Moolenaar was born in a family of Dutch Americans^{[citation needed]} on May 8, 1961, in Midland, Michigan. In 1983, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Hope College.^{[citation needed]} He earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Moolenaar is a chemist, and worked at Dow Chemical Company for eight months before entering politics.^[2] He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2002, where he served three terms. In 2010, he was elected to the Michigan Senate, where he served one term.^[3] Before his election to the legislature, Moolenaar served on the Midland City Council.^[4]

In 2014, Moolenaar ran for the United States House of Representatives seat representing Michigan's 4th congressional district. He won the Republican primary election in August, defeating Paul Mitchell,^[5] and the general election in November.

Moolenaar and fellow Michigan representative Andy Levin have introduced legislation to delay any deportations of Iraqis to Iraq for two years.^[6]

In December 2020, Moolenaar signed an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court in Texas v. Pennsylvania, et al., which sought to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election results.^[7]

Elections edit

Moolenaar was elected to represent the 36th district in the Michigan State Senate in 2010. He defeated Democrat Andy Neumann in the November 2 general election, 56,634 votes to 32,154.

Moolenaar ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 4th District. He won the Republican nomination in the August 5 primary against Paul Mitchell and Peter Konetchy. He defeated Jeff Holmes (D), Will Tyler White (Libertarian) and George Zimmer (U.S. Taxpayers) in the November 4 general election.

Committee assignments edit

For the 118th Congress:^[8]

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
• Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Caucus memberships edit

• Republican Study Committee^[9]
• Republican Main Street Partnership^[10]
• U.S.-Japan Caucus^[11]
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption^[12]

Marriage edit

Moolenaar voted against the Respect for Marriage Act codifying Loving v. Virginia and Obergefell v. Hodges, recognizing marriages across state lines regardless of "sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals."^[13]

2020 presidential election edit

In December 2020, Moolenaar was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated^[14] incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.^[15][16][17]

• Congressman John Moolenaar official U.S. House website
• Campaign website
• John Moolenaar at Curlie
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart