Ross Barranco

Ross Barranco graduated from Warren Easton Charter High School. Barranco earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Orleans in 1972. Barranco's career experience includes working as a geologist.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I was a three-time Nation Track and Field Champion and multiple time Michigan State Champion. I was a National Level USA Track and Field Official, working the 1992 US Olympic Trails and the 1996 Olympics in atlants, Georgia,

I participated in the 2016 Oakland County, Michigan Recount and have been on the Novi City Absentee Ballot Counting Board numerous time.

I was elected Precinct Delegate in 2022 and Oakland County Republican Party Executive Committee and 6th Congressional District Executive Committee as well, serving out my second term in all three. In November 2025, I was elected to MiGOP State Committee, serving out my first term. I've been serving on several Subcommittees of those entities.

I was on the Patient Family Advisory Council for Huron Valley Sinai Hospital since 2016 and recently resigned to run for HD21 Representative.

The above is all volunteerism and I only receive a small stipend for the Absentee Ballot Counting Board, when I'm assigned.

Michigan is a declining State and I want to help turn it around and get back to its golden age. Oakland County bowing to the Chinese Communist Party and The World Economic Forum as the top two pillars of manufacturing and Oakland settling for third is totally unacceptable. Oakland County was first in the world and should be Number 1 again.

I retired as Chief Geologist for DTE Gas, after working in several States, with about 45 years in the Energy Industry, in exploration, development, and Natural Gas Storage.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Michigan is declining in several major facets: economy, education, and population. We need to reverse this negative trend. The Michigan Board of Education needs to be held accountable for Michigan's rank of 44th in literacy. The economy resurgence will help provide jobs and reverse the population loss.Michigan needs to run on no pork, special projects, ballooning g the budget. Each need should be justified to be included in the budget without tacking on needless projects and ones that can't be cost justified.The cost of living. Many in Michigan are being squeezed to the breaking point. People have been property taxed out of being able to pay the property taxes and loosing their home. More affluent taxpayers vote the taxes and the vulnerable are forced out of their homes. This needs to be stopped.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Safety in your home and property: police, fire and EMS. To have them function well one needs the infrastructure to back them up to efficiently function. Roads, utilities, and access to water. It's a large integrated system. Then the economy. Small businesses to fuel the local economies. It's what keeps the economy going in order to support the safety and utilities and water deliveries. Those are the basics that communities need to survive and thrive.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

The 6th Congressional District Executive Committee. Others will likely come just before or after the Primary Election.