Curt VanderWall

Curt VanderWall

Republican Party

Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Michele Hoitenga

Prior offices

Michigan House of Representatives District 101

Successor: Jack O'Malley

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Michigan State Senate District 35

Successor: Kristen McDonald Rivet

Predecessor: Darwin Booher

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Compensation

Base salary

$71,685/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid. Legislators receive an expense allowance of $10,800/year for session and interim.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal

Profession

Business owner

Contact

Official website

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Campaign website

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Curt VanderWall (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 102. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

VanderWall (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 102. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Curt VanderWall's career experience includes owning Turf Care Mole Man. VanderWall served on the board of Old Kent Bank, the Mason County Growth Alliance Board, and the Mason County Housing Board.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

VanderWall was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• Health Policy Committee, Minority Vice Chair
• Education Committee, Minority Vice Chair

2021-2022

VanderWall was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic and Small Business Development Committee, Majority vice-chair
• Elections Committee
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)
• Finance Committee
• Health Policy and Human Services, Chair
• Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (decommissioned), Majority vice-chair
• Senate Regulatory Reform Committee

2019-2020

VanderWall was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic and Small Business Development Committee, Vice Chair
• Finance Committee
• Elections Committee
• Health Policy and Human Services, Chair
• Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (decommissioned), Vice Chair
• Senate Regulatory Reform Committee
• Environmental Quality Committee (decommissioned)

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Michigan committee assignments, 2017
• Financial Services
• Insurance, Vice chair
• Natural Resources
• Tourism and Outdoor Recreation, Vice chair

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Incumbent Curt VanderWall defeated Kathy Pelleran-Mahoney in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall (R)	63.8	34,218
	Submit photo	Kathy Pelleran-Mahoney (D)	36.2	19,421

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,639
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Kathy Pelleran-Mahoney advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathy Pelleran-Mahoney	100.0	6,258

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,258
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Incumbent Curt VanderWall advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall	100.0	10,113

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,113
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Endorsements

VanderWall received the following endorsements.

• Citizens for Traditional Values – PAC

2022

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Curt VanderWall defeated Brian Hosticka in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall (R)	61.1	26,690
		Brian Hosticka (D)	38.9	17,010

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,700
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Brian Hosticka advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Hosticka	100.0	6,325

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,325
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Amanda Siggins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102

Curt VanderWall defeated Andrew Sebolt and Ryan Roberts in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 102 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall	58.5	8,455
		Andrew Sebolt	32.0	4,625
		Ryan Roberts	9.4	1,361

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,441
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Phil Morse (R)

2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 35

Curt VanderWall defeated Mike Taillard and Timothy Coon in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 35 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall (R)	63.2	73,688
		Mike Taillard (D)	34.2	39,923
	Submit photo	Timothy Coon (L)	2.6	3,031

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 116,642 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 35

Mike Taillard advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 35 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Taillard	100.0	19,768

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,768
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 35

Curt VanderWall defeated Bruce Rendon, Ray Franz, and Cary Urka in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 35 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curt VanderWall	48.9	19,713
		Bruce Rendon	24.4	9,832
		Ray Franz	23.4	9,424
	Submit photo	Cary Urka	3.2	1,307

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,276
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 35

Timothy Coon advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 35 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Timothy Coon	100.0	167

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 167
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2016

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 19, 2016. Incumbent Ray Franz (R) did not seek re-election because of term-limits.

Curt VanderWall defeated Dan Scripps in the Michigan House of Representatives District 101 general election.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 101 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Curt VanderWall	54.01%	27,852
	Democratic	Dan Scripps	45.99%	23,719
Total Votes				51,571
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Dan Scripps ran unopposed in the Michigan House of Representatives District 101 Democratic primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 101 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Dan Scripps  (unopposed)

Curt VanderWall defeated Cary Urka and Mark Walter in the Michigan House of Representatives District 101 Republican primary.

Michigan House of Representatives, District 101 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Curt VanderWall	58.58%	7,100
	Republican	Cary Urka	14.24%	1,726
	Republican	Mark Walter	27.18%	3,295
Total Votes				12,121

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Curt VanderWall campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Michigan House of Representatives District 102	Won general	$102,093	$0
2022	Michigan House of Representatives District 102	Won general	$124,411	$0
2018	Michigan State Senate District 35	Won general	$218,653	N/A**
2016	Michigan House of Representatives, District 101	Won	$255,419	N/A**
Grand total			$700,577	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2018

