district succeeded religion birth_place profession party preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
27th incumbent judaism philadelphia , pennsylvania patent attorney , politician democratic andy meisner michigan 26 march 1967 2009 marc lipton ellen cogen lipton
 michigan ellen cogen lipton
ellen cogen lipton

ellen cogen lipton -lrb- born march 26 , 1967 -rrb- is a politician and patent attorney from huntington woods , michigan .
she currently serves as a member of the michigan state house of representatives .
a democrat , she represents the 27th state house district , which is located north of detroit in south-east oakland county .
she was first elected in 2008 , and subsequently re-elected in 2010 , and 2012 .
she is now running to become the next state senator for the 11th district .
