Terri Lynn Land

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Terri Lynn Land (b. June 30, 1958) is the 41st Michigan Secretary of State.

Land was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In high school, she worked for the 1976 campaign to elect Gerald Ford president. She was one of the youngest attendees at the Republican state convention in 1978. She graduated from Grandville High School, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She married Dan Hibma in 1983. They have two children, Jessica and Nicholas.

Land served as County Clerk/Register of Deeds for Kent County in 1993-2000. She was elected Secretary of State in November 2002 as the top Republican vote getter and took office on January 1, 2003. One of her stated goals was to improve the Department of State's technology base and expand programs that would increase the number of people using the internet to access state services.

2006 election

Land has been nominated by the Republican state convention for re-election in November. Her Democratic opponent was Macomb County Clerk-Register Carmella Sabaugh. On November 7, 2006 Land was re-elected to serve as Michigan's Secretary of State for a second term.