Hillary Scholten

Educational Background
• Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Gordon College
• Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland Thurgood School of Law

Career
• Elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan’s 3rd District (2023)
• Attorney adviser for the Board of Immigration Appeals in the U.S. Department of Justice (2013-2017), law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and staff attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
• Supports protecting social security and healthcare for seniors, controlling rising costs, combating climate change, fixing the immigration system, and increasing the number of well-paying jobs; does not support the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Personal Information
• First woman and mother to represent Michigan’s 3rd congressional district
• Her parents raised her in the Christian Reformed Church
• She is married to Jesse Holcomb, a journalism professor at Calvin University