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Calhoun County GOP
Calhoun County GOP
Downtown Battle Creek from the air: Heritage Tower, the Battle Creek Tower, and the river running past the city centre
Calhoun County, Michigan

Serving people. Serving our communities.

The official Republican committee of Calhoun County, Michigan. We recruit the candidates, knock the doors, and show up in all four cities and nineteen townships.

The decisions that shape your taxes, roads, and schools are made by neighbors you can look in the eye.

From the county building in Marshall to the commission chambers in Battle Creek, county government touches your life every day. The Calhoun County Republican Committee exists to make sure the people making those decisions are Republicans with common sense who are committed to serving the citizens of Calhoun County.

We recruit and support candidates for every office on your ballot, train precinct delegates, and knock doors in all four cities and nineteen townships.

This is not a party of distant headquarters. It is run by local volunteers, funded by small-dollar donors, and measured by one standard: does it serve the people of Calhoun County?

The Brooks Memorial Fountain on the circle in downtown Marshall, water running
Brooks Memorial Fountain, Marshall
The Battle Creek river running past willows and a footbridge
The Battle Creek river, Battle Creek
The historic brick observatory on the Albion College campus
Albion College, Albion

Who we are

A committee of neighbors, not a club of insiders.

The Calhoun County Republican Committee is the official county organization of the Republican Party, recognized by the Michigan Republican Party and governed by elected precinct delegates from every corner of the county. Our General Membership meeting is held monthly at our headquarters on Tower Road in Battle Creek, and guests are always welcome.

Our work is practical. We vet and support candidates. We help township boards fill vacancies with qualified conservatives. We run voter registration drives, recruit election inspectors, and put yard signs in the ground every fall. When August and November come, we are the get-out-the-vote operation for every Republican name on your ballot.

What we ask of you is simple: an evening a month, a Saturday in October, or a seat at the table as a precinct delegate. Politics is not somebody else's job here.

Calhoun County, by the numbers

Calhoun County by the numbers

6 of 7
Seats on the Calhoun County Board of Commissioners held by Republicans
4
Cities
19
Townships
7
Districts

Get involved

Four ways to put your shoulder to the wheel.

Become a member

Membership is the front door. Members fund the committee's year, hear about candidates and meetings first, and have a voice when the county party decides what it is going to do. Dues are the one thing that lets us plan past the next election.

  • Meeting notices and candidate briefings first
  • A voice at the General Membership meeting
  • Every dollar stays in Calhoun County

Volunteer

Doors and phones in campaign season, and the rest of the year: fair booths, sign crews, office hours, mailings, and setting up the chairs. There is no wrong skill to bring, and no minimum you have to give.

Sign up →

Come to a meeting

The General Membership meeting is monthly at 7100 Tower Road. Doors open at 6:30 PM, the program starts at 7:00 PM, and guests are always welcome.

See the dates →

Become a precinct delegate

Precinct delegates are the elected backbone of the party. Your neighbors choose you on the August primary ballot, you carry their voice into county conventions, and you elect the committee's own officers. Filing takes one form at the county clerk's office, and we will walk you through it.

Request the filing guide →

Strong townships make a strong county. Strong counties make a strong Michigan. It has never worked the other way around.

Why local elections are the whole ballgame

Serving Calhoun County

The Republicans you elected.

State Representative Steve Frisbie

State Representative · 44th District

Steve Frisbie

Four decades as a paramedic and ambulance administrator, thirteen years as a county commissioner. Vice chair of the House Finance Committee.

Sheriff Steven Hinkley

Sheriff · Countywide

Steven Hinkley

Three decades in county law enforcement. Sheriff since March 2020, elected to four-year terms in 2021 and 2025.

Commissioner Derek King

Board Chair · District 5

Derek King

Chair of the Board of Commissioners, representing Emmett, LeRoy, and Newton townships.