Evidently, the man was very former, as in 25 years former. He was appointed to fill out a term for some Republican who resigned and then on to win re-election, but was knocked out in the primary the next time around.
Pretty close.
He won a special election to fill the remainder of David Stockman’s term. Stockman was picked to be Reagan’s head of OMB.
Siljander was an evangelical and tended to be outspoken - which put him at odds with the GOP establishment in that area.
In ‘86, he was challenged by Fred Upton in the GOP primary. Upton’s family was linked to Whirlpool. Upton decisively beat him and has been in the seat ever since.