Jack Hoogendyk

Hoogendyk was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is of Dutch ancestry. He worked as a manager with a Fortune 500 company. He joined Alternatives of Kalamazoo, Pregnancy Care Center as executive director in April 1996. In 2000, Hoogendyk was elected to the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners. Prior to that, he was on the Portage Zoning Board of Appeals and the Kalamazoo County Public Health Advisory Board.

After redistricting, Jack ran for Michigan's 61st House District in 2002 and defeated Democrat James Houston 57%-43%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=82593 |title=MI State House 061 Race - Nov 05, 2002 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 21, 2012}} In 2004, he won re-election to a second term with 55% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=212248 |title=MI State House 061 Race - Nov 02, 2004 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 21, 2012}} In 2006, he won re-election to a third term with just 51% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=310639 |title=MI State House 061 Race - Nov 07, 2006 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 21, 2012}}

Hoogendyk was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2002 representing the 61st district, which includes the cities of Portage and Parchment, and the townships of Alamo, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, Prairie Ronde and Texas.

Hoogendyk is well known for his conservative views on taxes, government spending, family issues, abortion, and affirmative action.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} Hoogendyk has proposed making English the official language of the State of Michigan. He was twice rated the most conservative member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

In 2006 Hoogendyk was one of a small group of conservatives to lead the fight against legislation to mandate that the state Department of Education administer to all sixth grade girls the vaccine Gardasil as a potential prevention against the risk of Human papillomavirus.{{cite web|url=http://michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=208963|title=2006 Senate Bill 1416: Mandate HPV vaccine for sixth grade girls (House Roll Call 1393)|publisher=Michigan Votes|access-date=February 21, 2012}} Following the defeat of this legislation, no other state has implemented similar legislation.

{{See also|2006 Michigan gubernatorial election}}

In 2004 he announced his intent to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan but eventually dropped out of the race to endorse Republican rival Dick DeVos.

{{See also|2008 United States Senate election in Michigan}}

In 2008, the term-limited Hoogendyk announced that he was running in the Republican primary to contest Democrat Carl Levin's seat in the U.S. Senate.{{cite news | last = Gray | first = Kathleen | url = http://archive.freep.com/article/20080121/NEWS06/801210368/2-GOP-poised-challenge-Levin | title = 2 in GOP poised to challenge Levin | work = Detroit Free Press | date = 2008-01-21 | access-date = 2008-03-16 |url-access=subscription }} He was the only Republican on the August 5 primary ballot.{{cite web|url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/candlist/08PRI/08PRI_CL.HTM |title=2008 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing |publisher=Miboecfr.nictusa.com |access-date=2010-04-29}} Levin won re-election, defeating Hoogendyk 63%-34%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=197003 |title=MI US Senate Race - Nov 04, 2008 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 21, 2012}}

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{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan}}

In March 2010, Hoogendyk announced on his website that he would enter the Republican primary in Michigan's 6th congressional district against incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman Fred Upton. Upton defeated him 57%-43%, winning every county in the district.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=646530 |title=MI District 06 - R Primary Race - Aug 03, 2010 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=February 21, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/club_for_growth_encouraging_upton_primary_challenger-209999-1.html?pos=adp|title=Club for Growth Encouraging Upton Primary Challenger|last=Toeplitz|first=Shira|date=November 2, 2011|work=Roll Call|access-date=3 November 2011}}

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan}}

In 2011, Hoogendyk met with the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative 501(c)4 organization, about running against Upton in 2012. Upton has received criticism for not being conservative enough from Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, FreedomWorks, Right to Life of Michigan, and the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/upton-still-faces-arrows-from-right-071347 |title=Fred Upton still faces arrows from the right |first1=Darren |last1=Samuelsohn |first2=Matt |last2=DoBias |publisher=Politico |date=January 11, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012}} He announced his candidacy on January 17, 2012.{{cite web|first=Brad |last=Devereaux |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/01/hoogendyk_announces_bid_for_us.html |title=Jack Hoogendyk announces bid for Congress at Kalamazoo event |publisher=Mlive.com |date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2012}} He was not able to unseat Upton and ultimately lost the primary with 33% of the vote. The election was held on August 7, 2012. Had Hoogendyk won the Republican primary, he would have faced Democrat Mike O'Brien in the general election.{{cite news|last=Coeman|first=Zak|title=Democrat Campaigns for House|url=http://www.westernherald.com/news/democrat-campaigns-for-house/|access-date=4 June 2012|newspaper=Western Herald|date=23 April 2012|archive-date=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511093259/http://www.westernherald.com/news/democrat-campaigns-for-house/|url-status=dead}} Upton was ultimately re-elected.

Hoogendyk is a Baptist. He has been married to his wife Erin since April 4, 1976, has five children and as of June 2012 had eleven grandchildren. He moved to Wausau, Wisconsin in June 2013 to become the Executive Director of Hope Life Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/07/former_michigan_state_rep_jack.html|title=Former Michigan State Rep. Jack Hoogendyk plans to maintain local presence despite move to Wisconsin}}

• United States Senate election in Michigan, 2008

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• {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=37348 | fec=S8MI00299 | congress= }}
• [http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=1482 Hoogendyk's Voting Record] by Michigan Votes, a project of the Mackinac Center
• [http://www.jackformichigan.org/ Jack Hoogendyk for US Congress]

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