Meet Julie
Julie Leonardi is a lifelong Macomb County resident, working mom, homeowner in Roseville, and dedicated school bus driver who has spent nearly 20 years serving local families while raising her own. Many students know her simply as “Miss Julie,” a familiar and trusted presence in their daily lives. Through years of hard work and service, she has built strong ties throughout the community. Raised her family in a Fraser co-op community and later purchasing a home in Roseville, Julie understands firsthand the perseverance and responsibility it takes to create a stable life for a family. She has also been deeply involved in the special needs community for the past 15 years and has strong ties to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Her life has been shaped by family, hard work, and a deep commitment to the Macomb County community she has always called home.
Julie firmly maintains that every family deserves to feel safe in their home, on their street, and in their community. Safe neighborhoods start with supporting law enforcement through training and resources, backing first responders, strengthening mental health services and making sure local communities have the tools they need to protect each and every resident. Public safety is not a partisan issue — it is a basic responsibility.
Julie BACKS THE BLUE!
Safe Neighborhoods
Julie Leonardi believes leadership should stay focused on the issues that affect families every day. Her priorities reflect the concerns of working people across this community: safety, education, infrastructure, and dependable and accessible services, to ensure and a better future for everyone in Macomb County.
Community Priorities
As a longtime school bus driver and mom, Julie understands how important strong schools are to the future of every child in every community. Families want classrooms with high-quality, supported teachers, rigorous and relevant curriculum and a safe environment that fosters both academic achievement and student well-being. Julie will focus on evidence-based policies, ensure adequate funding, and foster collaboration rather than conflict to help Macomb County students succeed in whatever path they choose in life.
Strong Schools
People in Macomb County are tired of paying the 6th highest fuel tax in the nation, but still dodging dangerous potholes and dealing with roads that damage vehicles, cause accidents and endanger lives. Driving her school bus route every day Julie has seen the road conditions rapidly worsen. Drivers deserve better roads and Julie will work to improve the roads by prioritizing maintenance over expansion, securing sustainable funding through user fees, and streamlining environmental review processes to accelerate construction. Fixing the roads should be about practical results, not empty promises.
Fix the Roads Already!
Local Jobs & Opportunities
Strong communities are built when people have the freedom and opportunity to work, raise families, and plan for the future with confidence. Julie believes Michigan should examine its tax structure carefully, limit unnecessary government intrusion, and focus on policies that allow workers, families, and small businesses to keep more money in their pockets and continue to grow and thrive.
Julie believes state government should focus less on politics and more on the real issues people deal with every day. Her state priorities are simple: focus on job market, economic growth, invest in infrastructure and champion citizen-focused services. And, make government more accountable to the people it serves.
State Priorities
Julie understands the pressures families face because she lives them too. leadership should stay connected to the everyday concerns of hardworking people and plans to support working families by enacting policies that increase income, reduce costs, and balance work-life demands.
Support working families
Government Accountability
Julie believes people are tired of flashy politics, empty talk, and leaders who seem more focused on attention than results. She believes public service should be honest, transparent, responsible, and centered on listening, showing up, and doing the job the right way. Julie will work tirelessly to foster active civic engagement, practice transparent governing, and cultivate trust through consistent communication. The State Departments work for YOU!
Rooted in Michigan’s 13th House District
Proud to call Macomb County home
Michigan’s 13th House District includes parts of Warren, Roseville, St. Clair Shores in Macomb County under the current district map approved in 2024.
For Julie, this district is more than lines on a map. It is home. She has lived in Macomb County her whole life, raised her family here, and spent years working here serving local families. Her connection to this area is personal, built through everyday life, hard work, and a deep understanding of the people and neighborhoods that make this community strong.
Julie knows this district because she has lived the same rhythms as the families who call it home. She understands the neighborhoods, the schools, the roads, and the everyday concerns of working households across Roseville, St. Clair Shores, and Warren. This is the community where she built her life, raised her children, and put down roots.
Michigan House District 13
See the communities that make up the 13th House District.
District 13 includes parts of Roseville, St. Clair Shores, and Warren in Macomb County.
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