# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-ter-maat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:00.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-ter-maat"
name: "Mike ter Maat"
slug: "mike-ter-maat"
description: "Michael ter Maat is an American businessman, political candidate, former economist, and retired police officer. A former member of the Libertarian Party, he was the running mate to presidential nominee Chase Oliver in the 2024 presidential election. He switched his affiliation to the Republican Party and joined the Republican Liberty Caucus in 2025. He is co-host of the political podcast Liberty Lens."
tagline: "American politician (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Ter_Maat_on_the_%22LibertyDad%22_Podcast.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.849356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 10400
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/terMaatMike"
    handle:    "terMaatMike"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mike.termaat/"
    handle:    "mike.termaat"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://miketermaat.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8-rRseTINKUPYes8QUFZw"
    handle:    "@miketermaatthefuture"
    followers: 10400
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_ter_Maat"
    title: "Mike ter Maat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_ter_Maat"
    title: "Mike ter Maat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_ter_Maat"
    title: "Mike ter Maat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_ter_Maat"
    title: "Mike ter Maat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%88%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E7%89%B9%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E7%89%B9"
    title: "迈克·特尔·马特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115917284"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump