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2026 candidates we're tracking in MI-2
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Ben Ambrose
Democratic
Ben Ambrose served nearly 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with multiple combat tours and later advised the Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense, per Michigan Advance. He grew up on a small farm in Hesperia, per Michigan Advance. He appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of Elections.
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John Moolenaar
Republican
Incumbent
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.
About this race
Michigan's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Michigan primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.