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“I have a rare, bipartisan opportunity in the 118th Congress to help restore American strength, prevent war in the Pacific, and defend our basic freedoms from communist aggression.”
GREEN BAY, WI – Today, Congressman Mike Gallagher (WI-08) released the following statement on his decision to seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024:
“As the representative of Northeast Wisconsin and Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, I have a rare, bipartisan opportunity in the 118th Congress to help restore American strength, prevent war in the Pacific, and defend our basic freedoms from communist aggression. Accomplishing this mission and serving Wisconsin’s 8th District deserve my undivided attention. Therefore, I will not run for the Senate in 2024 and will pursue re-election to the House.”
“I believe that when we look back in 50 years, the American people will ask: Did our elected leaders rally as a country and confront the Chinese Communist Party threat before it was too late? Continuing to lead this fight in the House of Representatives is the best way for me to help answer that question affirmatively.”
Mike Gallagher has represented Wisconsin’s Eighth District in the House of Representatives since 2016, winning each election by over 25%. In 2022, Gallagher garnered more than 70% of the vote – the largest margin of victory in the history of the Eighth Congressional District. In 2020, Gallagher defeated Democratic Assemblywoman Amanda Stuck by 28%. In doing so, he received nearly 270,000 votes — the most in the history of the Eighth Congressional District. In 2018, he won re-election by 27% over Democrat attorney Beau Liegeois and in 2016, Gallagher won by 26% over Tom Nelson.
Gallagher and his wife Anne reside in Green Bay, Wisconsin with their daughters Grace and Rose.
