Notable personal detailsPhilip A. Tanis is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He previously served as mayor of Holland, Michigan (1987–1989) after serving on the Holland City Council. He is director of Hope College’s A.C. Van Raalte Institute and has held communications and operations roles with the Reformed Church in America and the World Communion of Reformed Churches, including an overseas democracy-support assignment with the International Republican Institute in Bulgaria (1995–1996).