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Matt Hall
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Michigan House of Representatives District 42
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Michigan House of Representatives District 63
Predecessor: David Maturen

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

Education

Law

Western Michigan University

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Matt Hall (Republican Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 42. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Hall became speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives on January 8, 2025.[1]

Hall was born in 1983.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western Michigan University in 2006 and a J.D. from Cooley Law School in 2017.[3] He worked as a constitutional law attorney, the West Michigan liaison for the Michigan Attorney General's Office, and a business development representative for L-3 Combat Propulsion Systems.[4][3]

In 2018, Hall ran to represent District 63 in the state House. During the campaign, Hall's platform focused on lowering automobile insurance rates and cutting taxes.[5] In the 2018 Republican primary, Hall defeated incumbent Rep. David Maturen (R) 57% to 39%. After voters re-elected him to represent the district in 2020 by a margin of 10 percentage points, redistricting moved him to District 42 in 2022.

During his first term in the state House, Hall was chair of the House Oversight Committee and the Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic.[6] Hall said his experience chairing both committees inspired him to pursue roles in state House leadership: "That really put me in the spotlight. We did a really good job of exposing the governor's lack of proper management in the Unemployment Insurance Agency, the problems in the nursing homes. There were a lot of those areas where we worked really hard to point out the problems in her executive orders and show the effect that it was having on small businesses across our state."[6] At the time, Michigan had a divided government, meaning neither party held a trifecta. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was governor, while the Republican Party controlled both legislative chambers.

Following the 2022 general elections, Democrats gained a majority in the state House. House Republicans then elected Hall to serve as state House minority leader.[7] At the time, Hall said he would be a "strong, effective Republican leader who can balance all the different complexities of our party."[8] According to Crain's Detroit Business, as minority leader, Hall "held a tight grip on his caucus. House Republicans frequently voted as a united block against Democratic priorities, up to and including the state budget."[9] At the time, Michigan was a Democratic trifecta, meaning the Democratic Party controlled the governorship and both legislative chambers.

In the 2024 general elections, Republicans regained a majority in the state House and elected Hall speaker.[1] According to The Detroit News, Hall was, at the time, "the first speaker to take the gavel in his fourth term in decades—a reality made possible by a change to Michigan's term limit laws that allows lawmakers to serve up to 12 years in either chamber."[1] Hall said his legislative priorities as speaker include education, public safety, and road funding.[10] At the time, Michigan had a divided government, meaning neither party held a trifecta. Democrats controlled the governorship and the state Senate, while Republicans controlled the state House.

Biography

Matt Hall was born in 1983.[2][11] Hall earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Western Michigan University in 2006 and a J.D. from Cooley Law School in 2017.[3] His career experience includes working as a constitutional law attorney.[11][12][3]

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 42

Incumbent Matt Hall defeated Austin Marsman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall (R)
 
57.5
 
30,999
Image of Austin Marsman
Austin Marsman (D) Candidate Connection
 
42.5
 
22,947

Total votes: 53,946
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42

Austin Marsman advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Austin Marsman
Austin Marsman Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,971

Total votes: 6,971
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Matt Hall defeated Richard Cutshaw in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall
 
64.6
 
6,286
Richard Cutshaw
 
35.4
 
3,451

Total votes: 9,737
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Hall 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 42

Incumbent Matt Hall defeated Justin Mendoza in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall (R)
 
55.0
 
24,092
Image of Justin Mendoza
Justin Mendoza (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.0
 
19,719

Total votes: 43,811
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42

Justin Mendoza advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Justin Mendoza
Justin Mendoza Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,154

Total votes: 7,154
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42

Incumbent Matt Hall defeated Gary Mitchell in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 42 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall
 
71.2
 
8,356
Image of Gary Mitchell
Gary Mitchell Candidate Connection
 
28.8
 
3,374

Total votes: 11,730
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Matt Hall defeated Luke Howell, Rafael Wolf, John Anthony La Pietra, and Ron Hawkins in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall (R)
 
60.6
 
31,379
Image of Luke Howell
Luke Howell (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
18,613
Image of Rafael Wolf
Rafael Wolf (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.1
 
1,093
Image of John Anthony La Pietra
John Anthony La Pietra (G)
 
1.3
 
660
Image of Ron Hawkins
Ron Hawkins (D) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
6

Total votes: 51,751
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Luke Howell defeated Ron Hawkins in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Luke Howell
Luke Howell Candidate Connection
 
50.5
 
3,744
Image of Ron Hawkins
Ron Hawkins Candidate Connection
 
49.5
 
3,671

Total votes: 7,415
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Matt Hall advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall
 
100.0
 
11,912

Total votes: 11,912
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

John Anthony La Pietra advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on June 20, 2020.

