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John R. Moolenaar

John R. Moolenaar

Republican · MI U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • background Born May 8, 1961
  • role Michigan House of Representatives (2003–2008)
  • role Michigan Senate (2011–2014)
  • role U.S. representative: 4th district (2015–2023), 2nd district (2023–present)

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House MI-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,652,235 raised
  • $1,028,618 spent
  • $1,905,561 cash on hand
$1.65M
$1.60M
$1.05M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.01M
Unitemized (< $200)$35.44K
Party committees$490.00
Other committees (PACs)$548.88K
Offsets to expenditures$500.00
Other receipts$52.88K
$1.03M
Operating expenditures$926.49K
Contribution refunds$16.30K
Other disbursements$85.83K
Cash on hand$1.91M
Debts owed by committee$27.36K

Through July 15, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 15, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

John R. Moolenaar campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$1,156,713$1,128,662$28,051
2016$1,055,125$1,045,552$37,624
2018$1,172,131$1,091,060$118,694
2020$1,534,896$1,042,444$611,147
2022$2,197,544$2,302,519$506,171
2024$2,135,245$1,359,471$1,281,944
2026$1,652,235$1,028,618$1,905,561

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $69,854
  • MILLER ENERGY COMPANY, LLC $14,400
  • CADILLAC CASTINGS, INC. $13,700
  • MUSKEGON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY $11,600
  • EDW. C. LEVY CO. $11,600
  • PEARL TRADING LLC $11,600
  • MICHIGAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE $11,200
  • CADILLAC CASTING, INC. $10,000
  • TODD STRATEGY GROUP, LLC $9,500
  • MIDLAND BUSINESS ALLIANCE $7,050

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $286 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $2,531 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Moolenaar, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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