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There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and ","detail":"little I can do to make sure that the children taught there won’t be shot there. There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and bombed in Gaza or torn from their parents here in America. In many ways, this campaign embodies that personal desperation and embraces the frustrations of the American people. I want my neighbors and friends in Northern Michigan to know that their pain is real, and their worries are valid. I want working-class families to know that a better world is not only possible, but imminent, if we","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Economy","stance":"often our government empowers a wealthy few to exploit the many, I believe in democratizing our economy. I believe that the American working class should be the primary beneficiary of their collective","detail":"often our government empowers a wealthy few to exploit the many, I believe in democratizing our economy. I believe that the American working class should be the primary beneficiary of their collective productivity. And I believe that a person’s value is inherent in their humanity, not measured in a stock ticker. I was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula . When I was young, I was blessed to know all of my great-grandparents – including Italian immigrants - and I grew up surrounded by a big family, rich with stories and experiences. My father was a second-generation Architect,","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Climate","stance":"can afford to shop there or put adequate food on their family’s table. I can create rich learning environments, but each school project is haunted by the specter of gun violence, and despite every eff","detail":"can afford to shop there or put adequate food on their family’s table. I can create rich learning environments, but each school project is haunted by the specter of gun violence, and despite every effort that I can make architecturally, there is really very little I can do to make sure that the children taught there won’t be shot there. There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and bombed in Gaza or torn from their parents here in America. In many ways, this campaign embodies that personal desperation and embraces the","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Education","stance":"sure that the children taught there won’t be shot there. There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and bombed in Gaza or torn f","detail":"sure that the children taught there won’t be shot there. There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and bombed in Gaza or torn from their parents here in America. In many ways, this campaign embodies that personal desperation and embraces the frustrations of the American people. I want my neighbors and friends in Northern Michigan to know that their pain is real, and their worries are valid. I want working-class families to know that a better world is not only possible, but imminent, if we only have the will to create","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Gun Control","stance":"I can create rich learning environments, but each school project is haunted by the specter of gun violence, and despite every effort that I can make architecturally, there is really very little I can ","detail":"I can create rich learning environments, but each school project is haunted by the specter of gun violence, and despite every effort that I can make architecturally, there is really very little I can do to make sure that the children taught there won’t be shot there. There isn’t a hospital or home, shop or school that I can build to prevent children like my own from being starved and bombed in Gaza or torn from their parents here in America. In many ways, this campaign embodies that personal desperation and embraces the frustrations of the American people. I want my neighbors and","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"National Security","stance":"of would-be Architects is a unique one, centered around analysis, design, documentation, and jury defense (understanding, intent, execution, and explanation). For an Architect, it is not enough to sim","detail":"of would-be Architects is a unique one, centered around analysis, design, documentation, and jury defense (understanding, intent, execution, and explanation). For an Architect, it is not enough to simply create something beautiful; we must know and nurture the user - the human beings who inhabit our buildings - and draw our designs in service to those people . I reveled in the possibilities, an opportunity to transform lives by designing inspired places for people to live, work, and play. 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While I hunt far less seriously than in my youth, I still maintain that wonderful November ritual, spending the evenings playing cribbage and trading good-natured barbs with the crew at Camp Misery in northern Dickinson County. From","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Housing","stance":"the fickle stroke of capitalism. I wrote and designed my Master’s thesis around urban renewal, housing, and mobilization in some of Detroit’s most blighted neighborhoods. Solutions were addressed at a","detail":"the fickle stroke of capitalism. I wrote and designed my Master’s thesis around urban renewal, housing, and mobilization in some of Detroit’s most blighted neighborhoods. Solutions were addressed at all scales – consolidation of empty space, creation of cooperative housing types, and implementation of a construction process which recycled oversized infrastructure and deployed under-employed people in reviving their own communities. While existing only in theory, this reflected my personal belief in the high potential of society when optimism is married with planning and ambitious reform","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/meet-kyle","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Immigration","stance":"American workforce, education system, and environment while increasing energy costs and promoting illegal surveillance. I support the regulation of AI to protect our privacy, personal likeness, and in","detail":"American workforce, education system, and environment while increasing energy costs and promoting illegal surveillance. I support the regulation of AI to protect our privacy, personal likeness, and intellectual property. I support the regulation of data centers and oppose their construction in Northern Michigan. TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY Strengthening the rights of indigenous peoples is just and necessary. I’ll support Land Back policy while recognizing the sovereignty of Native American tribes, preserving self-determination and tribal governance, fostering economic and cultural revitalization.","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/policy","source_date":"2026-06-20"},{"topic":"Social Security","stance":"These changes would affect only high-income earners and billion-dollar companies, aimed at making Social Security solvent long-term, increasing retirement benefits for all of us, and pulling our senio","detail":"These changes would affect only high-income earners and billion-dollar companies, aimed at making Social Security solvent long-term, increasing retirement benefits for all of us, and pulling our seniors out of poverty . CHILDCARE & PARENTAL LEAVE American workers should be empowered to start and grow their families without financial hardship. I'll fight for universal childcare and paid parental leave , providing time for new parents to care and connect with their children and eliminating the high cost and low availability of daycare that disproportionately affect rural districts like ours.","source_url":"https://BLOMQUISTFORCONGRESS.COM/policy","source_date":"2026-06-20"}],"committees":[],"finance":[{"id":950,"official_id":460,"fec_candidate_id":"H6MI01267","cycle":2026,"office_sought":"H","total_raised":83424.22,"total_spent":67556.03,"cash_on_hand":15868.19,"total_debt":0,"individual_contributions":79778.42,"pac_contributions":0,"party_contributions":0,"self_funding":3645.8,"last_filing_date":"2026-03-31T00:00:00","source_url":"https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6MI01267/?cycle=2026","updated_at":"2026-06-17 02:34:35"}],"vote_count":0,"vote_summary":[],"vote_topics":[],"recent_votes":[],"ai_visibility":{"official_id":460,"name":"KYLE BLOMQUIST","office":"U.S. Representative","state":"MI","score":64,"grade":"C","max_score":100,"percentile":null,"breakdown":{"profile_completeness":{"score":14,"max":25},"position_depth":{"score":25,"max":25,"positions":10,"topics":10},"vote_record":{"score":0,"max":20,"votes":0},"recency":{"score":15,"max":15},"origin_quality":{"score":10,"max":15}},"what_ai_can_answer":["Their policy positions on multiple issues","Current and up-to-date information","Source-verified, citable positions"],"top_improvements":["Add Photo (+3 pts)","Add Website URL (+5 pts)","Add Phone number (+3 pts)","Missing voting record — federal officials should have votes"],"claim_url":"https://politics.rootz.global/claim?id=460","_note":"This profile is well-indexed. 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