Tenisha Yancey

As of 2018, Yancey has only filed two pieces of legislation. Neither have been heard in Committee.

Yancey was elected in the 2017 Special Election called to fill a vacancy created when former Representative Brian Banks resigned from the seat as part of a plea deal; in response to felony bank fraud charges.

Although still serving her first term on the Harper Woods School Board, Yancey ran in the August 8, 2017 Special Election Primary against Harper Woods attorney Pamela Sossi. Despite Sossi being regarded as the front runner, Yancey was able to defeat Sossi by 198 votes; Yancey received 32.9 percent of the vote (2215 votes) to Sossi's 30 percent (2017 votes). Sossi, a Harper Woods resident, won the vote in Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores and Harper Woods, while Yancey took the Detroit vote.

In the November 8, 2017 Special Election General, Yancey received 7,266 votes, or 71% of the vote.

Tenisha Yancey was elected to the Harper Woods School Board on November 8, 2016. Yancey has no children attending school in the Harper Woods School District, but cited her experience in the court system as making her qualified to serve on the Board.

Yancey worked for the Wayne County Executive's office and the Wayne County Land Bank prior to receiving her law degree in 2012. After passing the Michigan Bar in May 2014, she joined the Wayne County Prosecutor's office; where she worked until her employment ended in April 2017.

Records show that Yancey pleaded guilty to stalking in August 1995 and served two years' probation. Later in 1997, Yancey was found guilty for failing to stop at the scene of a property damage accident by the same Wayne County court and sentenced to one year of probation.

Tenisha Yancey (born August 29, 1976) is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 1st House District. The 1st House District comprises the cities of Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Shores and a portion of Detroit.