Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Hillary J. Scholten

Official portrait of Hillary J. Scholten
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Michigan’s 3rd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Grand Rapids, MI
Born
1982
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SCHOLTEN, HILLARY
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Michigan with the current district highlighted

Michigan, District 3

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Michigan District 3IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0MI03316 · Principal campaign committee: SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Michigan District 3$3,034,438.11General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Michigan District 3$5,285,875.86Won the general election (53.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Michigan District 3$3,806,547.95Won the general election (54.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Michigan District 3$3,840,545.09General-election nominee
Total raised$3,034,438.11
Total spent$1,852,380.73
Cash on hand$1,531,771.98
Debts owed by the campaign$92,550.34
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,047,498.67PACs and other committees: $885,690.00Party committees: $1,119.55Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $71,686.69Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $28,443.20
  • Individual contributions$2,047,498.6767%
  • PACs and other committees$885,690.0029%
  • Party committees$1,119.550%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$71,686.692%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$28,443.201%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$332,340.2720%
  • Contributions over $200$1,289,816.6780%
  • Itemized from inside Michigan$845,834.1260%
  • Itemized from other states$575,390.0240%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $90,764.24 · Massachusetts $79,645.17 · Illinois $76,810.00 · New York $69,010.39 · Maryland $52,406.64. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $320,256.80APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $169,203.69JULY QUARTERLY: raised $363,294.16JULY QUARTERLY: spent $130,390.61OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $402,323.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $169,508.92YEAR-END: raised $391,941.10YEAR-END: spent $258,393.50APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $404,222.06APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $299,425.43JULY QUARTERLY: raised $405,520.55JULY QUARTERLY: spent $214,545.60PRE-PRIMARY: raised $41,564.23PRE-PRIMARY: spent $80,796.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $610,551.87OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $448,723.282025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea297
Voted nay348
Did not vote29 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored52
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored399

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10603 Kent County Environmental Infrastructure Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 10602 Ottawa County Environmental Infrastructure Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 10601 Muskegon County Environmental Infrastructure Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.R. 10399 Currency Options, Information, and Navigation Act
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  • H.R. 10286 Consumer Affordability and Pricing Concessions Act
    Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Latest action Sep 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10133 Fair Prescription Pricing Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Aug 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subseq…
  • H.R. 10134 Local Health Care Protection Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 20, 2026 · Latest action Aug 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10005 Data Center Resource Disclosure Act
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10004 Defending Our Energy and Water Act
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined …
  • H.R. 9818 Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

226 committees reported giving $799,824.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Hillary Scholten$143.33
  • Independent expenditures opposing Hillary Scholten$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Michigan U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Hillary Scholten (D)$3,034,438.11$1,531,771.982026-10-14
Terri Deboer (R)$865,481.34$70,280.612026-10-14
Ryan Cushman (R)$116,383.93$0.002026-08-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DAugust 7, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DMay 13, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DMay 21, 2026
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DMay 26, 2026
  • The EconomistSafe DMay 22, 2026
  • Silver BulletinSolid DAugust 14, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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