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Bill Huizenga is from Zeeland, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Calvin College. He and his wife, Natalie, have five children together. He is Christian.

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Bill Huizenga has a bachelor's degree in political science from Calvin College. He is a married father of five.

Bill is a co-owner of Huizenga Gravel Inc. He previously worked as a realtor and entrepreneur. 

Bill is currently a U.S. Representative for Michigan's 4th Congressional District. He previously represented Michigan's 2nd Congressional District from 2011 to 2023. Before that, he served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2008.

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Supports reducing federal spending to combat inflation.

Supports enacting a Balanced Budget Amendment to prevent the federal government from "spending outside its means."

Advocates enacting a Balanced Budget Amendment to prevent the federal government from "spending outside its means."

Opposes tax increases on middle-class families and small business job creators.

Opposes tax increases on middle-class families and small businesses.

Supports expanding access to capital formation and creating a regulatory environment that allows the private sector to expand and create good-paying jobs.

Believes in expanding access to capital formation and creating a regulatory environment that allows the private sector to expand and create "good-paying jobs."

- Supports reducing federal spending to combat inflation.
- Advocates enacting a Balanced Budget Amendment to prevent the federal government from "spending outside its means."
- Opposes tax increases on middle-class families and small businesses.
- Believes in expanding access to capital formation and creating a regulatory environment that allows the private sector to expand and create "good-paying jobs."

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Opposes abortion, but supports in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Opposes abortion access, but supports in vitro fertilization.

Supports lowering healthcare costs through price transparency, fewer "junk lawsuits," Health Savings Accounts, and medical innovation, while protecting those with pre-existing conditions.

Supports modernizing mental health care policies and expanding access to quality mental health resources.

Supports modernizing mental health care policies and expanding access to mental health resources.

- Opposes abortion access, but supports in vitro fertilization.
- Supports lowering healthcare costs through price transparency, fewer "junk lawsuits," Health Savings Accounts, and medical innovation, while protecting those with pre-existing conditions.
- Supports modernizing mental health care policies and expanding access to mental health resources.

Healthcare

Claims parents must be empowered to ask questions and work with teachers and school officials to achieve the best outcomes for their children.

- Claims parents must be empowered to ask questions and work with teachers and school officials to achieve the best outcomes for their children.

Education

Believes prices for goods and gas have skyrocketed.

Supports legislation to boost domestic energy production, aiming to reduce fuel costs, lower utility expenses, and decrease heating and cooling costs.

Promotes legislation that boosts domestic energy production, aims to reduce fuel costs, lower utility expenses, and decrease heating and cooling costs.

Supports balancing economic growth with environmental protection.

- Believes prices for goods and gas have skyrocketed.
- Promotes legislation that boosts domestic energy production, aims to reduce fuel costs, lower utility expenses, and decrease heating and cooling costs.
- Supports balancing economic growth with environmental protection.

Energy & the Environment

Supports increased resources and manpower for border security to combat illegal crossings and drug trafficking, and believes Congress must act to ensure effective border security measures are in place.

Wants to hold the Veterans Administration accountable and fight for reforms that support veterans.

- Supports increased resources and manpower for border security to combat illegal crossings and drug trafficking, and believes Congress must act to ensure effective border security measures are in place.
- Wants to hold the Veterans Administration accountable and fight for reforms that support veterans.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of May 4, 2026, Bill Huizenga’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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As co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force, works to "strengethen the economy & the ecology of the Great Lakes."

Philip Tanis is from Holland, Michigan. He has a bachelor 27s degree from Hope College. 

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Philip Tanis has a bachelor's degree from Hope College. 

Philip previously served as the mayor of Holland, Michigan.

Philip currently works as the director of the Van Raalte Institute at Hope College and as the editor-in-chief of Van Raalte Press.

Philip previously served as the mayor of Holland, Michigan and as the Second Ward City Councilman of Holland. .

Believes in a fiscally responsible, limited government.

Advocates for Congress reasserting control over the federal budget, lowering taxes for the middle and lower class, and ensuring "the ultra-rich pay their fair share."

- Believes in a fiscally responsible, limited government.
- Advocates for Congress reasserting control over the federal budget, lowering taxes for the middle and lower class, and ensuring "the ultra-rich pay their fair share."
- Opposes "punitive tariffs."

Believes nobody is above the law and that everyone should be held accountable to it.

- Cares about the protection of rights.
- Believes nobody is above the law and that everyone should be held accountable to it.

As of May 4, 2026, Philip Tanis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants the United States to be a global leader.

Believes core principles should drive political decisions, stating that "most career politicians prioritize raising money over principles, bowing to the desires of the rich special interests at the expense of their constituents."

Said, "It’s past time for Representatives and Senators to fulfill their oaths to the Constitution and reassert their responsibilities."

- Wants the United States to be a global leader.
- Believes core principles should drive political decisions, stating that "most career politicians prioritize raising money over principles, bowing to the desires of the rich special interests at the expense of their constituents."
- Values freedom and equality.
- Said, "It’s past time for Representatives and Senators to fulfill their oaths to the Constitution and reassert their responsibilities."
- Prioritizes listening to constituents.

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Philip Tanis has a bachelor 's degree from Hope College. 

As of May 4, 2026, Philip Tanis did not have a website or any information online.

- A U.S. representative is an elected member of the United States House of Representatives, one of the two chambers of Congress.
- U.S. representatives introduce, debate, amend, and vote on federal legislation affecting the entire country.
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- U.S. representatives serve two-year terms and may run for reelection without term limits. Candidates must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and a resident of the state they represent.
- Members of the House of Representatives receive a salary of approximately $174,000 per year.

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