Candidate · State House, District 42
Matt Hall
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Michigan House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years, with a limit of 12 years total in the Legislature.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 42 (since 2023); Speaker of the Michigan House (since January 2025)
- Occupation
- State legislator; attorney
- Lives in
- Kalamazoo
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in business management and public administration from Western Michigan University in 2006 and a law degree from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 2017. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as an external affairs representative for the Michigan Department of State and as West Michigan liaison for the Michigan Attorney General's office (2011). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served as vice-chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 2007 to 2009. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Represented the 63rd House District from 2019 to 2023 and the 42nd District since 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Served as House Minority Leader from 2023 to 2025 and became the 79th Speaker of the Michigan House on January 8, 2025. source: en.wikipedia.org
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