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Matt Hall (Michigan)
2023 - Present
2027
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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]
Sponsored legislation
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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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall (R) | 57.5 | 30,999 |
![]() | Austin Marsman (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Austin Marsman ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall | 64.6 | 6,286 |
Richard Cutshaw | 35.4 | 3,451 |
Total votes: 9,737 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall (R) | 55.0 | 24,092 |
![]() | Justin Mendoza (D) ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Justin Mendoza ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall | 71.2 | 8,356 |
![]() | Gary Mitchell ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall (R) | 60.6 | 31,379 |
![]() | Luke Howell (D) ![]() | 36.0 | 18,613 | |
![]() | Rafael Wolf (L) ![]() | 2.1 | 1,093 | |
![]() | John Anthony La Pietra (G) | 1.3 | 660 | |
![]() | Ron Hawkins (D) (Write-in) ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Luke Howell ![]() | 50.5 | 3,744 |
![]() | Ron Hawkins ![]() | 49.5 | 3,671 |
Total votes: 7,415 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jennifer Aniano (D)
- Anthony Bates (D)
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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rafael Wolf (L) ![]() |
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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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall (R) | 56.6 | 22,711 |
Jennifer Aniano (D) ![]() | 39.4 | 15,809 | ||
![]() | Ron Hawkins (L) | 2.6 | 1,059 | |
![]() | 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 ![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matt Hall | 57.4 | 6,608 |
![]() | David Maturen | 37.0 | 4,256 | |
![]() | 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 | ||
✔ | ![]() | 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
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 | ||||
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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 | |
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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
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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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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Notable endorsements
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Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Hall was assigned to the following committees:
- Insurance Committee
- House Regulatory Reform Committee
- Tax Policy Committee (decommissioned), Chair
- Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (decommissioned)
2019-2020
Hall was assigned to the following committees:
- Education Committee
- House Oversight Committee, Chair
- House Regulatory Reform Committee
- Tax Policy Committee (decommissioned)
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2024
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In 2024, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 10 to December 23.
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2023
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In 2023, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 11 to November 14.
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2022
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In 2022, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 12 to December 28.
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2021
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In 2021, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 8 to December 31.
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2019
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In 2019, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 9 through December 31.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Detroit News, "Lansing's new force: Democrats struggle 'to dance' with Republican House speaker," April 17, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gongwer, "House Speaker Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 LinkedIn, "Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
- ↑ Michigan House Republicans, "About Matt Hall," accessed April 20, 2025
- ↑ MLive, "Matt Hall, David Maturen vie for 63rd House District nomination," July 17, 2018
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Crain's Detroit Business, "Matt Hall's goals: Cutting income taxes and becoming the next House speaker," May 15, 2024
- ↑ MLive, "‘Our agenda advocates for all Michiganders’: Meet the leaders of the 102nd legislature," November 25, 2022
- ↑ Bridge Michigan, "New Michigan House Republican Leader Matt Hall: Democrats need our help," December 23, 2022
- ↑ Crain's Detroit Buisness, "Michigan Republicans pick their next speaker of the House," November 7, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Public Radio, "Michigan House elects new leadership after Republicans win majority," November 7, 2024
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Matt Hall For State Representative, "About Matt Hall," accessed May 3, 2023
- ↑ Michigan House Republicans, "About Matt Hall," accessed May 3, 2023
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Battle Creek Enquirer, "Matt Hall ousts incumbent David Maturen for Republican nomination in 63rd House district," August 8, 2025
- ↑ MI Live, "Matt Hall, David Maturen vie for 63rd House District nomination," July 17, 2018
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
Political offices | ||
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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 - |