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U.S. House, District 2: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Ben Ambrose

Ben Ambrose

Running for U.S. House · Michigan District 2

NationalDemocrat

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John Moolenaar

John Moolenaar

U.S. House · Michigan District 2

NationalRepublican

Ben AmbroseCandidateJohn MoolenaarCurrent rep

Job fit

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Top issues

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How they voted on top issues

Ben Ambrose

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

John Moolenaar

  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 1
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 1
  • What kids are taught in school → Limits on lessons and more say for parents (4 of 4 votes) 1

Who pays them

Ben Ambrose

Where the campaign money came from2

small donorslarge donorsmembership organizations
small donors$19Klarge donors$65Kmembershiporganizations$250$88K raised
$19,4342Small individual donors
$65,4102Large individual donors

John Moolenaar

Where the campaign money came from3

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$35Klarge donors$1.0Mcompanies$248Kindustryassociations$155Kmembershiporganizations$51KOther kinds ofdonors$83K$1.6M raised
$35,4443Small individual donors
$1,014,0413Large individual donors

Checks

Ben Ambrose

No voting record to check yet

John Moolenaar

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  2. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  3. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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John Moolenaar
Candidate A

John Moolenaar

RepublicanShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 $1.6M raised, 62% from large donors, 34% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $548,883.08 (34% of $1,632,958.04 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $537,600.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Charlotte Magoon
Candidate B

Charlotte Magoon

Green

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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Ben Ambrose
Candidate C

Ben Ambrose

DemocratShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $88K raised, 75% from large donors, 0% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $250.00 (0% of $87,543.96 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $250.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Candidate D

Richard Sills

Natural Law Party

No verified background on file for this candidate.

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

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