The Republican Party of Marquette County will promote the principles upon which our nation and our state were founded: freedom, liberty, personal responsibility, and accountability. We will advocate fiscally-sound, common-sense solutions that will promote job and economic growth, provide the best education to our children, and create a path to prosperity for Michigan and America. Members of the Republican Party of Marquette County will be united by these principles and will work to elect Michiganians with integrity who will work to enact such solutions. We will seek to be the most effective state party in the nation and serve as a model for other party organizations.
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Updated 04.10.2024
Marquette County Republican Party Officers 2023 – 2024
Chair – Keith LaCosse
Vice Chair- Danielle Walin
Treasurer-
Secretary- Alyssa LePage
Deputy Treasurer- John Trudeau
Meet the Officers of The Marquette County Republican Party
Keith LaCosse, MCRP Chair
* Born and raised in Marquette Coun
* Graduate of Ishpeming HS and NMU
* Husband and father of 2, stepfather of 4
* Former Army Officer and Iraq War Vet
* Former Mayor of Negaunee
* Former Republican State Committeeman
* Current graduate student at Capella University- Masters of Social Work
* Member of St Peter Cathedral, the NRA, and Life member; VFW Post 5670 (past Post Commander)
* Doggy-Dad
I enjoy the outdoors, bodybuilding, and landscaping.
**Pro-God, Pro-Life, Pro-Liberty**
Meet Our Vice Chair
Danielle Walin
• Born & raised in Marquette
• Graduate of Marquette Senior High School
• Wife, and mother of 2
• Precinct Delegate for the 1st District
• President & Founder of the Upper Peninsula Republican Women’s Club
• Executive Committee Member for the 1st Congressional 38th Senate District
• Member & Vice Chair for the Republican Women’s Federation Of Michigan
I enjoy gardening, fundraising for the party, planning events, and attending state & local events.
My goal is to build the party & help with getting Republicans elected!
Meet our Secretary!
Alyssa LePage
– Born and raised in Ishpeming
– Elected as Marquette County Republican Party Secretary in January 2023
– Active member of the party since 2020
– Precinct Delegate for the 1st District representing Ishpeming Township since August 2022 and has attended the last 3 State Conventions.
– Former Co-Chair of the Marquette County Chapter of Stand-Up Michigan
– My favorite part of being involved in our local party: getting to meet candidates, networking with people across Michigan, planning events and fundraising for the Marquette County Republican Party, promoting our party and our local candidates at the MCRP headquarters on Saturdays, and circulating petitions for good causes!
– President of the Eastwood Women’s Ministry at my church
– Other interests: baking, reading, learning languages (currently working on my 4th), Egypt, traveling, Lake Superior shipwrecks, and a good road trip!
Meet our Treasurer:
John L. Trudeau
– I have always resided in the Marquette area.
– Very involved in my Catholic faith.
– Grew up in a family of 8 brothers and sisters including me being second from the youngest.
– Lived in Beaver Grove which is a small community 6 miles south of Marquette. Had the innocent life of “Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer”.
– Attended the Marquette Area Public Schools graduating in 1965.
– First job was working at Angeli’s Super Value which continued through my college years.
– Disabled Army combat infantry soldier, wounded twice in Vietnam. Returned from Vietnam after just 5 months in country on a stretcher.
– Wife’s name is Phyllis and we have two sons. Phyllis and I both graduated from Northern Michigan University, me in 1971 under a special program for disabled veterans.
– First job out of College was with Hubbard & Wendt CPA’s. Practiced as a CPA with that firm until I went to work for Menze Construction Company, Inc., as their controller, later becoming one of the owners. Retired in 2012 when we closed the business.
– Started my involvement in the Marquette County Republican Party in the late 1990’s.
– An interest of mine is teaching bookkeeping to small non-profit’s for better management of money given by the public. With respect to County Republican Parties, setting up a simple bookkeeping system which I have developed.
– Go Trump!
Executive Committee Members
Ed McBroom- Michigan State Senator 38th District
Melody Wagner – Candidate for Michigan House of Representatives 109th District
Emily Wright- 2022 Candidate for County Commission
Jacob Kleczka- 2022 Candidate for County Commission
Keith LaCosse- 2022 Candidate for County Commission
Joseph Kozub- 2022 Candidate for Marquette County Sheriff
Eric Rehorst
Jim Hafeman
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