorganization meeting, serving with Mary Petlichkoff as vice president, Irene Watts as secretary and Pat D'Ambrosio as treasurer.
January 9, 2024
Source: arabamericannews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Elected president of the Dearborn Board of Education by fellow trustees at the board's January 13, 2020 reorganization meeting, taking the gavel alongside Vice President Jim Thorpe, Secretary Mary Lane and Treasurer Roxanne McDonald.
January 13, 2020
Source: arabamericannews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Lost his Open Meetings Act suit against the district on March 5, 2018, when Third Circuit Judge Daniel Hathaway dismissed it and ruled that his abstention counted as a vote with the majority under the board's bylaws and Michigan law.
March 5, 2018
Source: arabamericannews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Moved at the June 12, 2017 Dearborn Board of Education meeting to send the board's trustee-appointment process to Wayne RESA; the motion died for lack of a second, and he then abstained on the appointment of trustee Celia Nasser.
June 12, 2017
Source: arabamericannews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Served as president of the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education, which also governs Henry Ford College, after fellow trustees selected him for the post in January 2014.
January 24, 2014
Source: accesscommunity.org · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- State Representative District 3 · August 4, 2026 · State House District 3; Michigan
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.