Bridget Brink is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has a bachelor's degree from Kenyon College and two master's degrees from the London School of Economics. She lives in Lansing with her husband, their two sons, and a rescue dog.

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Bridget Brink declares candidacy for Michigan's 7th Congressional ...

Bridget Brink is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Kenyon College and master's degrees in international relations and political theory from the London School of Economics. She lives in Lansing with her husband and two sons.

Bridget is a former U.S. ambassador and foreign service officer. She served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and Slovakia. Before taking on ambassador roles, she worked as a foreign service officer for nearly 30 years. 

Bridget is a former U.S. ambassador and foreign service officer. She served in the United States Foreign Service for 28 years under five presidents, joining the State Department in 1996. She served in postings that included Belgrade, Tbilisi, Tashkent, and Washington, D.C., working on European and Eurasian affairs.

Bridget previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.

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Bridget previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Slovakia. She also previously served as a Director on President Obama's National Security Council. 

2026 Michigan General Election

2026 Michigan Primary Election

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Republican

Supports restoring the Federal Trade Commission's power to protect consumers and promote competition by combating unfair business practices that increase prices.

Supports cracking down on corporate landlords that collude to increase rents and eliminating hidden fees that make rents more unaffordable.

Wants to crack down on corporate landlords that collude to increase rents and eliminate hidden fees that make rents more unaffordable.

Supports increasing regulations on public utility monopolies to eliminate financial incentives for raising rates.

Advocates for increasing regulations on public utility monopolies to eliminate financial incentives for raising rates.

Supports the PRO Act to ensure workers have the right to collectively bargain for better wages, fair treatment, and safe working conditions.

Opposes tariffs that have raised costs for consumers and affected agricultural exports from mid-Michigan.

Supports replacing tax giveaways to billionaires and big corporations with tax cuts for the middle class and relief for small businesses.

Supports expanding federally-backed loans to support small businesses as a key component of economic growth.

Promotes expanding federally-backed loans to support small businesses as a key component of economic growth.

Supports reforming zoning laws, expediting permitting processes, and encouraging investment in affordable housing.

Wants to reform zoning laws, expedite permitting processes, and encourage investment in affordable housing.

- Supports restoring the Federal Trade Commission's power to protect consumers and promote competition by combating unfair business practices that increase prices.
- Wants to crack down on corporate landlords that collude to increase rents and eliminate hidden fees that make rents more unaffordable.
- Advocates for increasing regulations on public utility monopolies to eliminate financial incentives for raising rates.
- Supports the PRO Act to ensure workers have the right to collectively bargain for better wages, fair treatment, and safe working conditions.
- Opposes tariffs that have raised costs for consumers and affected agricultural exports from mid-Michigan.
- Supports replacing tax giveaways to billionaires and big corporations with tax cuts for the middle class and relief for small businesses.
- Promotes expanding federally-backed loans to support small businesses as a key component of economic growth.
- Wants to reform zoning laws, expedite permitting processes, and encourage investment in affordable housing.

Economy

Supports defending the rights of members of the LGBTQ+ community to marry who they love.

Supports defending the rights of members of the LGBTQ+ community.

- Supports defending the rights of members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Public Safety

Supports capping the cost of insulin at $35 for all Americans.

Supports restoring funding for lifesaving cancer research to improve diagnoses and outcomes.

Supports passing comprehensive consumer protections that require health insurance companies to provide clear and timely decisions on coverage.

Plans on passing comprehensive consumer protections that require health insurance companies to provide clear and timely decisions on coverage.

Supports reforming the patent system for prescription drugs to prevent price inflation by pharmaceutical companies.

Supports stopping direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies and increasing prescription drug pricing transparency.

Wants to stop direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies and increase prescription drug pricing transparency.

Supports forcing drug companies to negotiate with Medicare to lower prescription drug costs.

Supports fully extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits to reduce insurance costs for millions of Americans.

Advocates for fully extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits to reduce insurance costs for millions of Americans.

Opposes Medicaid cuts that affect access to nursing homes.

Supports home health care workers to enable seniors to age at home.

Supports expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services while capping out-of-pocket costs.

Opposes efforts to take away women's health care rights and supports women's control over their own bodies.

Supports abortion access and codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law. 

- Supports capping the cost of insulin at $35 for all Americans.
- Supports restoring funding for lifesaving cancer research to improve diagnoses and outcomes.
- Plans on passing comprehensive consumer protections that require health insurance companies to provide clear and timely decisions on coverage.
- Supports reforming the patent system for prescription drugs to prevent price inflation by pharmaceutical companies.
- Wants to stop direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies and increase prescription drug pricing transparency.
- Supports forcing drug companies to negotiate with Medicare to lower prescription drug costs.
- Advocates for fully extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits to reduce insurance costs for millions of Americans.
- Opposes Medicaid cuts that affect access to nursing homes.
- Supports home health care workers to enable seniors to age at home.
- Supports expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing services while capping out-of-pocket costs.
- Supports abortion access and codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law. 

