Michigan's 2nd Congressional District

Michigan's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

John Moolenaar

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Michigan's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by John Moolenaar (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Michigan representatives represented an average of 775,726 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 707,973 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent John Moolenaar defeated Michael Lynch, Ben DeJong, and Scott Adams in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Moolenaar (R)	65.1	279,167
		Michael Lynch (D)	31.7	135,824
		Ben DeJong (L)	1.6	7,037
		Scott Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.5	6,522

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 428,550
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Michael Lynch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Lynch	100.0	39,503

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,503
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent John Moolenaar advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Moolenaar	100.0	94,937

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Ben DeJong advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on July 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Ben DeJong (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Scott Adams advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Scott Adams (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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2022

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent John Moolenaar defeated Jerry Hilliard and Nathan Hewer in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Moolenaar (R)	63.7	216,222
		Jerry Hilliard (D)	34.3	116,452
		Nathan Hewer (L)	2.0	6,847

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,521
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Jerry Hilliard advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Hilliard	100.0	40,952

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ray Johnson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent John Moolenaar defeated Tom Norton and Jericho Gonzales in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Moolenaar	65.2	77,394
		Tom Norton	34.8	41,273
		Jericho Gonzales (Write-in)	0.0	37
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	37

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,741
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Nathan Hewer advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Nathan Hewer (L)

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2020

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent Bill Huizenga defeated Bryan Berghoef, Max Riekse, Jean-Michel Creviere, and Gerald T. Van Sickle in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Huizenga (R)	59.2	238,711
		Bryan Berghoef (D)	38.2	154,122
	Submit photo	Max Riekse (L)	1.3	5,292
		Jean-Michel Creviere (G)	0.7	2,646
		Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)	0.6	2,476

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 403,247
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Bryan Berghoef advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Berghoef	100.0	59,703

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,703
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent Bill Huizenga advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Huizenga	100.0	88,258

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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Jean-Michel Creviere advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Jean-Michel Creviere (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Max Riekse advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on July 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Max Riekse (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Gerald T. Van Sickle advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan convention for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on July 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Gerald T. Van Sickle (U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)

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2018

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent Bill Huizenga defeated Rob Davidson and Ronald Graeser in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Huizenga (R)	55.3	168,970
		Rob Davidson (D)	43.0	131,254
		Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.7	5,239

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,463
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Rob Davidson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rob Davidson	100.0	52,221

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nick Schiller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2

Incumbent Bill Huizenga advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 2 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Huizenga	100.0	79,620

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2016

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Bill Huizenga (R) defeated Dennis Murphy (D), Erwin Haas (L), Matthew Brady (G), and Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Huizenga Incumbent	62.6%	212,508
	Democratic	Dennis Murphy	32.5%	110,391
	Libertarian	Erwin Haas	2.4%	8,154
	Green	Matthew Brady	1.6%	5,353
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	0.9%	2,904
	N/A	Write-in	0%	18
Total Votes				339,328
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2014

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Michigan held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Bill Huizenga (R) defeated challengers Dean Vanderstelt (D), Ronald Graeser (I) and Ronald Welch (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Huizenga Incumbent	63.6%	135,568
	Democratic	Dean Vanderstelt	33.3%	70,851
	Libertarian	Ronald Welch II	1.8%	3,877
	U.S. Tax Payers Party	Ronald E. Graeser	1.3%	2,776
Total Votes				213,072
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

General election candidates

• Dan Benishek - Incumbent a
• Jerry Cannon
• Ellis Boal
• Loel Gnadt

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Dan Benishek - Incumbenta
• Alan Arcand

Democratic Primary

• Jerry Cannon a

2012

See also: Michigan's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Michigan held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Bill Huizenga won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Willie German, Jr.	34.2%	108,973
	Republican	Bill Huizenga Incumbent	61.2%	194,653
	Libertarian	Mary Buzuma	2.7%	8,750
	Green	William Opalicky	0.9%	2,715
	UST	Ronald Graeser	1%	3,176
Total Votes				318,267
Source: Michigan Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Bill Huizenga won election to the United States House. He defeated Fred Johnson (D), Joseph Gilotte (L), Ronald E. Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) and Lloyd Clarke (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Huizenga	65.3%	148,864
	Democratic	Fred Johnson	31.6%	72,118
	Libertarian	Joseph Gilotte	1.2%	2,701
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald E. Graeser	1%	2,379
	Green	Lloyd Clarke	0.9%	2,016
Total Votes				228,078

2008
On November 4, 2008, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Fred Johnson (D), Dan Johnson (L), Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) and William Bailey (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	62.4%	214,100
	Democratic	Fred Johnson	34.8%	119,506
	Libertarian	Dan Johnson	1.6%	5,496
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	1.2%	4,200
	Write-in	William Bailey	0%	7
Total Votes				343,309

2006
On November 7, 2006, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kimon Kotos (D), Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) and Steven Van Til (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	66.5%	183,006
	Democratic	Kimon Kotos	31.6%	86,950
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	1%	2,720
	Libertarian	Steven Van Til	1%	2,718
Total Votes				275,394

2004
On November 2, 2004, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kimon Kotos (D), Steve VanTil (L) and Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	69.3%	225,343
	Democratic	Kimon Kotos	28.9%	94,040
	Libertarian	Steve VanTil	0.9%	2,876
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	0.8%	2,746
Total Votes				325,005

2002
On November 5, 2002, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey Wrisley (D), Laurie Aleck (L) and Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	70.4%	156,937
	Democratic	Jeffrey Wrisley	27.7%	61,749
	Libertarian	Laurie Aleck	1.2%	2,680
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	0.7%	1,541
Total Votes				222,907

2000
On November 7, 2000, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Shrauger (D), Susan Goldberg (Natural Law), Bruce Smith (L) and Ronald Graeser (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	64.4%	186,762
	Democratic	Bob Shrauger	33.2%	96,370
	Natural Law	Susan Goldberg	0.9%	2,705
	Libertarian	Bruce Smith	0.9%	2,639
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	0.5%	1,449
Total Votes				289,925

1998
On November 3, 1998, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Shrauger (D), Bruce Smith (L) and Tom Russell (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	68.7%	146,854
	Democratic	Bob Shrauger	29.8%	63,573
	Libertarian	Bruce Smith	1%	2,062
	Natural Law	Tom Russell	0.5%	1,133
Total Votes				213,622

1996
On November 5, 1996, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Kruszynski (D), Bruce Smith (L) and Henry Ogden Clark (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	65.3%	165,608
	Democratic	Dan Kruszynski	33%	83,603
	Libertarian	Bruce Smith	1.2%	3,071
	Natural Law	Henry Ogden Clark	0.5%	1,365
	N/A	Write-in	0%	52
Total Votes				253,699

1994
On November 8, 1994, Peter Hoekstra won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Marcus Hoover (D) and Lu Wiggins (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra incumbent	75.3%	146,164
	Democratic	Marcus Hoover	23.7%	46,097
	Natural Law	Lu Wiggins	1%	1,892
	N/A	Scattering	0%	34
Total Votes				194,187

1992
On November 3, 1992, Peter Hoekstra won election to the United States House. He defeated John Miltner (D) and Dick Jacobs (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Hoekstra	63%	155,577
	Democratic	John Miltner	35%	86,265
	Libertarian	Dick Jacobs	2%	4,840
	N/A	Write-in	0%	79
Total Votes				246,761

1990
On November 6, 1990, Carl Pursell won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Elmer White (D) and Paul Jensen (Tisch Independent Citizen) in the general election.

U.S. House, Michigan District 2 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Carl Pursell incumbent	64.1%	95,962
	Democratic	Elmer White	33.2%	49,678
	Tisch Independent Citizen	Paul Jensen	2.8%	4,119
	N/A	Write-in	0%	7
Total Votes				149,766

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Michigan after the 2020 census

Michigan’s congressional district boundaries became law on March 26, 2022, 60 days after the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) published its report on the redistricting plans with the secretary of state. On December 28, 2021, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) approved what was named the "Chestnut" map by a vote of 8-5. Two Democrats, two Republicans, and four nonpartisan members voted to approve the plan with the five remaining commissioners in favor of other plans. As required, "at least two commissioners who affiliate with each major party, and at least two commissioners who do not affiliate with either major party" voted in favor of the adopted map.

The MICRC was established after voters approved a 2018 constitutional amendment that transferred the power to draw the state's congressional and legislative districts from the state legislature to a redistricting commission. Under the terms of the amendment, "Within 30 days after adopting a plan, the commission shall publish the plan and the material reports, reference materials, and data used in drawing it, including any programming information used to produce and test the plan." The adopted plan becomes law 60 days after the MICRC publishes that report.

Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News wrote that, “Unlike other congressional maps the commission had to choose from, Chestnut was set apart by its inclusion of Grand Rapids and Muskegon in the same district, its grouping of Battle Creek and Kalamazoo and its ability to keep Jackson County whole, instead of breaking off part of the county into an Ann Arbor area district.” According to Clara Hendrickson and Todd Spangler of the Detroit Free Press, "According to three measures of partisan fairness based on statewide election data from the past decade, the map favors Republicans. But those measures also show a significant reduction in the Republican bias compared to the map drawn a decade ago by a Republican legislature, deemed one of the most politically biased maps in the country. One of the partisan fairness measures used by the commission indicates Democratic candidates would have an advantage under the new map." This map took effect for Michigan’s 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Michigan work? In Michigan, a non-politician commission is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district plans. The commission comprises 13 members, including four Democrats, four Republicans, and five unaffiliated voters or members of minor parties. In order for a map to be enacted, at least seven members must vote for it, including at least two Democrats, two Republicans, and two members not affiliated with either major party.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission prepared this document specifically explaining the redistricting process after the 2020 census.

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Michigan after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Michigan State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Michigan's 2nd the 69th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Michigan's 2nd the 67th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 63.2%-35.0%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Michigan's 2nd the 69th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 35.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 63.2%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Michigan's 2nd Congressional District the 138th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.04. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.04 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Michigan
• Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Michigan's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)