Campbensy is a lifelong resident of Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
[1] In April 2017, Cambensy announced her campaign to seek the Democratic nomination in the 109th District in the Michigan House of Representatives, to succeed three-term state Rep. John Kivela, who was term-limited and was running for state Senate.
[2] The 109th district seat became vacant on May 9, 2017, when Kivela committed suicide just hours after his second drunken driving arrest during his five years in the House.
[6] She then won the special general election to finish the last 14 months of Kivela's term, defeating Republican nominee Rich Rossway and Green Party candidate Wade Roberts, receiving 57 percent of the vote.
[7] She was sworn in on November 28, 2017[8] and served in the state House until she was term limited in 2022.