Terri DeBoer

Terri DeBoer grew up in an Air Force family, with childhood stops in Missouri and Montana before her broadcasting career brought her to Michigan.¹ She met her husband, Bill, after moving to Kalamazoo in 1990; they have three children and are grandparents.¹ Her interests include walking the Kent Trails, golf, reading and podcasts.²

She began in television news before moving into weather forecasting in 1992.¹ She worked at WOOD-TV from 1995 to 2023 and returned to television at FOX 17 in 2024.² In February 2026, she announced she was leaving FOX 17.³ She is now making her first run for public office.⁴

DeBoer earned the American Meteorological Society's Television Seal of Approval in 1996 and entered the Michigan Emmy Silver Circle in 2022, recognizing lengthy broadcasting service.² She has written books about an empty nest, later life and grief.² Her community work includes the Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan and the Grand Rapids Griffins Youth Foundation.¹

Her campaign supports greater healthcare competition, health savings accounts and clearer medical prices.⁵ She favors tax cuts, lower federal spending, fewer regulations on small businesses and expanding nuclear energy production.⁵ On immigration, she calls for stronger border enforcement, removal of dangerous criminals who entered illegally and reform of the asylum process.⁵