Nancy DeBoer
Michigan House District 86 (Holland area) · from 2023
State representative for the greater Holland area since 2023. Former Holland mayor and city council member. Chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee.
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Thomas Albert
Republican state representative for District 86 from 2017 through 2022, when term limits ended his House service. Nancy DeBoer succeeded him after 2022 redistricting placed the greater Holland area in the same district number.
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House Appropriations Committee chair
Chaired the powerful House Appropriations Committee in his final term, guiding post-COVID state budgets affecting schools, corrections, and local revenue sharing statewide.
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Three-term House record
Won election in 2016 and re-election in 2018 and 2020 before term limits. Succeeded Lisa Posthumus Lyons in the 86th District and later won state Senate District 18 in 2022.
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Military and public-finance background
Marine Corps veteran and former investor for the State of Michigan Retirement Systems—experience cited in his legislative biography on fiscal oversight.
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Pre-2022 District 86 did not include Holland
Under maps in force during Albert's House tenure, District 86 covered Ionia and Kent County communities—not Ottawa County or Holland. Holland entered the 86th only after the 2020 redistricting cycle; seat history links the district number, not identical geography.
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Conservative caucus alignment
Voted with House GOP majorities on most contentious bills during his three terms. Critics in competitive districts wanted more breaks from leadership on spending and social-policy votes.
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Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) held Michigan House District 86 before Nancy DeBoer. Holland-area residents gained this district number on new maps in 2022; DeBoer is the first representative under those lines.
Current officeholder
State House District 86 is currently held by Nancy DeBoer.