Jim Haadsma

Michigan State House
Representative District 44

Get to Know Jim’s Priorities

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Creating Jobs and Economic Equity

Everyone should have access to good-paying jobs that allow them to earn a good living, raise a family, and retire. Those jobs are harder and harder to come by.

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Fighting for Equal Education

I will work to ensure our public schools have the resources they need to teach our children and teachers are paid the competitive salaries they deserve.

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Investing in Affordable Health Care

The Medicaid expansion has provided lifesaving coverage for our community. I will continue the work to expand Medicaid coverage our community.

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Meet Jim Haadsma

State Representative Jim Haadsma is a native of Muskegon and has lived in Battle Creek for close to four decades. He has fought and won for hardworking people and their families for 38 years to ensure they get fair treatment and equal opportunity in the workplace as a lawyer. As State Representative for District 44, he has continued that work.

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Jim Haadsma for State Representative

2 weeks ago

Jim Haadsma for State Representative
Today, the final day before election day, our office was visited by an unlikely canvasser Bill de Blasio. I was pleased to find out that he also still uses paper lists to canvass. He did the evens and I did the odds as we "knocked out" a neighborhood together this afternoon.Make a plan to vote TONIGHT if you have not already. We can't sit this one out.#VoteBlue … See MoreSee Less

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Jim Haadsma for State Representative

2 weeks ago

Jim Haadsma for State Representative
Mayor Pete stopped by the Calhoun County Democratic Party HQ to speak to a packed house of canvassers ready to turn out voters in Battle Creek today.He spoke on the importance of the work that canvassers do. As he put it, everybody in this room has a unique reason why they are propelled to do this type of volunteering, and that "why" is often the most impactful thing to share with someone who isn't sure about voting yet. My "why" is standing up for the working people in Michigan. I've spent my whole life standing up for working people, and in that time I've learned it makes a difference who represents us in capitol buildings across the country. Working families deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.Thank you Pete Buttigieg for taking the time to take pictures and shake hands with all of our canvassers before they knocked out their turfs this afternoon, and thank you to all of those who showed up to volunteer. … See MoreSee Less

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Jim Haadsma for State Representative

3 weeks ago

Jim Haadsma for State Representative
At a candidate forum at Lakeview High School on October 15th, Steve Frisbie proudly admitted that he received an endorsement from the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP). Let's be clear about what GLEP stands for, taking our tax dollars out of OUR public schools and pouring them into private schools. Republicans have tried time and again to underfund and destroy our public schools, and Steve Frisbie is no different. We should be funding our public schools NOT defunding them to pay for a scheme to funnel money into the pockets of our state's billionaires like Betsy DeVos. We need to continue investing in our schools and teachers, and not shortchanging our children's future. Steve Frisbie is on the side of special interests and defunding our schools, but I've made it clear through my six years in office as a state legislator that I stand with our public schools and working families. … See MoreSee Less

“Michiganders are hardworking people who look out for each other, teach our children well, and power the future.”