1. Jacob "Jack" Hoogendyk is an American businessman and Republican politician, a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives and 2012 candidate for the US House of Representatives in Michigan.
14 Facts About Jack Hoogendyk
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Jack Hoogendyk worked as a manager with a Fortune 500 company.
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Jack Hoogendyk joined Alternatives of Kalamazoo, Pregnancy Care Center as executive director in April 1996.
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In 2000, Hoogendyk was elected to the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners.
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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.
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Jack Hoogendyk is well known for his conservative views on taxes, government spending, family issues, abortion, and affirmative action.
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Jack Hoogendyk has proposed making English the official language of the State of Michigan.
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Jack Hoogendyk was twice rated the most conservative member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
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In 2006 Jack 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.
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In 2008, the term-limited Jack Hoogendyk announced that he was running in the Republican primary to contest Democrat Carl Levin's seat in the US Senate.
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In March 2010, Jack Hoogendyk announced on his website that he would enter the Republican primary in Michigan's 6th congressional district against incumbent Republican US Congressman Fred Upton.
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In 2011, Jack Hoogendyk met with the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative 5014 organization, about running against Upton in 2012.
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Jack Hoogendyk has been married to his wife Erin since April 4,1976, has five children and as of June 2012 had eleven grandchildren.
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Jack Hoogendyk moved to Wausau, Wisconsin in June 2013 to become the Executive Director of Hope Life Center.