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RepublicanJohn R. Moolenaar
U.S. Representative · Michigan
Michigan's 2nd district
U.S. Representative from Michigan
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How they won their seat
John R. Moolenaar won the 2024 U.S. House election in Michigan (District 2) with 65.1% of the vote (279,167 votes).
- John R. Moolenaar · Republican65.1%279,167
- Michael Lynch · Democrat31.7%135,824
- Ben Dejong · Libertarian1.6%7,037
- Scott Adams · U.S. Taxpayers1.5%6,522
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
John R. Moolenaar's record includes legislation related to national security, agriculture, and health care, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the 'Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act' and the 'Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act'. His committee memberships further reflect involvement in appropriations related to national security and agriculture. Focus areas (from the record): National Security · Agriculture · Health Care · Foreign Relations · Transportation Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The lack of declared positions or tracked promises limits the ability to assess alignment with Moolenaar's legislative activity. What this can't tell you: There is no information on the effectiveness of the bills he sponsored; The record does not reveal any unlogged work or informal commitments he may have made. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. John R. Moolenaar has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2023. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What John R. Moolenaar has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$48K2%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.1M55%
- PAC / committee$869K43%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist PartyOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — National Security, Department of State, and Related ProgramsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
108 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,277,150, spent $838,446, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9711: To amend title 49, United States Code, to prescribe safety standards for autocycles and related equipment, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9642: Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1408: Recognizing the State of Michigan's contributions to the United States on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Union. ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9561: Shandra Eisenga TB Study Act of 2026 ↗Jun 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9249: No PLA Employees Act of 2026 ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9227: Magnets Value Chain Support Act of 2026 ↗Jun 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9129: GUARD Act of 2026 ↗Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9102: BINSA Act ↗Jun 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8901: Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act ↗May 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8730: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 ↗May 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8700: Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act ↗May 7, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8585: Community Multi-Share Coverage Program Act of 2026 ↗Apr 29, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 108 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 499
- Nay
- 154
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 2
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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