Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 1987, representing the state's 6th congressional district since 1993. He is a member of the

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. His district, numbered as the 4th district from 1987 to 1993, is based in

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and stretches along the Michigan-

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border in the southwestern part of the state. A former chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Upton has played a major role in shaping post- Obamacare health care legislation. He is the only U.S. representative in history to vote to impeach two presidents; he voted for the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998 and the

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in 2021, as one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. After Sander Levin retired at the end of the

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, Upton became the dean of Michigan's congressional delegation. Redrawn into the

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, Upton did not seek reelection in 2022, and will retire from Congress upon his 18th term's expiration in 2023.

Early life, education, and early political career

Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, the son of Elizabeth B. (née Vial) and Stephen Edward Upton. He attended Shattuck-Saint Mary's, graduating in 1971. He earned a B.A. in journalism from the

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in 1975. He was a member of the

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fraternity, Peninsular Chapter and became a sports editor at ''

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'' and thought he might someday cover the

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. He served on the congressional staff of U.S. Representative David Stockman from 1976 to 1980. He was in the

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(OMB) under

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from 1981 to 1985, while Stockman served as OMB Director.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

1986

Upton ran in

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against incumbent Mark Siljander, Stockman's successor. Upton won the Republican

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55%–45% and the general election with 62% of the vote.

1988

Upton won reelection to a second term with 71% of the vote.

1990

Upton defeated Ed Fredricks in the Republican primary, 63%–37%. In the general election, he was reelected to a third term with 58% of the vote.

2000

After redistricting, Upton decided to run in the newly redrawn

Michigan's 6th congressional district Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southeast Michigan. In 2022, the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, as well as western and southern Wayne County, small ...

, winning reelection to a fourth term with 62% of the vote.

2002

After redistricting, Upton faced a primary challenge from State Senator Dale Shugars. Upton defeated Shugars 66%–32%. He won the general election with 69% of the vote.

2004

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Scott Elliott, an art gallery owner, 65%–32%.

2006

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Kim Clark, 61%–38%.

2008

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Don Cooney, a Kalamazoo City Commissioner, 59%–39%.

2010

Upton defeated former State Representative Jack Hoogendyk in the Republican primary, 57%–43%. In the general election, he defeated Cooney, 62%–34%.

2012

In 2011, Hoogendyk met with the Club for Growth, a conservative 501(c)4 organization, about running against Upton again. Upton had been criticized for not being

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enough by

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, Right to Life of Michigan, and the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots. On January 17, 2012, Hoogendyk announced that he would challenge Upton in the primary, the winner of which would face the Democratic nominee, former

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and businessman Mike O'Brien. Initial polls showed Upton with a sizable lead over O'Brien, but an October poll showed Upton and O'Brien in a dead heat heading into the final stretch of the campaign.

2014

Upton won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Paul Clements, Libertarian Erwin Haas, and Green Party candidate John Lawrence.

2016

Upton was reelected, defeating Democratic nominee Paul Clements, a political science professor at Western Michigan University, 58.5%–36.4%.

2018

Upton was reelected with 50.2% of the vote against Democratic nominee Matt Longjohn (45.75%) and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Stephen Young (4.1%).

2020

Upton was reelected with 55.9% of the vote against Democratic nominee

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(40.2%), Libertarian Party nominee Jeff Depoy (2.75%), and Green Party candidate John Lawrence (1.2%).

Tenure

Upton has been a member of moderate Republican factions The Tuesday Group and the Republican Main Street Partnership. On February 4, 2021, he joined 10 other Republican House members voting with all voting Democrats to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her House Education and Labor Committee and House Budget Committee assignments in response to controversial political statements she had made.

Health care

Upton voted against passage of the

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(ACA) and has since voted in favor of its complete repeal. In November 2013, in response to Americans losing their

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coverage because of the ACA, Upton proposed a bill what would allow them to retain it. The essence his bill was to allow insurance companies to maintain their individual insurance market policies according to state insurance rules that were in effect as of 2013. In 2017, Upton played an important role advancing Republican Party efforts to repeal the ACA. In 2013, Upton introduced a bill that would grant the

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more power to regulate drug

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in the wake of the

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. In 2016, Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law, a bill Upton co-sponsored. The act establishes funds for biomedical research and to develop and implement a strategic plan for biomedical research. In 2018, Upton and Representative Debbie Dingell worked together on legislation designed to combat opioid addiction. Among other things, it would allocate funding for research into new, non-addictive pain relievers.

Environment and energy

In 2007 Upton co-sponsored the

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, which, among other things, mandated phased-in energy efficiency standards for most light bulbs. At the time, he noted that the legislation, ultimately signed into law by President George W. Bush, would "help preserve energy resources and reduce harmful emissions, all while saving American families billions of dollars on their electric bills."Grunwald, Michae
"Long Live the Lightbulb. Big Government has made it better"
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called Upton "all socialist" for supporting the bill. In April 2009, Upton said that "

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is a serious problem that necessitates serious solutions. Everything must be on the table." But "Upton has gradually retreated from his moderate stance on climate change and carbon emissions." He led a failed effort to stop the Obama administration from enforcing the new energy standards. Upton's website once stated: "I strongly believe that everything must be on the table as we seek to reduce

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."Sheppard, Kate (January 4, 2011
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, '' Mother Jones'' access-date September 4, 2018 In late 2010, he co-authored a ''

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'' opinion piece saying he was "not convinced" that "carbon is a problem in need of regulation" and urging

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to overturn ''

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.'' Upton and Ed Whitfield co-sponsored H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. Due to his environmental policies, ''

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'' wrote in 2011 that Upton "represents one of the biggest threats to planet Earth on planet Earth." In 2012, Upton, as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that Congress's refusal to set

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limits "constituted a decision and that lawmakers should act now to reverse the

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emissions rules." Carbon regulation, he said, "threatens to drive energy prices higher, destroy jobs and hamstring our economic recovery." On October 22, 2013, Upton introduced the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301; 113th Congress), a bill that would make changes to permitting requirements for pipelines and other energy infrastructure at international borders. He said the bill "is a sincere effort to focus a targeted solution to lessons learned from the

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... No one can rightly argue that the current presidential permit process as the State Department is not broken, no matter what side of the climate debate you're on." Upton added, "we're creating a fair and transparent approval process for cross-border energy projects, putting them all on a level playing field for the benefit of North American energy security, lower energy prices, and jobs." As of 2017, Upton has received more than $2 million in campaign donations from oil and gas companies and electric utilities over the course of his political career. In 2018, he joined the

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Technology and infrastructure

Upton introduced legislation to reverse the FCC's ruling on net neutrality in 2015. On November 5, 2021, Upton was one of 13 House Republicans to break with their party and vote with a majority of Democrats in favor of the

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Guns

In 2019, Upton supported a bill that requires background checks for private firearm sales. He has called for Congress to pass a bipartisan red flag law. In March 2021, Upton was one of eight Republicans to join the House majority in passing the

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LGBT rights

In 2004 and 2006, Upton voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In 2019, he voted against the Equality Act, which would extend existing civil rights legislation to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination. In 2013, Upton condemned controversial anti-gay remarks by Republican National Committeeman David Agema. In 2021, Upton was one of 29 Republicans to vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. This bill expanded legal protections for transgender people, and contained provisions allowing transgender women to use women's shelters and serve time in prisons matching their gender identity. In 2021, Upton was one of 33 Republicans to vote for the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act. In 2021, Upton co-sponsored the Fairness for All Act, the Republican alternative to the Equality Act. The bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion. On July 19, 2022, Upton and 46 other Republican Representatives voted for the

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, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.

Economy

In 2019, during the

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, Upton broke with his party, one of seven Republicans to side with Democrats by voting for legislation that would fund government services and end a

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. In February 2021, Upton voted against a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that provided $10 billion in federal aid to Michigan.

Donald Trump

During Trump's presidency, Upton voted in line with Trump's stated position 78.6% of the time. In July 2019, Upton was one of four Republican House members to vote in support of a motion to condemn comments Trump made on

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calling on four Democratic Congresswomen, three of whom were born in the U.S., to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." On December 18, 2019, Upton voted against both articles of impeachment against Trump. On January 12, 2021, Upton announced he would vote to impeach Trump in the pending vote on a second impeachment, claiming Trump incited the storming of the U.S. Capitol building, becoming the fourth House Republican to say they would vote to impeach. He ultimately did so alongside nine other Republicans on January 13. On January 21, 2021, the

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Republican Party censured Upton for his vote to impeach Trump. He was later censured by the Cass County Republican Party for voting to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Education Committee. On May 19, 2021, Upton was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Before the vote, he was one of few Republican lawmakers to openly express support for the commission.

Iraq

In June 2021, Upton was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

Steve Bannon

On October 21, 2021, Upton was one of nine House Republicans who voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress.

Immigration

Upton supports DACA. Upton voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020. Upton voted for Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158) which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).

Abortion

Upton was one of three Republicans to vote for H.R. 8297: Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022. Upton voted for H.R. 8373: The Right to Contraception Act. This bill was designed to protect access to contraceptives and health care providers' ability to provide contraceptives and information related to contraception. The bill would also fund

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Big Tech

In 2022, Upton was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.

