State

State Representative, 42nd District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Michigan laws and the state budget on behalf of the district.

Covers part of Kalamazoo and Allegan counties.

Candidates Compare by issue

Nick Rowe

Democratic

University faculty, Western Michigan University

The gist

Supports better teacher pay and equitable school funding.
Supports collective bargaining, union jobs and affordable childcare.
Supports evaluating a restart and expansion of nuclear power.
Supports strict scrutiny of data center tax breaks.
Supports requiring federal immigration agents be clearly identifiable.

More about Nick

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Supports better teacher pay and equitable school funding.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support better teacher pay, stronger retention incentives, less bureaucracy, and equitable funding”
Supports collective bargaining, union jobs and affordable childcare.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support policies that strengthen collective bargaining, grow good-paying union jobs, expand affordable childcare, increase housing supply”
Supports evaluating a restart and expansion of nuclear power.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“evaluating the restart and expansion of nuclear power”
Supports strict scrutiny of data center tax breaks.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Tax breaks for massive energy users like data centers should face strict scrutiny”
Supports requiring federal immigration agents be clearly identifiable.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“Federal agents conducting enforcement should be clearly identifiable”

Matt Hall

RepublicanIncumbent

Speaker of the Michigan House; attorney · Richland Township

The gist

Secured universal free school breakfast plan (HUBS).
Supports $1 billion utility rate rollback and freeze.
Supports banning large corporations from buying single-family homes.
Supports ending sanctuary city policies.
Supports public vetting of every legislative earmark request.In office
Supported constitutional plan to reform university governing boards.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Matt

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Secured universal free school breakfast plan (HUBS).
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“passed the Hall Universal Breakfast in Schools (HUBS) plan, guaranteeing every child free meals”
Supports $1 billion utility rate rollback and freeze.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support forcing utility companies to roll back rates by $1 billion and freeze them”
Supports banning large corporations from buying single-family homes.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“banning large corporations from buying up single-family homes”
Supports ending sanctuary city policies.
VOTE411 voter guide: Michigan House District 42
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I support ending sanctuary city policies that stop police from doing their job”
Supports public vetting of every legislative earmark request.
House Republicans accomplish historic earmark reform
Public statement · Michigan House Republicans · gophouse.org
“required that every spending item requested by legislators be publicly vetted with a real justification”
Supported constitutional plan to reform university governing boards.
Democrats Block University Board Reform
Public statement · Michigan House Republicans · gophouse.org
“The Michigan House today voted on a bipartisan plan to reform university boards”

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