Since winning a southwestern Michigan House seat in 2010, Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) has built a reputation as a reliably conservative legislator who emphasizes policy over political theatrics.

That approach has served him well in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, a sprawling stretch of the Wolverine State that includes Holland, Kalamazoo, and communities along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Republicans have long dominated much of the region, including to the north in and around Grand Rapids, which President Gerald Ford represented for nearly a quarter-century in Congress and for the final third or so as House minority leader. And Huizenga has comfortably won reelection every two years.