Tom George
Thomas George (born December 2, 1956) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a member of the Michigan State Senate, he represented Kalamazoo County as well as an eastern portion of Van Buren County. George is a physician and former medical director for Hospice of Greater Kalamazoo. Education. George entered the University of Michigan Medical School at the end of his junior year (studying biology at the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts). After his political career and working as an anesthesiologist in Kalamazoo, he was awarded his bachelor's  degree in 2010. Political career. In 2000, George was elected to serve as a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 61st district. After serving one term in the state house, George cast his bid for a newly vacant seat in the Michigan Senate in 2002. George was reelected to the senate in 2006, in a campaign against Democratic challenger and term-limited state representative Alexander Lipsey. 2010 gubernatorial race. On January 26, 2009, on the 172nd anniversary of Michigan's statehood, George announced his plans to form a gubernatorial exploratory committee. In 2010 Michigan's current  governor Jennifer Granholm will be term limited, leaving the seat open to contenders. George joined Mike Bouchard, the Oakland County Sheriff and former state senator, Businessman Rick Snyder, Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox as 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidates.