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U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 2nd District

John R. Moolenaar

Republican 6th term Up 2026 Chair · Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.1M raised · top PACs: Space Exploration Technologies, American Society of Anesthesiologists, CMS Energy Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 11 of 50 party-line votes (22%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
15BipartMed 12
11BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 66% of the House
Committees
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Chair
  • Appropriations 15th majority
Age
65

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date10850131567411
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2824371,23555

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 20% 4%
Government Operations and Politics 16% 10%
Health 9% 10%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Government Operations and Politics and Health; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Health.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Health Care Coverage (Health), Rural Health Care (Health).
  • 50 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist PartyFull committee
MemberAppropriations Committee15th majority

Chair of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, more senior than 66% of the House, in the majority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 66% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

12% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Moolenaar.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

12% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Bentz.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 39 · expected 27
Action in committee 8 · expected 7
Beyond committee 4 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 173 of 433 in the House

0.86expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 39 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.86 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 2306 (out of committee), H.R. 9642 (out of committee), H.R. 1723 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.45

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 11 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 11 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Moolenaar$2.1M raised59%36%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

61% of what he raised came from individuals; 3% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.1M raised, 36% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 33.5 points.

72 PACs of the 123 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Space Exploration Technologies11% D
  2. American Society of Anesthesiologists43% D
  3. CMS Energy37% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

167 bills

Moolenaar voted Yea on 66, Nay on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 97 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.