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==Gay activism==
==Gay activism==
Covey moved to Michigan from Ohio to head the Michigan Organization for Human Rights (now [[Equality Michigan]]) in 1985.<ref name=affirming>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/affirming-ferndale/Content?oid=2187417|title=Affirming Ferndale |date=May 30, 2007|publisher=[[Metro Times]]|author=Wendy Case |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He is credited with organizing Detroit's first Gay and Lesbian pride march, an event later known as [[Motor City Pride]].<ref name="ProxmireCelebrate">{{cite news|last1=Proxmire|first1=Crystal|title=Motor City Pride: Educate, liberate & celebrate June 2–3|url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/1018440556/fulltext/181FEDE6460E45F4PQ/1?accountid=10226|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=[[Between the Lines (newspaper)|Between the Lines]]|date=17 May 2012}}</ref> He founded the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project.<ref name="JunMayor"/> In 2001, he founded La Comunidad, a support group for gay Latino men in the metro Detroit area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/breaking-barriers/Content?oid=2170890|title=Breaking barriers |date=April 4, 2001|publisher=Metro Times|author=Ann Mullen |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref>
Covey moved to Michigan from Ohio to head the Michigan Organization for Human Rights (now [[Equality Michigan]]) in 1985.<ref name=affirming>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/affirming-ferndale/Content?oid=2187417|title=Affirming Ferndale |date=May 30, 2007|publisher=[[Metro Times]]|author=Wendy Case |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He is credited with organizing Detroit's first Gay and Lesbian pride march, an event later known as [[Motor City Pride]].<ref name="ProxmireCelebrate">{{cite news|last1=Proxmire|first1=Crystal|title=Motor City Pride: Educate, liberate & celebrate June 2–3|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1018440556|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=[[Between the Lines (newspaper)|Between the Lines]]|date=17 May 2012}}</ref> He founded the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project.<ref name="JunMayor"/> In 2001, he founded La Comunidad, a support group for gay Latino men in the metro Detroit area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/breaking-barriers/Content?oid=2170890|title=Breaking barriers |date=April 4, 2001|publisher=Metro Times|author=Ann Mullen |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref>


Covey was also CEO of the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project and Chief Operating Officer of the Michigan AIDS Coalition, the organization resulting from the merging of MAPP and the Michigan AIDS Fund in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090728/FREE/907289981/helen-kozlowski-hicks-named-ceo-of-michigan-aids-coalition|title=Helen Kozlowski-Hicks named CEO of Michigan AIDS Coalition|author=Sherri Begin Welch|date=July 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Crain Communications|Crain's Detroit Business]]|accessdate=2017-01-03}}</ref> He left the Michigan AIDS Coalition the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pridesource.com/article/covey-to-leave-michigan-aids-coalition/|title=Covey to leave Michigan AIDS Coalition|date=August 26, 2010|author=Jessica Carreras|publisher=[[Between the Lines (newspaper)|Between the Lines]]|accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He co-founded Ferndale Pride in 2011 when Motor City Pride moved from Ferndale to Detroit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/michigan/ferndale/covey-volunteers-keep-gay-pride-alive-in-ferndale-with-festival|title=Covey, Volunteers Keep Gay Pride Alive in Ferndale with Festival|author=Emell Derra Adolphus|date=May 24, 2011|publisher=Ferndale Patch|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>
Covey was also CEO of the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project and Chief Operating Officer of the Michigan AIDS Coalition, the organization resulting from the merging of MAPP and the Michigan AIDS Fund in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090728/FREE/907289981/helen-kozlowski-hicks-named-ceo-of-michigan-aids-coalition|title=Helen Kozlowski-Hicks named CEO of Michigan AIDS Coalition|author=Sherri Begin Welch|date=July 28, 2009 |publisher=[[Crain Communications|Crain's Detroit Business]]|accessdate=2017-01-03}}</ref> He left the Michigan AIDS Coalition the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pridesource.com/article/covey-to-leave-michigan-aids-coalition/|title=Covey to leave Michigan AIDS Coalition|date=August 26, 2010|author=Jessica Carreras|publisher=[[Between the Lines (newspaper)|Between the Lines]]|accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He co-founded Ferndale Pride in 2011 when Motor City Pride moved from Ferndale to Detroit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/michigan/ferndale/covey-volunteers-keep-gay-pride-alive-in-ferndale-with-festival|title=Covey, Volunteers Keep Gay Pride Alive in Ferndale with Festival|author=Emell Derra Adolphus|date=May 24, 2011|publisher=Ferndale Patch|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>
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==Political career==
==Political career==


