Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Hillary J. Scholten
- 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
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Michigan, District 3
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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0MI03316 · Principal campaign committee: SCHOLTEN FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Michigan District 3 | $3,034,438.11 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Michigan District 3 | $5,285,875.86 | Won the general election (53.7%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Michigan District 3 | $3,806,547.95 | Won the general election (54.9%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Michigan District 3 | $3,840,545.09 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$3,806,547.95
Total spent$3,823,393.12
Cash on hand$10,345.07
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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$2,931,450.6277%
- PACs and other committees$631,660.1617%
- Party committees$11,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,703.400%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$165,654.254%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$63,079.522%
Self-funding: $3,703.40 (0% of money raised): $3,703.40 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Small Business
- Contracting and Infrastructure
- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development Ranking Member
- Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Aviation
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Water Resources and Environment
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
175 committees reported giving $638,962.00 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.
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$26,500.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$10,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- MOTOR CITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$10,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,997.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$9,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$8,075.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$7,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$7,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$7,500.00
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- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN PACPAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 324 NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTIVITIES COMM. Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACPAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE OF WEST MICHIGANConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$5,000.00
- SERVE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILD OUR MOVEMENT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE STATES PACPAC$5,000.00
- UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE PAC (UWM PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC$4,960.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$4,500.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- BRENDA LAWRENCE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- REPAIR THE WORLD PACLeadership PAC$3,900.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- HUDSON VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$3,420.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- IMMIGRANTS' LISTConnected PAC$3,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$3,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$3,000.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACPAC$3,000.00
- MA 4 DEMS PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,698.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CIGNA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ONWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,203.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSENCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HIMES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WOLVERINE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC (ADAM PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- LOIS FRANKEL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARK TAKANO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCOTT PETERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GALLEGO FOR ARIZONACandidate committee$2,000.00
- JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- VISIONARY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MOMS FED UPPAC$2,000.00
- VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JAIME HARRISON FOR US SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- GRANGE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HMS SCRAP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LA BAMBA PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MORGAN MCGARVEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JASMINE FOR USCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JUSTICE LEAGUE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- SHRI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,309.00
- ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,300.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$1,000.00
- NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DYKEMA GOSSETT FEDERAL PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MAINSTREAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAVER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLARKE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COHEN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JOBS AND INNOVATION MATTER PAC (JIM PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACPAC$1,000.00
- MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACPAC$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A REAL CHANGE - MARC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- OC JOBS & EDUCATIONLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLOCK BY BLOCK PACPAC$1,000.00
- HER TIME PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAD 4 PA PACCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DELIVER DEMOCRACYPAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AHORA PACPAC$1,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GLENN IVEY FOR CONGRESS 2022Candidate committee$1,000.00
- TOKUDA FOR HAWAIICandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$500.00
- TRICIA ZUNKER FOR WISCONSINCandidate committee$500.00
- MELANIE FOR NEW MEXICOCandidate committee$500.00
- OUR FIGHT OUR FUTURELeadership PAC$500.00
- SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS PACPAC$100.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Hillary Scholten$60,098.06
- Independent expenditures opposing Hillary Scholten$2,960,299.15
- Company and union communications to members about Hillary Scholten$67,050.06
FEC totals for the 2022 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.
- ESAFUNDOpposing$618,775.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$569,991.00
- DEFEND THE VOTESupporting$40,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT PACOpposing$25,900.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$13,015.00
- SUPERMAJORITY PACSupporting$2,387.00
- MICHIGAN ACTION USASupporting$2,236.00
- CONCERNED CITIZENOpposing$1,502.00
- NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$1,331.00
- JDCA PACSupporting$896.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONSupporting$117.00
- COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERSSupporting$56.00
The race
Michigan U.S. House, District 3, 2022 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Scholten (D) | $3,806,547.95 | $10,345.07 | 2022-12-31 |
| Peter Meijer (R) | $3,137,974.12 | $104,828.26 | 2022-12-31 |
| John Gibbs (R) | $1,686,030.12 | $1,287.74 | 2022-12-31 |
| Audra Johnson (R) | $41,275.39 | $2,850.22 | 2022-01-31 |
| Audra Lemons-Johnson (R) | $41,275.39 | $2,850.22 | 2022-01-31 |
| Gabriella Manolache (R) | $10,982.55 | $4,188.13 | 2022-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (D) | May 25–26, 2022 | 676 (V) | ± 3.8% | John Gibbs 35% · Hillary Scholten 44% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | May 25–26, 2022 | 676 (V) | ± 3.8% | Peter Meijer 37% · Hillary Scholten 39% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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