MI-04: Huizenga's campaign paid his brother's business $400,000 as he sold the congressman's condos
Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga’s campaign has paid more than $400,000 to a company owned by his brother, who has simultaneously worked as a full-time real estate agent and helped sell luxury condos owned by Huizenga and his wife, a Metro Times review of campaign finance filings, corporate records, property records, and other public documents found.
From 2013 through 2025, Huizenga for Congress paid JB America LLC, a company owned by his half-brother James “Jim” Barry, at least $400,714 for campaign management, consulting, strategy work, and reimbursements.
Barry, who has managed or advised Huizenga’s campaigns for years, currently describes himself as the campaign’s part-time chairman. He has also worked full time since 2014 as an associate broker and Realtor with Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt in Holland.
The payments are drawing new attention as Huizenga seeks reelection in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, a once-reliably Republican seat that Democrats increasingly view as within reach amid growing voter frustration with President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
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