Jack Bergman MI-01

Current Position: US Representative of MI 1st District since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Marine Corp from 1969 – 2009
District: 15 counties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 20 counties of Northern Michigan in the Lower Peninsula.  
Upcoming Election:

Bergman served as commanding general of the Marine Forces Reserve and the Marine Forces North. He also served as a naval aviator, flying rotary-winged aircraft such as the CH-46 and UH-1, as well as fixed-wing aircraft such as the T-28 and KC-130.

Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

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Unregistered lobbying activity is, in itself, enough to warrant investigation. But lobbying efforts on behalf of the @StimsonCenter raises grave concerns of ongoing foreign government influence operations that undermine our Nation’s legislative process.

 
Introducing Rep. Jack Bergman

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John Moolenaar MI-02

Current Position: US Representative of MI 4th District (formerly the 2nd) since 2015
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: State Senator from 2011 – 2014; State Delegate from 2003 – 2008
District:  Western Michigan. Barry, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, Oceana, and Osceola counties, as well as portions of Eaton, Kent, Midland, Muskegon, Ottawa and Wexford counties.    
Upcoming Election:

Moolenaar is a chemist, and worked at Dow Chemical Company for eight months before entering politics.

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Congress should never allow the money of hardworking taxpayers to be used to end the lives of unborn children. We should continue to protect unborn children and keep the Hyde Amendment. #HydeSavesLives

Moolenaar: “Michigan Farm Convoys Represent the Best of America”

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Hillary Scholten MI-03

Current Position: US Representative of MI 3rd District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District:   greater Grand Rapids and Muskegon areas, including portions of Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties. Redistricting removed Barry, Calhoun, and Ionia counties.
Upcoming Election:

Scholten was a judicial law clerk and attorney adviser for the Board of Immigration Appeals from 2013 to 2017. When the Obama administration ended, she moved back to Grand Rapids and became a staff attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

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Bill Huizenga MI-04

Current Position: US Representative of MI 4thDistrict (formerly the 2nd) since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: State Delegate from 2003 – 2009
District:  covers much of the southwestern corner of the state, including Kalamazoo, Holland and Battle Creek. 
Upcoming Election:

Born to a family of Dutch Americans, Huizenga is the co-owner and operator of Huizenga Gravel Company, a family business in Jenison, Michigan. In the early 1990s, he worked in real estate. He left real estate in 1996, becoming an aide to U.S. Representative Pete Hoekstra.

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Both governments should follow the science and drop all travel restrictions for travelers between the United States and Canada who are fully vaccinated travelers or provide proof of a negative PCR test.

Rep. Huizenga asks about payment for order flow, if retail investing is gambling at GameStop hearing

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Tim Walberg MI-05

Current Position: US Representative of MI 5th District (formerly the 7th) since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
District: all of Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe (except the city of Milan), and St. Joseph counties, southern Berrien County, most of Calhoun County, and far southern Kalamazoo County.     
Upcoming Election:

From 1973 to 1977, Walberg served as pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in New Haven, Indiana. As the longest tenured member from Michigan, Walberg is the current Dean of its delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Pleased two of my bipartisan @HouseCommerce bills passed the House this week. These bills take important steps to strengthen America’s energy security and ensure our nation remains on the forefront of wireless innovation.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg town hall meeting

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Debbie Dingell MI-06

Current Position: US Representative of MI 6th District (formerly the 12th District) since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
District: In 2022, the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, as well as western and southern Wayne County, small part of southwestern Oakland County, and the city of Milan in Monroe County  
Upcoming Election:

She is the widow of John Dingell, her predecessor in the seat, who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dingell is active in several Michigan and Washington, D.C., charities and serves on a number of charitable boards. She is a founder and past chair of the National Women’s Health Resource Center and the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[4] She is also a member of the board of directors for Vital Voices Global Partnership.

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Today, the bipartisan @January6thCmte is holding its first hearing with @CapitolPolice & @DCPoliceDept
officers whose lives were threatened by violent insurrectionists. We owe it to them to get the clear facts about that dark day.

