Real estate agent, gravel business owner, and Michigan state legislator elected to US Congress in 2010, succeeding Pete Hoekstra, who ran unsuccessfully for Governor instead of seeking re-election to Congress. Conservative Republican; firmly anti-abortion rights, pro-gun rights. Ran supporting repeal of 2010 health care reform and privatization of Social Security, and pledging "passion for the unborn, beginning at conception." High school classmate and long-time friend of Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
[1] Haven Christian Reformed Church, Zeeland, Michigan, affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, a protestant, theologically Calvinist denomination.
Father: Gerald Huizenga
Mother: Ann Powers (dance studio manager)
Sister: Andrea Barry (dance studio manager)
Wife: Natalie (choreographer, m. 1993)
Son: Garrett
Daughter: Adrian
Daughter: Alexandra
Son: Willam
Son: Sieger
High School: Holland Christian High School, Holland, MI (1987)
University: BA Political Science, Calvin College (1992)
Administrator: Zeeland Christian School, Zeeland, MI
US Congressman, Michigan 2nd (2011-)
Michigan State House of Representatives 90th (2003-09)
Huizenga Gravel Co-Owner (1999-)
Congressional Staff to Rep Pete Hoekstra (1996-2002)
Bush-Cheney '04
Habitat for Humanity
National Rifle Association
Right to Life of Michigan
Global Warming Skeptics
Irish Ancestry Maternal
Dutch Ancestry Paternal
Official Website:
http://huizenga.house.gov/
