Interview with UP State Senator Ed McBroom

06/09/21 • 23 min

In this episode, David Haynes interviews Ed McBroom, a Republican member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 38th district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Senator McBroom's district covers twelve of Michigan's fifteen UP counties: Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft.

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The Rural Insights Podcast - Interview with UP State Senator Ed McBroom

Transcript

David Haynes:
Greetings everyone. Welcome to Rural Insight. Today, we are delighted that we are going to be talking with for our podcast and our video series, Senator Ed McBroom from Vulcan, Michigan, and he is the Senator from the 38th District. I'm proud to say he's an alumnus of Northern Michigan University. And also, as he knows, I love the story that he is also one of the active members of the alumni marching band, which always made me very happy when I was President.