Healthcare

Supports fully funding and protecting Title 1 programs that provide essential support for under-advantaged children and those with special needs.

Supports restoring access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for educators and advocating for fair compensation for teachers.

Wants to restore access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for educators.

Supports funding universal pre-kindergarten and fully funding K-12 schools with well-supported union educators.

Supports making it easier for parents to pay for childcare.

Prioritizes making it easier for parents to pay for childcare.

Plans to restore cuts made to the Department of Education that have resulted in a loss of services to students.

Supports investing in job training, career and technical education, and free community college to prepare workers for the future economy.

Promotes investment in job training, technical education, and free community college to prepare workers for the future economy.

- Supports fully funding and protecting Title 1 programs that provide essential support for under-advantaged children and those with special needs.
- Wants to restore access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for educators.
- Supports funding universal pre-kindergarten and fully funding K-12 schools with well-supported union educators.
- Prioritizes making it easier for parents to pay for childcare.
- Plans to restore cuts made to the Department of Education that have resulted in a loss of services to students.
- Promotes investment in job training, technical education, and free community college to prepare workers for the future economy.

Education

Supports holding the biggest polluters accountable for releasing harmful PFAS chemicals into waterways.

Plans to hold the biggest polluters accountable for releasing harmful PFAS chemicals into waterways.

Supports banning all non-essential uses of toxic PFAS and investing in research to safely destroy PFAS to ensure access to safe water, soil, and air.

Wants to ban all non-essential uses of toxic PFAS and invest in research to safely destroy PFAS to ensure access to safe water, soil, and air.

Supports strengthening the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Supports strengthening and expanding the electric grid to meet demand and prevent utility bill price hikes.

Prioritizes strengthening and expanding the electric grid to meet demand and prevent utility bill price hikes.

Supports expanding research, development, and implementation of advanced nuclear energy technologies, as well as solar, wind, and other renewable energy technologies to increase energy supply and combat climate change.

- Plans to hold the biggest polluters accountable for releasing harmful PFAS chemicals into waterways.
- Wants to ban all non-essential uses of toxic PFAS and invest in research to safely destroy PFAS to ensure access to safe water, soil, and air.
- Supports strengthening the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
- Prioritizes strengthening and expanding the electric grid to meet demand and prevent utility bill price hikes.
- Supports expanding research, development, and implementation of advanced nuclear energy technologies, as well as solar, wind, and other renewable energy technologies to increase energy supply and combat climate change.

Energy & the Environment

Believes that peace at any price is appeasement and that appeasing dictators leads to more war and suffering.

Supports continued U.S. backing for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

- Believes that peace at any price is appeasement and that appeasing dictators leads to more war and suffering.
- Supports continued U.S. backing for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Members of Congress.

Supports a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for members of Congress.

Supports passing a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and ban unlimited spending of dark money by corporations and individuals.

Supports enacting legislation to clarify and limit the extent of Presidential pardon powers.

Supports passing a binding code of ethics for the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, Executive Branch appointees, and Supreme Court Justices, including full financial and tax disclosures.

Supports passing a binding code of ethics for the President, Vice President, members of Congress, Executive Branch appointees, and Supreme Court Justices, including full financial and tax disclosures.

Supports banning the acceptance of personal gifts over $20 by all officials in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, including the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Supreme Court Justices.

Supports banning the acceptance of personal gifts over $20 by all officials in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, including the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and Supreme Court Justices.

For Candidate Bridget Brink on Issue public-safety:  
Supports blocking pay for Members of Congress during government shutdowns.

Supports blocking pay for Members of Congress during government shutdowns.

Supports banning immediate family members of Members of Congress from serving as registered lobbyists during their congressional tenure.

For Candidate Bridget Brink on Issue public-safety:  
Supports instituting a permanent, lifetime ban on Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.

Supports instituting a permanent, lifetime ban on Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.

- Supports a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for members of Congress.
- Supports passing a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and ban unlimited spending of dark money by corporations and individuals.
- Supports enacting legislation to clarify and limit the extent of Presidential pardon powers.
- Supports passing a binding code of ethics for the President, Vice President, members of Congress, Executive Branch appointees, and Supreme Court Justices, including full financial and tax disclosures.
- Supports banning the acceptance of personal gifts over $20 by all officials in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, including the President, Vice President, members of Congress, and Supreme Court Justices.
- Supports blocking pay for Members of Congress during government shutdowns.
- Supports banning immediate family members of Members of Congress from serving as registered lobbyists during their congressional tenure.
- Supports instituting a permanent, lifetime ban on Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.

