Michigan U.S. House, district 7 · 2026

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Republican Incumbent

Tom Barrett

Raised: $7,891,381
From individuals: $4,300,591
From PACs and other committees: $1,759,508
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $0
Cash on hand: $2,362,085
Debts: $2,809

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,245,942 to support and $6,791,030 to oppose.

HMPagainst $5.1M
LCV VICTORY FUNDagainst $526K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONfor $497K
AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE ACTION INC.for $359K
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACagainst $356K
TOMORROW TOGETHERagainst $309K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 16, 2026.

PAC and committee money

313 committees reported giving $1,146,220 in all.

DELTA AIR LINES PAC$10,000
DTE ENERGY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$10,000
THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC$10,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC$10,000
EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (JACKSON N$10,000

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks

Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $11K
Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $6K
Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $5K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Green

Shane Dedrick

No 2026 financial summary on file with the FEC.

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

No contributions from PACs or other committees in FEC committee filings.

Democrat

William Lawrence

Raised: $1,119,198
From individuals: $1,065,694
From PACs and other committees: $39,844
From the candidate (gifts + loans): $13,072
Cash on hand: $383,116
Debts: $10,000

FEC, campaign committee totals through July 15, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $2,334,497 to support and $3,378,192 to oppose.

ROLLING SEA ACTION FUNDagainst $1M
CRUSH MAGA PACagainst $909K
NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONfor $800K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONagainst $598K
MICHIGAN SUNRISE PACfor $497K
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PACfor $396K

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 31, 2026.

PAC and committee money

25 committees reported giving $98,884 in all.

WORKING FAMILIES PARTY PAC$10,000
PROGRESSIVE VOTERS OF AMERICA$10,000
SWING LEFT$9,410
ROOTED IN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PAC$8,000
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION$5,000
MEDICARE FOR ALL$5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000

Money in this race (FEC)

Tom Barrett	Republican	$7,891,381	$2,362,085	$1,245,942	$6,791,030
William Lawrence	Democrat	$1,119,198	$383,116	$2,334,497	$3,378,192

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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