‘This Was A Wakeup Call To The Country,’ Says Rep. Debbie Dingell | TODAY

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Tom Barrett MI-07

Thomas More Barrett is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 24th district. A Republican, he previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.

Born: 1981 (age 43 years), Southfield, MI
Party: Republican Party
Candidate for: 2024 Michigan Member of the US House elections
Previous campaign: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
Previous offices: Member of the Michigan Senate (2019–2023), Michigan State Representative (2015–2019)
Education: Western Michigan University

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Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-08

Kristen McDonald Rivet (born July 11, 1970) is an American politician who is a member of the Michigan Senate for the 35th district. She was elected in November 2022 and took office on January 1, 2023.

McDonald Rivet was born on July 11, 1970, in Portland, Michigan,[1] where she was raised with her fraternal twin sister Karen McDonald. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Michigan State University and a Master of Arts in education and public administration from the University of Michigan–Flint.

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Lisa McClain MI-09

Current Position: US Representative of MI 9th District (formerly 10th) since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
District: located in The Thumb and northern portions of Metro Detroit of the State of Michigan. Counties either wholly or partially located within the district include: Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac, Lapeer, St. Clair, Macomb and Oakland.   
Upcoming Election:

McClain worked at American Express for 11 years, and from 1998 to 2019, served the Hantz Group.

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As “that woman,” no I won’t apologize for calling out the double standards that you have set @SpeakerPelosi.

GOP rip Pelosi for ‘double standard’ on Maxine Waters’ comments

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John James MI-10

Current Position: US Representative for District 10 since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
District:   Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It consists of southern Macomb County, Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County. 
Upcoming Election:

John James was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020. He served as a board member of the Michigan Council for Future Mobility, Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council and National Veteran Business Development Council. He serves on the Detroit Workforce Development Board.

In 2012, James joined James Group International, where his father, John A. James, was the CEO. James Group is a global supply chain management service company; James became its director of operations, and eventually became president of James Group International and CEO of its subsidiary, Renaissance Global Logistics.

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Haley Stevens MI-11

Current Position: US Representative of MI11th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
District: north of Detroit, comprising most of urbanized central Oakland County.   
Upcoming Election:

She worked on Hillary Clinton’s and Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008, beginning with Clinton before the primary.

In 2009, Steven Rattner hired Stevens to join the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, and she served as his chief of staff. She worked for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago, returning to Michigan in 2017.

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Today, my amendment with @repmeijer to the @nist reauthorization bill passed through @HouseScience. This addition to the bill will provide funding to expand MEP center’s workforce development efforts and will promote the resiliency of domestic supply chains!

Haley Stevens Gives Passionate Speech About ‘Scourge’ Of Gun Violence

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Rashida Tlaib MI-12

Current Position: US Representative of MI 13th District since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Delegate from 2009 – 2014
District: centered around the cities of Detroit and Dearborn  
Upcoming Election:

Tlaib became the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress, the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature, and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress (the other being Ilhan Omar). Tlaib is a member of The Squad, an informal group of eight (four until the 2020 elections) U.S. representatives on the left wing of the Democratic Party.

After leaving the state legislature, Tlaib worked at Sugar Law Center, a Detroit nonprofit that provides free legal representation for workers.

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One time survival checks don’t cut it when the bills haven’t stopped coming in every month. We need monthly, recurring, $2,000 survival checks

Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Growing Up in Detroit, Holocaust Comments and Fighting Poverty

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Shri Thanedar MI-13

Current Position: US Representative of MI 13th District since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
District: Wayne County, Michigan.  
Upcoming Election:

Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for governor of Michigan in the 2018 election. His political platform included a $15 minimum wage, public education reform, infrastructure improvements, and increased government transparency.

He took out a loan to buy Chemir in 1991 for $75,000. By 2005, Chemir’s revenues were $16 million and it employed 160 people, including 40 PhD chemists. 

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