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2017

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2016

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Michele Hoitenga (R)	Michigan House of Representatives District 102 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Darwin Booher (R)	Michigan State Senate District 35 2019-2023	Succeeded by Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)
Preceded by -	Michigan House of Representatives District 101 2017-2019	Succeeded by Jack O'Malley (R)

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Current members of the Michigan House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Matt Hall

Minority Leader:Ranjeev Puri

Representatives

District 1

Tyrone Carter (D)

District 2

Tullio Liberati (D)

District 3

Alabas Farhat (D)

District 4

Karen Whitsett (D)

District 5

Regina Weiss (D)

District 6

Natalie Price (D)

District 7

Tonya Myers Phillips (D)

District 8

Helena Scott (D)

District 9

Joseph Tate (D)

District 10

Veronica Paiz (D)

District 11

Donavan McKinney (D)

District 12

Kimberly Edwards (D)

District 13

Mai Xiong (D)

District 14

Mike McFall (D)

District 15

Erin Byrnes (D)

District 16

Stephanie Young (D)

District 17

Laurie Pohutsky (D)

District 18

Jason Hoskins (D)

District 19

Samantha Steckloff (D)

District 20

Noah Arbit (D)

District 21

Kelly Breen (D)

District 22

Matt Koleszar (D)

District 23

Jason Morgan (D)

District 24

Ranjeev Puri (D)

District 25

Peter Herzberg (D)

District 26

Dylan Wegela (D)

District 27

Rylee Linting (R)

District 28

Jamie Thompson (R)

District 29

James DeSana (R)

District 30

William Bruck (R)

District 31

Reggie Miller (D)

District 32

Jimmie Wilson (D)

District 33

Morgan Foreman (D)

District 34

Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R)

District 35

Jennifer Wortz (R)

District 36

Steve Carra (R)

District 37

Brad Paquette (R)

District 38

Joey Andrews (D)

District 39

Pauline Wendzel (R)

District 40

Matt Longjohn (D)

District 41

Julie Rogers (D)

District 42

Matt Hall (R)

District 43

Rachelle Smit (R)

District 44

Steve Frisbie (R)

District 45

Sarah Lightner (R)

District 46

Kathy Schmaltz (R)

District 47

Carrie Rheingans (D)

District 48

Jennifer Conlin (D)

District 49

Ann Bollin (R)

District 50

Jason Woolford (R)

District 51

Matt Maddock (R)

District 52

Mike Harris (R)

District 53

Brenda Carter (D)

District 54

Donni Steele (R)

District 55

Mark Tisdel (R)

District 56

Sharon MacDonell (D)

District 57

Thomas Kuhn (R)

District 58

Ron Robinson (R)

District 59

Douglas Wozniak (R)

District 60

Joseph Aragona (R)

District 61

Denise Mentzer (D)

District 62

Alicia St. Germaine (R)

District 63

Jay DeBoyer (R)

District 64

Joseph Pavlov (R)

District 65

Jaime Greene (R)

District 66

Josh Schriver (R)

District 67

Phil Green (R)

District 68

David Martin (R)

District 69

Jasper Martus (D)

District 70

Cynthia Neeley (D)

District 71

Brian BeGole (R)

District 72

Mike Mueller (R)

District 73

Julie Brixie (D)

District 74

Kara Hope (D)

District 75

Penelope Tsernoglou (D)

District 76

Angela Witwer (D)

District 77

Emily Dievendorf (D)

District 78

Gina Johnsen (R)

District 79

Angela Rigas (R)

District 80

Phil Skaggs (D)

District 81

Stephen Wooden (D)

District 82

Kristian Grant (D)

District 83

John Fitzgerald (D)

District 84

Carol Glanville (D)

District 85

Bradley Slagh (R)

District 86

Nancy De Boer (R)

District 87

William Snyder (D)

District 88

Greg VanWoerkom (R)

District 89

Luke Meerman (R)

District 90

Bryan Posthumus (R)

District 91

Pat Outman (R)

District 92

Jerry Neyer (R)

District 93

Tim Kelly (R)

District 94

Amos O'Neal (D)

District 95

Bill Schuette (R)

District 96

Timothy Beson (R)

District 97

Matthew Bierlein (R)

District 98

Gregory Alexander (R)

District 99

Mike Hoadley (R)

District 100

Tom Kunse (R)

District 101

Joseph Fox (R)

District 102

Curt VanderWall (R)

District 103

Betsy Coffia (D)

District 104

John Roth (R)

District 105

Ken Borton (R)

District 106

Cameron Cavitt (R)

District 107

Parker Fairbairn (R)

District 108

David Prestin (R)

District 109

Karl Bohnak (R)

District 110

Gregory Markkanen (R)

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