Bill Huizenga

William P. "Bill" Huizenga ( born January 31, 1969 in Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan) is an American politician. Since 2011 he represents the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Bill Huizenga visited until 1987, the Holland Christian High School and then studied until 1991 at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. He then worked until 1996 in the real estate industry. Between 1996 and 2002 he worked on the staff of Congressman Pete Hoekstra. As this is also Huizenga member of the Republican Party.

Between 2003 and 2008, Huizenga sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Michigan. In the congressional elections of 2010 he was in the third electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Hoekstra on January 3, 2011. This was no longer a candidate, because he - had tried to his party's nomination for the gubernatorial elections in Michigan, which went instead to Rick Snyder - ultimately unsuccessful. Huizenga sat down in his party's primary against State Senator Jay Riemersma and later during the actual election with 64 percent of the vote to Democrat Fred Johnson by. In Congress, he has been a member of the Finance Committee and in three of its subcommittees.

Bill Huizenga has five children with his wife Natalie and private lives in his birthplace Zeeland. He is co-owner of Huizenga Gravel Company based in Jenison Company.