Pamela Hornberger

Pamela Hornberger is the Republican candidate for Michigan House of Representatives District 63 in the November 3, 2026 general election and a former Republican state representative who represented District 32 from January 1, 2017, to January 1, 2023.[1][2] She was selected to replace Jay DeBoyer on the general election ballot after DeBoyer was chosen as the running mate for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.[2]

Pamela Hornberger won an at-large seat on the L'Anse Creuse Public Schools board in the 2010 election and served on it from 2010 to 2016.[2] She took office in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 32, on January 1, 2017, and won re-election in 2018 over Democrat Paul Manley.[2]

In the 2019-2020 term, Hornberger was assigned to the Education Committee, which she chaired, along with the Health Policy and Elections and Ethics committees.[2] In 2021-2022 she again chaired the Education Committee and also served on the House Appropriations Committee.[2] Rather than seek re-election to the House in 2022, she ran for Michigan State Senate District 12 and lost the general election to Democrat Kevin Hertel, 50.2% to 49.8%.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.