Candidate · U.S. House, District 2
John Moolenaar
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Michigan District 2 (in the U.S. House since 2015)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Caledonia
Background
- Has served in the U.S. House since January 2015; chairs the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (since 2024) and serves on Appropriations. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.S. in chemistry from Hope College (1983) and Master of Public Administration from Harvard University (1989). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked briefly as a chemist at Dow Chemical before entering politics. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Midland City Council (1997-2000), Michigan House 98th District (2003-2008), Michigan Senate 36th District (2011-2014). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Lives in Caledonia. source: michiganadvance.com
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