Covey lost his first race for Ferndale City Council in 1997 by a wide margin, but was elected on his second try and served from 1999 to 2008. He was Ferndale's first gay city councilor.<ref name="RobertsonCity">{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Tatsha|title=Finding Hope in Gay Enclaves Detroit and Suburbs Say Such Neighborhoods can Rejuvenate the City|url=https://search.proquest.com/news/docview/405493376/fulltext/181FEDE6460E45F4PQ/4?accountid=10226|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=Boston Globe|date=15 January 2003}}</ref> As a city council member, Covey introduced Ferndale's human rights ordinance in 2006, which was approved by voters in November of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afamichigan.org/2006/10/09/daily-tribune-gay-rights-ordinance-battle-begins-in-ferndale/|title=Gay rights ordinance battle begins in Ferndale, Opposing sides organizing for November showdown.|date=October 1, 2006|publisher=Daily Tribune|author=Michael P. McConnell|accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name=affirming/>
Covey lost his first race for Ferndale City Council in 1997 by a wide margin, but was elected on his second try and served from 1999 to 2008. He was Ferndale's first gay city councilor.<ref name="RobertsonCity">{{cite news|last1=Robertson|first1=Tatsha|title=Finding Hope in Gay Enclaves Detroit and Suburbs Say Such Neighborhoods can Rejuvenate the City|url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/405493376|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=Boston Globe|date=15 January 2003}}</ref> As a city council member, Covey introduced Ferndale's human rights ordinance in 2006, which was approved by voters in November of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://afamichigan.org/2006/10/09/daily-tribune-gay-rights-ordinance-battle-begins-in-ferndale/|title=Gay rights ordinance battle begins in Ferndale, Opposing sides organizing for November showdown.|date=October 1, 2006|publisher=Daily Tribune|author=Michael P. McConnell|accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name=affirming/>


Ferndale's first gay mayor, he was elected on November 6, 2007 for a two-year term, succeeding three-term mayor Robert Porter, by defeating Tom Gagne 54% - 46%.<ref name="JunMayor">{{cite news|last1=Jun|first1=Catherine|title=Ferndale elects first gay mayor|url=http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-detroit-news/20071107/textview|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=Detroit News|date=7 November 2007}}</ref> He was re-elected unopposed in November 2009. In 2010, he ran for the Oakland County Commission, winning a three-way Democratic primary on August 3, 2010 and besting a Republican in the November general election in a reliably Democratic district.<ref name=dt /> After Republican redistricting, Covey faced fellow Democratic incumbent Commissioner Helaine Zack (D-Huntington Woods) in a primary election, which he lost on August 7, 2012 by 54% to 46%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytribune.com/article/DT/20120809/NEWS/120809554 |title=Ferndale’s Covey looks beyond election defeat |publisher=Daily Tribune|author=Michael P. McConnell |date= August 9, 2012|accessdate=2014-06-29}}</ref> In early 2013, he began working as a special assistant to Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/michigan/ferndale/craig-covey-special-assistant-to-water-resources-commissioner|title=Craig Covey Back to Work for Oakland County|author=Jessica Schrader|date=January 26, 2013|accessdate=2018-01-07|publisher=Ferndale Patch}}</ref>
Ferndale's first gay mayor, he was elected on November 6, 2007 for a two-year term, succeeding three-term mayor Robert Porter, by defeating Tom Gagne 54% - 46%.<ref name="JunMayor">{{cite news|last1=Jun|first1=Catherine|title=Ferndale elects first gay mayor|url=http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-detroit-news/20071107/textview|accessdate=17 December 2017|publisher=Detroit News|date=7 November 2007}}</ref> He was re-elected unopposed in November 2009. In 2010, he ran for the Oakland County Commission, winning a three-way Democratic primary on August 3, 2010 and besting a Republican in the November general election in a reliably Democratic district.<ref name=dt /> After Republican redistricting, Covey faced fellow Democratic incumbent Commissioner Helaine Zack (D-Huntington Woods) in a primary election, which he lost on August 7, 2012 by 54% to 46%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytribune.com/article/DT/20120809/NEWS/120809554 |title=Ferndale's Covey looks beyond election defeat |publisher=Daily Tribune|author=Michael P. McConnell |date= August 9, 2012|accessdate=2014-06-29}}</ref> In early 2013, he began working as a special assistant to Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/michigan/ferndale/craig-covey-special-assistant-to-water-resources-commissioner|title=Craig Covey Back to Work for Oakland County|author=Jessica Schrader|date=January 26, 2013|accessdate=2018-01-07|publisher=Ferndale Patch}}</ref>


He ran again for mayor of [[Ferndale, Michigan]] on November 5, 2013, challenging incumbent [[David Coulter (politician)|David Coulter]], but was defeated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/op/20131106/NEWS/131109545|title=Coulter re-elected as Ferndale mayor; marijuana ballot proposal approved|date=November 6, 2013|author=Michael P. McConnell|publisher=Oakland County Press|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref> Covey unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Oakland County Sheriff [[Mike Bouchard]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2016/11/09/oakland-county-incumbents-appear-poised-win/93491678/|title=Oakland County incumbents win new terms|author=John Wisely|publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>
He ran again for mayor of [[Ferndale, Michigan]] on November 5, 2013, challenging incumbent [[David Coulter (politician)|David Coulter]], but was defeated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/op/20131106/NEWS/131109545|title=Coulter re-elected as Ferndale mayor; marijuana ballot proposal approved|date=November 6, 2013|author=Michael P. McConnell|publisher=Oakland County Press|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref> Covey unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Oakland County Sheriff [[Mike Bouchard]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2016/11/09/oakland-county-incumbents-appear-poised-win/93491678/|title=Oakland County incumbents win new terms|author=John Wisely|publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=2018-01-07}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:17, 29 July 2019