Voting & Elections

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Supports confronting racism, discrimination, and hatred in all forms.

Supports giving students choices that match their skills, goals, and the job market.

Aims to ensure academic excellence in public schools by supporting standards and accountability programs in partnership with parents and educators to improve reading, writing, and math levels.

Supports reversing efforts to halt clean energy projects and programs that ensure safe and clean air, land, and water for Michiganders.

Supports restoring and strengthening programs that keep air, land, and water safe and clean.

Supports investing in cost-effective green energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydrogen, as well as nuclear energy, to lower costs, expand energy supply, and accelerate clean energy adoption.

Opposes Trump's tariffs, citing their negative impact on consumer costs and mid-Michigan's agricultural exports.

Supports investing in infrastructure, including fixing roads, bridges, and expanding rural broadband, to enhance economic development in Mid-Michigan.

Supports expanding federally-backed loans to support small businesses as a means of promoting economic growth.

Supports cracking down on corporate landlords that collude to raise rents and eliminating hidden fees that make housing unaffordable.

Supports banning the acceptance of personal gifts over $20 by all officials in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, including the President, Vice President, political appointees, Members of Congress, and Supreme Court Justices.

Supports a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision and ban unlimited spending of dark money by corporations and individuals.

Supports affordable and accessible healthcare for everyone, aiming to reduce costs and prescription drug prices by addressing issues with insurance and drug companies.

Believes in holding bad insurance companies accountable for deceptive practices and ensuring that treatment decisions are made by physicians rather than insurance companies.

Advocates for reversing Medicaid cuts that affected funding for special education programs and ADA infrastructure upgrades for disabled students.

Supports fully funding and protecting Title 1 programs for under-advantaged children and those with special needs.

Supports restoring access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for educators and advocating for competitive pay for teachers.

Supports banning non-essential uses of toxic PFAS and investing in research to safely destroy PFAS for access to safe water, soil, and air.

Supports reducing tariffs on imported goods.

Supports tax cuts for the middle class and small businesses.

Supports investing in infrastructure, including fixing roads, bridges, and expanding rural broadband.

Supports expanding federally-backed loans to support small businesses.

Supports working with local communities to reform zoning laws, expedite permitting processes, and encourage investment in affordable housing.

Supports restoring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to protect consumers and promote competition by addressing unfair business practices that increase prices.

Supports reducing rent costs by targeting corporate landlords who collude and use artificial intelligence to increase rents, and wants to eliminate hidden fees that make rents unaffordable.

Supports increasing regulations on public utility monopolies to remove financial incentives for increasing rates.

Supports enacting legislation to clarify and limit Presidential pardon powers.

Supports banning personal gifts over $20 to officials from the President to Supreme Court Justices.

Supports a permanent, lifetime ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists.

Supports banning immediate family members of Congress members from serving as registered lobbyists during their congressional tenure.

Supports extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to reduce insurance costs for 24 million Americans.

Supports restoring funding for cancer research to improve diagnoses and outcomes.

Supports passing comprehensive consumer protections that mandate health insurance companies make clear and timely decisions on coverage.

Supports ensuring Medicaid cuts do not affect access to nursing homes.

Supports home health care workers so seniors can age at home.

Supports reversing Medicaid cuts that removed funding for special education programs, including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) infrastructure upgrades for disabled students.

Supports fully funding and protecting Title 1 programs for underprivileged children and those with special needs.

Supports restoring access to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for educators and advocates for fair compensation for teachers.

Supports strengthening public schools by providing students with choices that align with their skills and goals, making childcare more affordable, and preserving the Department of Education.

Supports investing in solar, wind, and hydrogen energy.

Supports restoring and strengthening environmental protection programs.

Supports holding major polluters accountable, including companies releasing harmful PFAS chemicals into waterways.

Supports banning all non-essential uses of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and investing in research to safely destroy PFAS.

Supports reversing efforts to halt clean energy projects and programs that aim to reduce costs and protect the environment.

Supports strengthening and expanding the electric grid to meet demand and prevent utility bill increases.

Supports expanding research, development, and implementation of advanced nuclear and renewable energy technologies to increase energy supply and combat climate change.

Believes that "peace at any price is not peace — it’s appeasement."

Supports passing a constitutional amendment to establish term limits for Congress members.

Supports passing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision, which allows for "unlimited spending of dark money by corporations and individuals."

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