Trump Endorses Walberg in Michigan’s 5th District Primary

Trump backs Rep. Tim Walberg for re-election ahead of Michigan's Aug. 4 primary, praising his work as House Education and Workforce Committee chair on school choice and parental rights.

First Published: August 3, 2026, 2:24 PM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump endorsed Representative Tim Walberg, the nine-term Republican who chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee, for re-election in Michigan’s 5th Congressional District.

The endorsement lands one day before Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, with early voting already concluded across the state, according to swampthe VOTE usa. Trump praised Walberg’s work on school choice, parental rights, border security and Second Amendment issues in the post.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Congress man Tim Walberg is an incredible Representative of Michigan’s 5th Congressional District! As Chair of the House Education Committee, Tim is working hard to Advance School Choice, Deliver the Best Education Solutions for our Children, and Defend Parental Rights. Tim is also relentlessly focused on helping us Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Great Military/Vets,Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Tim Walberg has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election. Election Day is Tuesday, August 4th. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR TIM – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! Find your Voting Location here: https://swampthevoteusa.com/michigan/” on August 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM ET.

This is Trump’s 17th message released today, and the last post was one minute ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 72 of his 450 posts over the last 30 days classified as election posts.

Walberg is serving his ninth term in Congress and holds the title of Dean of the Michigan congressional delegation, according to house.gov. His district encompasses Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe and St. Joseph Counties, along with portions of Berrien, Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties. Before entering Congress, he served as a pastor in Michigan and Indiana and sat in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1999, according to house.gov.

Trump directed supporters to a turnout page by mentioning the source (see swampthe VOTE usa). The Michigan primary election falls on Aug. 4, 2026, with a nine-day mandatory early voting window that started July 25 and ended Aug. 2, according to swampthevoteusa. The state allows same-day voter registration and in-person voting on election day.

Walberg chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee in the 119th Congress and also serves on the House Natural Resources Committee, according to house.gov. He ranks as Michigan’s most conservative member of Congress by the American Conservative Union's lifetime score.The Center for Effective Lawmaking named him the most effective member of Michigan’s delegation in the 115th Congress, according to house.gov.

The stakes fall on Republican primary VOTE rs in southern Michigan, who decide whether the committee chairman keeps his seat on the ballot in November. An incumbent chairman carries influence over federal education policy, giving the district outsized weight in national debates over school choice and student loans.

This is not the first time Trump has thrown his weight behind Walberg. Trump endorsed the Congress man in prior cycles, and Walberg won his 2024 general election by a comfortable margin in a district that leans toward his party.

Primary VOTE rs in the 5th District make the next decision on Aug. 4, 2026. Should Walberg advance, the general election arrives in November 2026.

Presidential endorsements in Michigan carry a long history of shaping Congress ional races, as happened before. Ronald Reagan campaigned across the state in 1980 and helped his party flip House seats, and the 5th District has changed hands and numbers through decades of redistricting since. Incumbents blessed by a sitting president of their own party have historically survived primaries at high rates, a pattern that has kept Walberg in Washington across nine terms.