Candidate · November 3, 2026
Tim Walberg
On the ballot for U.S. House · Michigan's 5th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $2.2M
- cash on hand
- $1.2M
- issues with public statements
- 21
- outside spending for or against
- $12K
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Michigan's 5th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican Party1 |
| Status | Incumbent — Currently represents Michigan's 5th District in the U.S. House.2 |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Tim Walberg worked in a steel mill as a union member to help pay for college, attended Western Illinois University, Moody Bible Institute, Taylor University and Wheaton College Graduate School, and earned B.S. and M.A. degrees.3 His earlier career included work as a pastor in Michigan and Indiana, as a division manager at Moody Bible Institute and as president of the Warren Reuther Center for Education and Community Impact.3,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says that in Congress he concentrates on affordable health care, fiscal responsibility, jobs and economic growth, and defending his values, and that he thinks moving power from Washington to individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits and local communities will strengthen Michigan and its economy.3
Service in Congress since 2023
Websites and accounts
- Official websitewalberg.house.gov2
- X (Twitter)x.com/RepWalberg6
- Facebookfacebook.com/RepWalberg6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/RepWalberg6
- Instagraminstagram.com/repwalberg6
- Campaign websitewalbergforcongress.com7,
8 - X (Twitter)twitter.com/timwalberg8
- Facebookfacebook.com/WalbergforCongress8
- Instagraminstagram.com/timwalberg8
- YouTubeyoutube.com/user/WalbergForCongress/featured8
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he has voted for budgets that it says sharply reduce the deficit, helped pass the Rescissions Act to take back more than $9 billion in spending it calls wasteful, and supported funding bills meant to reverse spending levels set under President Biden.9
- Increase overall federal spending
- Hold overall spending near current levels
- Cut overall federal spending
- Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
His campaign website says he has voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment so that the federal government would have to spend no more than it takes in.9
- Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
- No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
- No constitutional requirement or new spending limits
His campaign website says he supported the Working Families Tax Cuts law and lists no tax on tips and no tax on overtime among its provisions.10,
His campaign website says his Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act, put into effect in 2024, created an online list of federal programs and their costs to make waste easier to spot, that he has worked to root out waste, fraud and abuse across the federal government, and that as chair of the Education and Workforce Committee he has guided bills through the House targeting fraud in student aid and child care programs.9,
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website lists no tax on Social Security for 88% of seniors among the provisions of the Working Families Tax Cuts law he supported.10,
Immigration
His campaign website says he voted for what it calls the largest border security investment in history, which it says pays for the border wall, aims to stop the flow of fentanyl and upgrades border technology.11
- Build walls or fencing along much more of the border
- Add barriers only in selected places, relying mainly on technology and agents
- Build no new barriers and spend the money on other border security
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says that, as a member of the Natural Resources Committee, he has helped advance legislation to speed up American energy production by reforming the permitting system.10
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says he works with members of both parties to open world markets to goods made in Michigan, favors trade that is both fair and free, and will oppose any agreement that is not fair and free for the state's workers and manufacturers.13
Health Care
His campaign website says he is pushing for policies such as buying health insurance across state lines, more flexible health savings accounts, curbing lawsuits it calls abusive, and giving people who buy insurance the same tax treatment corporations get, and that he helped pass the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act and has voted many times to protect people with pre-existing conditions.14
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he believes marriage is defined as the union of one man and one woman.12
- Keep same-sex marriage legal in every state
- Let each state decide whether to allow it
- Recognize only marriages between one man and one woman
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he believes wholeheartedly in the sanctity of life.12
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website says he will stand up for religious institutions and for people with sincere beliefs so the government cannot make them act against their conscience.12
Veterans
His campaign website says he has voted to raise cost-of-living adjustments for veterans' benefits.15
His campaign website says he is working with members of both parties to make the VA more accountable and to give veterans more choices in their health care.15
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he voted for legislation to stop federal agencies from creating costly regulations without approval from elected representatives.13
- Require Congress to approve every major new rule before it takes effect
- Make it easier for Congress to overturn rules, such as by canceling several at once from the end of a president's term
- Keep current law, under which most rules take effect unless Congress votes to overturn them
- Protect agencies' power to write detailed rules, such as by having courts again defer to agencies' reading of unclear laws
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says he will continue to support expanding broadband access to rural areas and has backed efforts to find underserved areas and improve their access.13
His campaign website says he has led the Education and Workforce Committee's examination of artificial intelligence, sees a need for guardrails to protect Americans, and has introduced legislation to study AI's effects on the workforce so Congress has the data to legislate.11
Education
His campaign website says he voted for the Every Student Succeeds Act, which it says moved power and resources from federal education officials in Washington to states and local schools, on the view that local educators and school boards know best how to teach students.13
Guns
His campaign website says he has cosponsored legislation for concealed carry reciprocity, which it says would make a carry permit valid in other jurisdictions.16
- Require every state to accept other states' permits
- Let each state decide which permits to accept
§4Popular bills that never got a vote
Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.