Candidate
Image of John Anthony La Pietra
John Anthony La Pietra (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Rafael Wolf advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on July 18, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Rafael Wolf
Rafael Wolf (L) Candidate Connection

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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Matt Hall defeated Jennifer Aniano, Ron Hawkins, and John Anthony La Pietra in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall (R)
 
56.6
 
22,711
Jennifer Aniano (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.4
 
15,809
Image of Ron Hawkins
Ron Hawkins (L)
 
2.6
 
1,059
Image of John Anthony La Pietra
John Anthony La Pietra (G)
 
1.4
 
557

Total votes: 40,136
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Jennifer Aniano advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jennifer Aniano Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,864

Total votes: 6,864
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Matt Hall defeated incumbent David Maturen and Paul Foust in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Hall
Matt Hall
 
57.4
 
6,608
Image of David Maturen
David Maturen
 
37.0
 
4,256
Image of Paul Foust
Paul Foust
 
5.7
 
651

Total votes: 11,515
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63

Ron Hawkins advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Hawkins
Ron Hawkins
 
100.0
 
80

Total votes: 80
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Republican primary

Matt Hall (R) defeated incumbent David Maturen (R) and Paul Foust (R) in the Republican primary for District 63 of the Michigan House of Representatives, receiving 57% of the vote to 37% to 6%. Foust withdrew before the election and endorsed Hall, but remained on the ballot.[13] Hall campaigned on lowering auto insurance rates, cutting taxes, and reducing medicare premiums. Maturen campaigned on his record and on building more roads.[14] Hall criticized Maturen as too liberal, while Maturen criticized Hall for moving to the district earlier in the year after living elsewhere.[13] Hall subsequently defeated Jennifer Aniano (D) in the general election 57% to 39%.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Hall was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan.

RNC Rules Committee

See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016

Hall was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[15]

Appointment process

The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Michigan, 2016 and Republican delegates from Michigan, 2016

Delegates from Michigan to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention in April 2016. Michigan delegates were allowed to list their preferred candidate on their presidential preference form. 2016 Michigan GOP bylaws stipulate that delegates to the national convention were bound on the first ballot. Delegates bound to a particular candidate became unbound if that candidate publicly withdrew from the race, suspended his or her campaign, endorsed another candidate, or sought the nomination of a different party for any office.

Rules Committee

See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016

On April 9, 2016, Matt Hall was elected at the Michigan Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[16][17]

Michigan primary results

See also: Presidential election in Michigan, 2016
Michigan Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Jeb Bush 0.8% 10,685 0
Ben Carson 1.6% 21,349 0
Chris Christie 0.2% 3,116 0
Ted Cruz 24.7% 326,617 17
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 1,415 0
Lindsey Graham 0% 438 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 2,603 0
John Kasich 24.3% 321,115 17
George Pataki 0% 591 0
Rand Paul 0.3% 3,774 0
Marco Rubio 9.3% 123,587 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 1,722 0
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 36.5% 483,753 25
Other 1.7% 22,824 0
Totals 1,323,589 59
Source: CNN and Michigan Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
Logo-GOP.png

Michigan had 59 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[18][19]

Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[18][19]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Matt Hall did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Matt Hall did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Matt Hall did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Matt Hall campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Michigan House of Representatives District 42Won general$349,854 $0
2022Michigan House of Representatives District 42Won general$227,097 $0
2020Michigan House of Representatives District 63Won general$78,572 N/A**
2018Michigan House of Representatives District 63Won general$253,855 N/A**
Grand total$909,378 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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.

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Matt Hall
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWon General
Notable ballot measure endorsements by Matt Hall
MeasurePositionOutcome
Michigan Constitutional Convention Question (2026)  source SupportOn the ballot

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Hall was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hall was assigned to the following committees:

Scorecards

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External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Detroit News, "Lansing's new force: Democrats struggle 'to dance' with Republican House speaker," April 17, 2025
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gongwer, "House Speaker Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 LinkedIn, "Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
  4. Michigan House Republicans, "About Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
  5. MLive, "Matt Hall, David Maturen vie for 63rd House District nomination," July 17, 2018
  6. 6.0 6.1 Crain's Detroit Business, "Matt Hall's goals: Cutting income taxes and becoming the next House speaker," May 15, 2024
  7. MLive, "‘Our agenda advocates for all Michiganders’: Meet the leaders of the 102nd legislature," November 25, 2022
  8. Bridge Michigan, "New Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall: Democrats need our help," December 23, 2022
  9. Crain's Detroit Buisness, "Michigan Republicans pick their next speaker of the House," November 7, 2024
  10. Michigan Public Radio, "Michigan House elects new leadership after Republicans win majority," November 7, 2024
  11. 11.0 11.1 Matt Hall For State Representative, "About Matt Hall," accessed May 3, 2023
  12. Michigan House Republicans, "About Matt Hall," accessed May 3, 2023
  13. 13.0 13.1 Battle Creek Enquirer, "Matt Hall ousts incumbent David Maturen for Republican nomination in 63rd House district," August 8, 2025
  14. MI Live, "Matt Hall, David Maturen vie for 63rd House District nomination," July 17, 2018
  15. Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
  16. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named box
  17. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named compete
  18. 18.0 18.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  19. 19.0 19.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016

Political offices
Preceded by
Ann Bollin (R)
Michigan House of Representatives District 42
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
David Maturen (R)
Michigan House of Representatives District 63
2019-2023
Succeeded by
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