[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 47.4 years
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 80.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 7.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $64,546
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: 2024 Michigan Proposal 1 (Modify legislative term limits and require financial disclosure) (2024) — passed, margin 66%–34%
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.113)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.132)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.175)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Manufacturing (sector-wide) (29943 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Retail Trade (sector-wide) (34772 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Health Care & Social Assistance (sector-wide, including UP Health System and Munson Healthcare) (46246 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Michigan's 1st Congressional District is the second-largest district east of the Mississippi River by area, encompassing the entire Upper Peninsula and 20 counties of Northern Michigan's Lower Peninsula. It is overwhelmingly White (89.9%), rural, and car-dependent (75.2% drive alone to work). The median age is 47.4 —
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Voted yea on H.R.3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension with SNAP work requirements and discretionary spending caps)) on 2023-05-31: Bergman called the deal 'more conservative wins than any debt ceiling measure presented since I've come to Congress' and a 'good deal for conservatives.' He joined 217 Republicans supporting the bill w
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· 2023-05-31
Voted yea on H.R.29 (Laken Riley Act (requiring mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)) on 2025-01-07: Bergman co-sponsored related legislation (the VOICE Act) and issued a press release celebrating the bill's passage, calling it 'the 119th Congress' first step to help ensure these crimes committed by illegals never
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· 2025-01-07
Voted yea on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (extending 2017 tax cuts, restructuring Medicaid and SNAP, border security, energy provisions)) on 2025-07-03: Bergman claimed the bill would 'strengthen Medicaid' and 'cut costs for families' for his constituents. However, independent analyses projected the bill would enact 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP,
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· 2025-07-03
Voted yea on H.R.8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (providing $26.4 billion in military and security assistance to Israel)) on 2024-04-20: Bergman voted with the overwhelming 366-58 majority for Israel aid. His pro-Israel stance aligns with his donor Elliott Broidy, a major GOP fundraiser known for philanthropic work combating antis
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· 2024-04-20
Voted nay on H.R.8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (providing $60.8 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine)) on 2024-04-20: Bergman voted against the Ukraine aid package while 101 Republicans supported it, placing him in the isolationist wing of the GOP. His vote contradicted his February 2024 statement to The Alpena N
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· 2024-04-20
Voted nay on H.Con.Res.38 (War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran) on 2026-03-05: Bergman voted with 217 Republicans against the resolution, which failed 212-219. His top campaign donors include defense contractors RTX ($15,000) and Boeing ($12,000) that supply weapons used in Middle Ea
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· 2026-03-05
[vote] On April 20, 2024, Bergman voted against H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provided $60.8 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. He was one of 112 House Republicans who opposed the bill.
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· 2024-04-20
[statement] In February 2024, during a visit to Alpena, Bergman publicly stated he supported U.S. aid to Ukraine: 'I support any country, especially Ukraine, that is being attacked by Russia…I support fundings.' He said preventing Putin from overtaking Ukraine 'makes it less likely he ups his ambitions to invade Poland.'
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· 2024-02-20
Last silence detection: Never (via )
In-person public town hall meetings with constituents
3012d silent
Expected position: As the elected representative for Michigan's 1st District since 2017, Bergman would be expected to hold periodic public town halls to hear directly from constituents, as is standard
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