While Tim Walberg served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Tim Walberg sponsored or cosponsored 16 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.
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- Lets combat-disabled veterans get full military retirement pay plus disability pay (H.R. 2102, 119th Congress · 340 cosponsors)17Cosponsored
- Ends pay reductions for combat-disabled military retirees with under 20 years of service (H.R. 1282, 118th Congress · 326 cosponsors)18Cosponsored
- Allows Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection screening tests (H.R. 2407, 118th Congress · 319 cosponsors)19Cosponsored
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 3514, 119th Congress · 308 cosponsors)20Cosponsored
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rental housing (H.R. 3238, 118th Congress · 273 cosponsors)21Cosponsored
- Ends disability benefit and Medicare waiting periods for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 2048, 119th Congress · 271 cosponsors)22Cosponsored
- Extends the parks maintenance fund and adds higher park fees for foreign visitors (H.R. 9250, 119th Congress · 263 cosponsors)23Cosponsored
- Sets electronic prior-approval and reporting rules for Medicare Advantage plans (H.R. 8702, 118th Congress · 231 cosponsors)24Cosponsored
- Raises the tax credit for maintaining short line railroad track (H.R. 516, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)25Cosponsored
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors provide (H.R. 1610, 118th Congress · 180 cosponsors)26Cosponsored
- Expands U.S.-Israel military cooperation on counter-drone and emerging technology (H.R. 1229, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)27Cosponsored
- Expands Medicare coverage to all services chiropractors are licensed to provide (H.R. 539, 119th Congress · 174 cosponsors)28Cosponsored
- Expands and revises the low-income housing tax credit for affordable rentals (H.R. 2725, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)29Cosponsored
- Extends U.S.-Israel defense, energy and development cooperation programs (H.R. 3792, 118th Congress · 163 cosponsors)30Cosponsored
- Requires nursing homes and similar facilities to let essential caregivers see residents (H.R. 6766, 119th Congress · 160 cosponsors)31Cosponsored
- Directs a Justice Department grant to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (H.R. 3381, 118th Congress · 156 cosponsors)32Cosponsored
- Ends waiting periods for disability benefits and Medicare for metastatic breast cancer (H.R. 549, 118th Congress · 272 cosponsors)33Did not cosponsor
- Requires new vehicles to include AM radio as standard equipment (H.R. 3413, 118th Congress · 270 cosponsors)34Did not cosponsor
- Expands federal anti-soring rules for show horses and raises penalties (H.R. 3090, 118th Congress · 248 cosponsors)35Did not cosponsor
- Expands Medicare telehealth coverage by removing location limits and other restrictions (H.R. 4206, 119th Congress · 248 cosponsors)36Did not cosponsor
- Bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 1661, 119th Congress · 238 cosponsors)37Did not cosponsor
- Sets new federal care standards for dogs kept by commercial dog dealers and breeders (H.R. 1624, 118th Congress · 237 cosponsors)38Did not cosponsor
- Permanently bans slaughtering horses and other equines for human food (H.R. 3475, 118th Congress · 236 cosponsors)39Did not cosponsor
- Requires employer health plans to allow exceptions to step-therapy drug rules (H.R. 2630, 118th Congress · 235 cosponsors)40Did not cosponsor
- Targets crimes against postal workers; authorizes money for more secure mailboxes and keys (H.R. 1065, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)41Did not cosponsor
- Adds Medicare coverage of blood tests to screen for early Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 6130, 119th Congress · 231 cosponsors)42Did not cosponsor
- Bans most animal testing of cosmetics and sales of cosmetics developed with it (H.R. 5399, 118th Congress · 227 cosponsors)43Did not cosponsor
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 2923, 118th Congress · 225 cosponsors)44Did not cosponsor
