John Moolenaar
Republican · Michigan · 2026 · IncumbentOn the ballot
U.S. House, MI-2Michigan · 2026Top priorities
- Securing the border
- Cutting wasteful Washington spending
- Growing the economy while preserving Social Security and Medicare
Per the campaign site.
Biography
John Moolenaar is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a chemist by training who served in both the Michigan House and Senate before his 2014 election to Congress, per Michigan Advance. He chairs the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and serves on the Appropriations Committee, per his campaign site. He appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of Elections.
Key voting record
- Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported
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