Terri DeBoer Targets Michigan's 3rd District Flip at 61, Challenging Hillary Scholten
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Terri DeBoer Targets Michigan's 3rd District Flip at 61, Challenging Hillary Scholten
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Summary
Fresh off her Republican primary win, 61-year-old former meteorologist Terri DeBoer said she is running to return Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District to the GOP after Democrat Hillary Scholten captured it in 2022.
DeBoer said voters in West Michigan are "ready for a change," arguing Scholten campaigns as a moderate but votes differently in Congress, including against a 2025 bill barring transgender girls from female school sports.
Affordability is DeBoer’s central issue, with her campaign focusing on grocery, energy, housing and healthcare costs alongside border security, healthcare choice, reliable energy and less regulation for small businesses.
The race will test whether a district Republicans held for decades before 2022 is willing to swing back, as DeBoer also casts recent Democratic primary results in Michigan as out of step with local values.