GOP hopefuls for Congress and State Rep speak Tuesday
Candidates Martell Bivings and Griffin Wojtowicz will speak at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, to the Eastside Republican Club at The War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms.
Bivings is campaigning to represent the 13th U.S. Congressional District and Wojtowicz is a candidate for State House of Representatives District 10. Though with different boundaries, both districts span all or part of the Pointes, Harper Woods and a portion of Detroit. The congressional district also includes several downriver communities.
“Both races involve unique circumstances,” said club chairman Mike Vethacke in a statement in advance of the meeting.
If elected, Bivings would provide Detroit with Black representation in Congress, which it is without for the first time in decades.
“The 10th District House race will be much more competitive than in recent election cycles, because thanks to the federal court-ordered redistricting of Dec. 2023, there is no incumbent,” Vethacke said.
Forum doors open at 7 p.m. for coffee and networking in advance of the meeting. There is no charge for the Forum, which will include an opportunity to pose questions to the candidates.
Martell Bivings
Bivings is lifelong Detroiter, a Cody High School graduate and a Howard University student where he studied policy and government.
Following college, his experience includes banking, service as community liaison, policy analyst and small business developer. He served four years as business liaison for the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation.
Bivings is the eldest of five siblings and a homeowner in the historic Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood of Detroit’s east side.
Griffin Wojtowic
Wojtowicz, who campaigns for the State House of Representatives as Griffin, is an educator serving in Dearborn Public Schools. Before teaching, he graduated high school with a certification in construction and technology from Oakland technical schools and believes schools should offer students more hands-on training.
He graduated magna cum laude from Oakland University, has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and toured Europe with the Oakland Chorale.
Wojtowicz resides in Grosse Pointe Woods with his wife and three young children.
The Eastside Republican Club Forum meets on the third Tuesday each month from September through May at The War Memorial. Admission is free and the public is always welcome.