Ben Townsend
Republican · MI · Member, Wexford County Board of Commissioners
Ben Townsend is a Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 101, an open seat. An author and former Springville Township deputy supervisor, he serves on the Wexford County Board of Commissioners.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative District 101
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative District 101 · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $250
- Loans
- $51,422
Loans are borrowed money the campaign reported receiving — often from the candidate themselves — and are not counted in Raised.
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$200
- GRAPHIC DESIGNER$25
- MACHINIST$25
Direct contributions by size
- $100-$249$200
- $1-$99$50
Source: Michigan Campaign Finance · 2026 cycle · mi-boe.entellitrak.com
Track record
General
· 3 records
Served six years as a Wexford County commissioner sitting on fourteen boards, eight years on the Northern Lakes Community Mental Health board, and ten years as zoning administrator for eleven townships in Wexford and Manistee counties, and serves as vice president of the Wexford County Airport board.
July 23, 2026
Source: electbentownsend.com · researched July 23, 2026
Taught high school government, economics, choir and band for fourteen years, then worked seven years as a college professor and five years as a college administrator, and founded a church in Mesick.
July 15, 2026
Source: cadillacnews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Served thirty years as director of the Ecclesiastical Law Center in Indianapolis, representing churches nationwide in legal disputes with government and reporting a 90 percent appeals win rate across 33 state supreme courts.
July 15, 2026
Source: cadillacnews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- State Representative District 101 · August 4, 2026 · State House District 101; Michigan
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.