Katie DeBoer lives just outside of Greenville, Michigan. She is a mother. She is a Christian.

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Katie DeBoer lives with her husband and three children just outside of Greenville, Michigan. 

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Katie is the co-owner of Bear Creek Building & Properties, a small building and realty business in northern Kent County. She also works as the executive director of LHSS Services, a homeschool support non-profit.

Katie is currently a Kent County Commissioner representing District 4. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her first term.

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Katie is currently a Kent County Commissioner, representing District 4. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her first term. 

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Supports repealing the Earned Sick Time Act for small businesses, eliminating Prevailing Wage to save on infrastructure costs, and launching a streamlined permitting process to reduce red tape for local businesses.

Supports repealing earned sick time laws for small businesses.

Supports addressing skyrocketing property taxes that are forcing seniors and working families out of their homes.

Supports zero-based budgeting, dissolving duplicative departments, devolving $750 million in functions to counties as unrestricted block grants, and sunset provisions for pilot programs to ensure every dollar spent is essential.

Wants to dissolve duplicative departments in government and direct more state funds directly to local counties.

Supports opt-in consent for union political spending, requiring an annual consent form for dues to partisan causes.

Advocates for opt-in consent for union political spending.

Supports a more streamlined permitting process for small busineses.

- Supports repealing earned sick time laws for small businesses.
- Supports lowering property taxes.
- Wants to dissolve duplicative departments in government and direct more state funds directly to local counties.
- Advocates for opt-in consent for union political spending.
- Supports a more streamlined permitting process for small busineses.

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Supports Second Amendment rights and opposes gun control measures, emphasizing the importance of education on gun ownership.

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Opposes abortion access, believing that life begins at conception and that a baby is always a blessing.

Opposes government mandates on medical decisions, emphasizing personal responsibility for health and the importance of individual autonomy.

Opposes government mandates on medical decisions such as COVID-19 vaccines. 

- Opposes abortion.
- Opposes government mandates on medical decisions such as COVID-19 vaccines. 

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Supports school choice by empowering parents to select the best educational options for their children, including public, private, homeschool, or trade schools, and advocates for $7,000 per student in educational funding through various programs.

Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Supports full K-12 eligibility for homeschool, private, and trade education, and advocates for exempting contributions from Michigan income tax while aligning with federal 529 rules.

Advocates for greater access to homeschooling, private, and trade education.

Supports a maximum of 50% operating millage for households without children in public schools, while maintaining full debt and capital millages.

Supports tax breaks for households with no children in public schools.

- Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.
- Advocates for greater access to homeschooling, private, and trade education.
- Supports tax breaks for households with no children in public schools.

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Advocates for an online dashboard for permitting that includes auto-approval if agencies miss deadlines, covering various areas such as zoning and health.

As of May 1, 2026, Katie DeBoer’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports earmarking $100 million of PIHP savings for ABA therapy waitlists and mobile crisis units.

Supports allowing any K-12 student in the district, regardless of enrollment status, to participate in public school sports while preserving local control over eligibility and fees.

Katie DeBoer lives with her husband, and three children just outside of Greenville, Michigan. 

Katie owns a small building and realty business in northern Kent County. Since 2020 she has also held numerous local committee & board positions in Kent County, Cannon Township, and Grand Rapids.

Katie is currently a Kent County Commissioner representing District 4. She was elected in 2024 and is serving her first term. 

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