Craig Covey
Mayor of Ferndale, Michigan
In office
January 2008 – January 2011
Preceded byRobert Porter
Succeeded byDavid Coulter
Personal details
BornColumbus, Ohio
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceFerndale, Michigan

Craig Covey (born 1957) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Ferndale, Michigan. He was the first openly gay mayor elected in the state of Michigan.[1] A Democrat, he resigned the office in 2010 to take a seat on the Oakland County Commission, where he served one term.

Biography

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Covey has lived in Michigan since moving to the state to become executive director of the Michigan Organization for Human Rights 1985[2] and has lived in Ferndale since 1989.[3]

Gay activism

Covey moved to Michigan from Ohio to head the Michigan Organization for Human Rights (now Equality Michigan) in 1985.[4] He is credited with organizing Detroit's first Gay and Lesbian pride march, an event later known as Motor City Pride.[5] He founded the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project.[6] In 2001, he founded La Comunidad, a support group for gay Latino men in the metro Detroit area.[7]

Covey was also CEO of the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project and Chief Operating Officer of the Michigan AIDS Coalition, the organization resulting from the merging of MAPP and the Michigan AIDS Fund in 2009.[8] He left the Michigan AIDS Coalition the following year.[9] He co-founded Ferndale Pride in 2011 when Motor City Pride moved from Ferndale to Detroit.[10]

Political career

Covey lost his first race for Ferndale City Council in 1997 by a wide margin, but was elected on his second try and served from 1999 to 2008. He was Ferndale's first gay city councilor.[11] As a city council member, Covey introduced Ferndale's human rights ordinance in 2006, which was approved by voters in November of that year.[12][4]

Ferndale's first gay mayor, he was elected on November 6, 2007 for a two-year term, succeeding three-term mayor Robert Porter, by defeating Tom Gagne 54% - 46%.[6] He was re-elected unopposed in November 2009. In 2010, he ran for the Oakland County Commission, winning a three-way Democratic primary on August 3, 2010 and besting a Republican in the November general election in a reliably Democratic district.[3] After Republican redistricting, Covey faced fellow Democratic incumbent Commissioner Helaine Zack (D-Huntington Woods) in a primary election, which he lost on August 7, 2012 by 54% to 46%.[13] In early 2013, he began working as a special assistant to Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash.[14]

He ran again for mayor of Ferndale, Michigan on November 5, 2013, challenging incumbent David Coulter, but was defeated.[15] Covey unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard in 2016.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Screenwriter who won Oscar for 'Milk' may speak to Hope College students about filmmaking, but not gay rights". The Grand Rapids Press. October 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "41 years of Pride". Out Post: 5. June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Ferndale mayor looks ahead to County Commission race". The Daily Tribune. August 4, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Wendy Case (May 30, 2007). "Affirming Ferndale". Metro Times. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  5. ^ Proxmire, Crystal (17 May 2012). "Motor City Pride: Educate, liberate & celebrate June 2–3". Between the Lines. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b Jun, Catherine (7 November 2007). "Ferndale elects first gay mayor". Detroit News. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. ^ Ann Mullen (April 4, 2001). "Breaking barriers". Metro Times. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  8. ^ Sherri Begin Welch (July 28, 2009). "Helen Kozlowski-Hicks named CEO of Michigan AIDS Coalition". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  9. ^ Jessica Carreras (August 26, 2010). "Covey to leave Michigan AIDS Coalition". Between the Lines. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  10. ^ Emell Derra Adolphus (May 24, 2011). "Covey, Volunteers Keep Gay Pride Alive in Ferndale with Festival". Ferndale Patch. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  11. ^ Robertson, Tatsha (15 January 2003). "Finding Hope in Gay Enclaves Detroit and Suburbs Say Such Neighborhoods can Rejuvenate the City". Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  12. ^ Michael P. McConnell (October 1, 2006). "Gay rights ordinance battle begins in Ferndale, Opposing sides organizing for November showdown". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  13. ^ Michael P. McConnell (August 9, 2012). "Ferndale's Covey looks beyond election defeat". Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  14. ^ Jessica Schrader (January 26, 2013). "Craig Covey Back to Work for Oakland County". Ferndale Patch. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  15. ^ Michael P. McConnell (November 6, 2013). "Coulter re-elected as Ferndale mayor; marijuana ballot proposal approved". Oakland County Press. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  16. ^ John Wisely (November 9, 2016). "Oakland County incumbents win new terms". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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