"It's time to return to a truly representative state legislature. Last October, the party in power in Lansing, including incumbent Joel Sheltrown, voted in the largest tax increase in Michigan's history at a time when individuals and businesses are struggling. I don't know of one single person in the district that supports the enormous tax increase supported by the current legislature. The people of the 103rd and the rest of the state deserve far better than that.

"My career in design and manufacturing has trained me to look for inefficiencies and waste, and I plan to apply that same discipline to my responsibilities in Lansing. Our state government needs to be fixed, and the massive tax-and-spend agenda supported by Joel Sheltrown must end. Good people are being taxed out of the district and Michigan--as the economy slides, tax rates are going up. We need to reverse both those trends, and that means electing representatives who will fight for reform"

Yantiss's connection to the 103rd District has been lifelong, beginning with fishing trips on Lake Huron and the Au Sable River system as a boy. He has owned property in Baldwin Townhsip since 1999, a home since 2004, and he currently resides there. He has been in the automotive design and engineering field since 1979 in leadership roles, taking projects from concept to completion on time and under budget. This experience has involved interfacing with all levels of the manufacturing community, from top management to the assembly floor. Yantiss is a member of the Michigan Sherrif's Association, Michigan Taxpayers Alliance, the National Rifle Association, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Harley Owners Group (HOG), Tawas Blues by the Bay, and Michigan Public Television. He is married with two children and is an avid hunter and fisherman.