Committee assignments

* Committee on Energy and Commerce

Caucus memberships

* Congressional Automotive Caucus (Co-Vice Chair) * Congressional Competitiveness Caucus * Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus * Diabetes Caucus * India Caucus * Indian-Americans Caucus * United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus * Sportsmen's Caucus * Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus * House Baltic Caucus * Congressional Arts Caucus * Republican Governance Group *

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* Republican Main Street Partnership

Personal life

Upton's grandfather and eponym, Frederick Upton, was co-founder with his brother

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of appliance manufacturer and marketer

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, headquartered in

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. He and his wife have two children. Upton's niece is supermodel Kate Upton. Open Secrets reported that Upton had a net worth of $78 million in 2018, making him one of Congress's richest members. Upton is a supporter of

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athletics, as well as an enthusiastic

baseball fan. He is a member of the Emil Verban Society.

Electoral history

, + : Results 1986–1990 ! Year ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - ,

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 70,331 , , 62% , , , Dan Roche , , 41,624 , , 37% , , , Richard Gillmor , ,

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, , 1,649 , , 1% , , - , 1988 , , , , Fred Upton , , 132,270 , , 71% , , , Norman Rivers , , 54,428 , , 29% , , , , , , , - ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 75,850 , , 58% , , , JoAnne McFarland , , 55,449 , , 42% , , , , , , , + : Results 1992–2020 ! Year ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - ,

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 144,083 , , 62% , , , Andy Davis , , 89,020 , , 38% , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 121,932 , , 73% , , , David Taylor , , 42,348 , , 26% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", E. A. Berker , ! style="background:#00bfff; ",

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, ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1,667 , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 146,170 , , 68% , , , Clarence Annen , , 66,243 , , 31% , , , Scott Beavers , ,

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, , 3,370 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 113,292 , , 70% , , , Clarence Annen , , 45,358 , , 28% , , , Glenn Whitt , ,

, , 1,833 , , 1% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", Ken Asmus , ! style="background:#00bfff; ",

, ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1,091 , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 159,373 , , 68% , , , James Bupp , , 68,532 , , 29% , , , William Bradley , ,

, , 3,573 , , 2% , , , Richard Overton , , Reform , , 1,872 , , 1% , , , C. Dennis James , , USTPM , , 1,290 , , 1% , , - ,

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 126,936 , , 69% , , , Gary Giguere , , 53,793 , , 29% , , , Richard Overton , , Reform , , 2,788 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 197,425 , , 65% , , , Scott Elliott , , 97,978 , , 32% , , , Randall MacPhee , ,

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, , 2,311 , , 1% , , , Erwin Haas , ,

, , 2,275 , , 1% , , , W. Dennis FitzSimons , , USTPM , , 2,169 , , 1% , , - ,

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 142,125 , , 61% , , , Kim Clark , , 88,978 , , 38% , , , Kenneth Howe , ,

, , 3,480 , , 1% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 188,157 , , 59% , , , Don Cooney , , 123,257 , , 39% , , , Greg Merle , ,

, , 4,720 , , 1% , , , Edward Pinkney , ,

, , 3,512 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 123,142 , , 62% , , , Don Cooney , , 66,729 , , 34% , , , Melvin Valkner , , USTPM , , 3,672 , , 2% , , , Fred Strand , ,

, , 3,369 , , 2% , , , Pat Foster , ,

, , 1,784 , , 1% , , - ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 174,955 , , 55% , , , Mike O'Brien , , 136,563 , , 43% , , , Christie Gelineau , ,

, , 6,366 , , 2% , , , Jason Gatties , , USTPM , , 2,591 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 116,801 , , 56% , , , Paul Clements , , 84,391 , , 40% , , , Erwin Haas , ,

, , 5,530 , , 3% , , , John Lawrence , ,

, , 2,254 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 193,246 , , 58% , , , Paul Clements , , 119,975 , , 36% , , , Lorence Wenke , ,

, , 16,249 , , 5% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 147,436 , , 50% , , , Matt Longjohn , , 134,082 , , 46% , , , Stephen J. Young , , USTPM , , 11,920 , , 4% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 211,496 , , 56% , , ,

, , 152,085 , , 40% , , , Jeff Depoy , ,

, , 10,399 , , 3% , , , John Lawrence , ,

, , 4,440 , , 1% , , , , , ,

References

External links

Congressman Fred Upton
official U.S. House website
Campaign website
* * * , - , - , - , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Upton, Frederick Stephen 1953 births 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians American Congregationalists Living people People from St. Joseph, Michigan Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni The Michigan Daily alumni Upton family