- Lets businesses deduct research costs right away instead of over five years (H.R. 2673, 118th Congress · 223 cosponsors)45Did not cosponsor
- Restores fines for charging veterans unauthorized fees for help with VA claims (H.R. 1139, 118th Congress · 221 cosponsors)46Did not cosponsor
- Requires health plans to cover birth defect care for the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth or jaw (H.R. 3277, 119th Congress · 214 cosponsors)47Did not cosponsor
- Sends False Claims Act fraud recoveries to the Crime Victims Fund through 2029 (H.R. 8061, 118th Congress · 210 cosponsors)48Did not cosponsor
- Keeps paying military members and support staff during a shutdown in fiscal 2026 (H.R. 5401, 119th Congress · 210 cosponsors)49Did not cosponsor
- Raises Medicare physician fee schedule payments by 6.62% for April through December 2025 (H.R. 879, 119th Congress · 198 cosponsors)50Did not cosponsor
- Orders a study of Holocaust education in public schools across the states (H.R. 603, 118th Congress · 183 cosponsors)51Did not cosponsor
- Lets surviving military and veteran spouses keep benefits after remarrying (H.R. 1004, 119th Congress · 183 cosponsors)52Did not cosponsor
- Authorizes CIA payments to former Air America employees and survivors for 1950-1976 work (H.R. 2192, 119th Congress · 178 cosponsors)53Did not cosponsor
- Ties yearly Medicare physician payment increases to the Medicare Economic Index (H.R. 2474, 118th Congress · 172 cosponsors)54Did not cosponsor
- Adds military spouses to a tax credit for employers who hire from certain groups (H.R. 1277, 118th Congress · 170 cosponsors)55Did not cosponsor
- Requires FHA mortgage notices to compare costs with VA home loans (H.R. 4335, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)56Did not cosponsor
- Gives new-car dealers through 2025 to restock 2020-21 inventory without triggering tax (H.R. 700, 118th Congress · 169 cosponsors)57Did not cosponsor
- Requires employer health plans to offer exceptions to step therapy drug rules (H.R. 5509, 119th Congress · 169 cosponsors)58Did not cosponsor
- Counts recovery from organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for family leave (H.R. 4582, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)59Did not cosponsor
- Bars insurers from discriminating against living organ donors (H.R. 4583, 119th Congress · 168 cosponsors)60Did not cosponsor
- Lets 529 education savings plans pay for aviation mechanic and pilot training (H.R. 1818, 118th Congress · 162 cosponsors)61Did not cosponsor
- Requires annual VA reports and studies on preventing veteran suicide (H.R. 4157, 118th Congress · 159 cosponsors)62Did not cosponsor
- Doubles the amount of profit from selling a primary home that is exempt from tax (H.R. 1340, 119th Congress · 159 cosponsors)63Did not cosponsor
- Requires VA clinicians to certify a veteran's death within 48 hours (H.R. 4398, 119th Congress · 158 cosponsors)64Did not cosponsor
- No-down-payment, federally insured mortgages for first responders and teachers (H.R. 2094, 119th Congress · 154 cosponsors)65Did not cosponsor
- Lets 529 education savings pay for job certifications and other credentials (H.R. 1477, 118th Congress · 150 cosponsors)66Did not cosponsor
- Funds research on firefighter protective gear made without PFAS chemicals (H.R. 3184, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)67Did not cosponsor
- Bans betting on animal fights and allows private lawsuits over animal fighting (H.R. 3946, 119th Congress · 150 cosponsors)68Did not cosponsor
§5Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.69
| Raised | $2,220,379 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $1,949,864 |
| Cash on hand | $1,179,966 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $11,759 supporting and $0 opposing Tim Walberg this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 20, 2026.70
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| NRA VICTORY FUND, INC. | $11,759 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§6Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Annual financial disclosure report71filed May 13, 2026
- Annual financial disclosure report72filed Apr 29, 2025
- Periodic transaction report (stock and other trades)73filed Jun 3, 2026