Jack Hoogendyk

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Jack Hoogendyk

Member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 61st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002

Born	July 31, 1955 (1955-07-31) (age 52) Kalamazoo, Michigan
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Erin
Profession	Businessman
Religion	Baptist

Jacob "Jack" Hoogendyk (born 31 July 1955 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is a Republican politician and current member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

Jack 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. 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.

Hoogendyk is well known for his conservative views on taxes, government spending, family issues including abortion, and affirmative action. 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 he was reelected to his third and final term in the House. He has been married to Erin since April 4, 1976, has five children and as of April 2007 has seven grandchildren. ^[1] His professional background is in sales and marketing and non-profit leadership. In the 90's Hoogendyk was the director of a center serving pregnant women in-need. He is of Dutch ancestry.

In 2008, the term limited Hoogendyk announced that he was running for Carl Levin's seat in the U.S. Senate in the Republican primary.^[2]