Nancy has proven that she carefully weighs decisions in light of what is best for the community long term. Even the ancient Iroquois philosophy stated that decisions made today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future.

Within a framework of solid conservative values, we can still be magnificently creative. That is always Nancy’s goal. When we come together with hard work, integrity, and innovation, we can inspire a fresh future.

Nancy is the Assistant Director for both She Leads Michigan and She Leads America organizations which connect women throughout Michigan and the United States. SLM and SLA provide opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with women from a variety of racial and cultural backgrounds. Their goal is to bring faith-based solutions to modern-day problems.

Nancy is committed to honoring others and their voice in the discussion. Whether people initially agree or not, truth will rise out of the discussion. It is with a listening ear and a strong moral compass that good navigation takes place.

West Michigan has been recognized as a great place to raise a family and receive an excellent education. Strong families support strong school systems. As an educator, and from a family of educators, Nancy has first-hand experience in our education system as a high school English teacher. She understands how important parental involvement is for student success. She believes that every child has gifts that should be encouraged.

Special education needs equitable funding from our state and federal governments. In her first term (2023-2024), DeBoer was a member of the House Appropriations Committee and passed bipartisan school safety legislation.

In the 2024-25 State Budget, the K-12 Education Funding unfortunately cut the per pupil funding for mental health and school safety by 92%. She introduced an appropriations supplemental to restore 100% of the funding. Eventually approximately 50% of the funding was restored. Nancy opposed these cuts as well as the $0 per pupil increase to school funding. In the 2025-2026 State budget the grant funding was fully restored. This budget provided record public school funding and more local control over how state funds can be spent to address local student needs.

DeBoer currently serves as Chair of the state House Education and Workforce Committee. She is also working on education reforms to address literacy, declining attendance, and provide more flexibility for local districts to allow students to pursue non-college career paths like the trades and agriculture. She also believes that early interventions in education are critical to helping students and their families to ensure the best possible outcomes for all children.

Nancy believes that all life should be protected, from the womb to the tomb. She believes each person is created by God. Therefore, each person is intrinsically valuable and must be treated with dignity and respect.

Whatever a woman’s season of life, decisions are complicated. Nancy believes in supporting all women in their choices, whatever they have been. She believes every life, at every stage is precious.

Nancy supports the 2nd Amendment which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. She understands the importance of standing up for these rights so citizens can lawfully protect themselves and their property. In fact, she voted in 2014 to allow indoor firearm and archery ranges as a special use in commercial and industrial zones in Holland.

Nancy voted for the new 2025-26 state budget, which cut money to 2,000 ghost employees and introduced a new process for transparency and oversight for state government grants going forward. The budget finally brought road funding to local municipalities so that the roads can finally be repaired fully funded from gas taxes. K-12 Education also received record funding increases in this budget! The overall budget was reduced for the first time in decades. We must spend within our means.

While serving on the City Council and as Mayor of Holland, she proved to be a wise steward of financial resources through budget cuts, repurposing of property, creative fundraising, consolidation of city building and project management, green technologies that reduced energy costs for city buildings, more efficient snowmelt system, and smart LED lighting while also helping residents with education programs for home savings.

The new natural gas power plant reduced energy costs by 10% in the first three years. In addition, the city sold the extra power it produced to help pay the debt of the new power plant in record time.

Nancy has the ability to think outside the box in order to reduce costs and remain within a budget.

Nancy stands in support of all things Public Safety, including Police and Fire Services. An unsafe community is not healthy for anyone. She believes excellent equipment, vehicles, technology, and protective clothing are all part of effective Public Safety. Honorable compensation and benefits for those who wake up each morning not knowing if they will have to protect a life, take a life, or give their life are important.

Carefully vetting the character of new hires and holistic training for every hire is critical to our officers who are under such extreme pressure in the public eye. They should also be offered support services to handle the emotional toll that they carry because of their work. All of the above require generous funding with reasonable accountability.

While serving on City Council and as Mayor, she fought for the retention of Community Policing, even during the lean years of difficult budget cuts. These positive relationships between officers and residents are priceless, and made our community stronger. Communication is critical for a community to be safe and informed.

I support the continuation of law enforcement programs to keep illegal firearms out of the hands of those on probation and parole. Last year, Nancy supported creation of the Public Safety Trust Fund which dedicates 115 million every year to fight violent crime. This will fund all local police and sheriffs departments, providing additional resources to help keep communities safe.

I support programs that curtail invasive species and provide other protections of our Great Lakes and watersheds such as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiate. Clean drinking and ground water are also vitally important. We must present contamination when possible and ensure environmental cleanup when necessary.

We must support programs that curtail invasive species and provide other protections of our Great Lakes, such as the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. We need to fund education that helps us face our collective responsibility to protect our greatest natural resource for generations to come.

It is important for us to keep growing the hard-working culture in our area, never taking success for granted, and continually inspiring the next generation to have a seat at the table with their valuable ideas and dedication to a better world. Work with the MEDC and local small business incubators to increase opportunities for new businesses from ideation to production in a global society.

It is important to have a framework where Holland receives its fair share of state funding and the funds do not all go to the big cities in the state.

In Lansing, Nancy supported state aid and policy changes to make housing more available and affordable for middle class and low income community members.
Last term, Rep. DeBoer also crossed party lines to ensure the passage of housing affordability legislation creating the state’s new Missing Middle housing program and legislation raising MSHDA’s home sales price limits which had not been updated since 2009. It is important that MSHDA programs funds are able to be used in the Greater Holland area. Not all of the funding should be directed solely to large urban areas, like Detroit. This term Rep. DeBoer is supporting additional affordable housing legislation.

Nancy received the Legislator of the Year award from Habitat for Humanity for her work on affordable housing.

I am honored to represent the Greater Holland area for District 86, covering Laketown Township, Holland Charter Township, Park Township, and the City of Holland. I believe that any time one serves at a level of government, it is important to stay in one’s lane, at one’s entrusted level. Commenting about issues I am not personally privy to seems premature and presumptuous of me.

I believe Elections should be on a continuous improvement track. This seems reasonable because elections are critical to our system of government. I strongly believe we should have to identify ourselves with legal proof of identity to vote. Ballot Harvesting should be illegal, and sending unsolicited absentee ballots should also be illegal. I also believe that local clerks should be able to take deceased voters off the rolls in their locality.

• Childcare expansion
• Additional affordable housing legislation
• Education Reforms coming from my committee
• Improve literacy by using the science of reading method (phonics). This will be taught to pre-service teachers in college and current teachers trained on this in the classrooms state-wide.
• Restrictions on phones with social media apps in K-12 schools
• Expanding Career Technical Education opportunities so there are many more skilled trade options for students who choose not to attend college.
• Passing my Epinephrine access package in the Senate (it received a 100% vote approval in the House)
• Ensuring special education students access to behavior therapy (ABA)