Michigan
Michigan in Focus
The 2026 races, the candidates and officials, and the money behind them, from Michigan’s public records. More of the state’s ledgers are on the way.
15races on the Nov. 3 ballot covered here: 1 Senate, 1 governor, 13 HouseFEC and state election offices
73candidates listed in those racesFEC and state candidate lists
$94.1Mraised by Michigan’s federal candidatesFEC campaign reports, latest filed (through Sept. 30, 2026)
$236.9Mspent by outside groups for or against themFEC independent expenditures, duplicates removed
These figures are different measures from different records and are not added together. Candidate fundraising counts federal candidates only. How the figures were checked →
Michigan’s top topics
Michigan’s 2026 racesEvery federal and governor’s race on Michigan’s ballot, with the money behind each candidate.→
Candidates & officialsWho is on the ballot and who represents Michigan in Congress now, each with a page of their records.→
Gathering dataWhere they standEach candidate’s position on the issues. Research has started in Florida.
How they votedRoll calls by Michigan’s members of Congress, grouped by issue.→
Gathering dataFlock & ALPRWhich police agencies use license-plate readers, and their contracts.
AI & data centersLarge data-center projects in Michigan on our map.→
Gathering dataMichigan’s public moneyThe state budget, reserves and debt, what county governments collect and spend, and what local officials are paid.
On the ballot Nov. 3
Every federal race and the governor’s race in Michigan. Pick a race for the money behind each candidate.
- Michigan SenateLydia Lynn Christensen (L), Abdul El-Sayed (D), Walter P. Kristy (O), Tim Long (O), Doug Marsh (G), Mike Rogers (R)
- Michigan GovernorJocelyn Benson (D), Donna Brandenburg (T), Douglas Campbell (G), Anthony Hudson (L), John James (R)
- MI-01Callie Barr (D), Jack Bergman (R), LaVeta Davenport (G), Zebulon Featherly (I), Liz Hakola (O), Doc Kovaly (O), Arnett Satterla (L)
- MI-02Ben Ambrose (D), Charlotte Irene Magoon (G), John Moolenaar (R), Richard Sills (O)
- MI-03Terri DeBoer (R), Joe Jock (G), Hillary Scholten (D)
- MI-04Che Barnett (G), Bill Huizenga (R), Sean McCann (D)
- MI-05Jim Bronke (G), Ronald A. Muszynski (L), Sharon Marie Renier (O), Christian A. Vukasovich (D), Tim Walberg (R)
- MI-06Debbie Dingell (D), Mike Mickevicius (O), Linda Rayburn (O), Clyde K. Shabazz (G), Heather Smiley (R), Timothy A. Teagan (L)
- MI-07Tom Barrett (R), Shane Dedrick (G), William Lawrence (D)
- MI-08Jim Casha (G), Kathy Goodwin (O), C. Mia Pettus (L), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), Tom Smith (R)
- MI-09Destiny Clayton (G), Lisa McClain (R), Ray Pooley (D), Kevin Vayko (L), John Vlahos (O), Jim Walkowicz (O)
- MI-10Mike Bouchard (R), Christina Bertrand Hines (D), Andrea L. Kirby (O), Cubby Nkromo (G), Mike Saliba (L)
- MI-11Ethan D. Baker (R), Farid Ishac (L), Anil Kumar (I), Jeremy Moss (D), Ryan Teasdale (G)
- MI-12James D. Hooper (R), Brenda K. Sanders (G), Marc Joseph Sosnowski (O), Rashida Tlaib (D), Gary Walkowicz (O)
- MI-13Simone R. Coleman (O), Chris Dardzinski (O), Raelyn Light (G), Donavan McKinney (D), T.P. Nykoriak (R)
Candidates & officials
73 candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot in the races above, and who represents Michigan now.
In Congress now
- Gary C. PetersU.S. Senator · Democrat
- Elissa SlotkinU.S. Senator · Democrat
- Jack BergmanU.S. House, District 1 · Republican · running in MI-01
- John R. MoolenaarU.S. House, District 2 · Republican · running in MI-02
- Hillary J. ScholtenU.S. House, District 3 · Democrat · running in MI-03
- Bill HuizengaU.S. House, District 4 · Republican · running in MI-04
- Tim WalbergU.S. House, District 5 · Republican · running in MI-05
- Debbie DingellU.S. House, District 6 · Democrat · running in MI-06
- Tom BarrettU.S. House, District 7 · Republican · running in MI-07
- Kristen McDonald RivetU.S. House, District 8 · Democrat · running in MI-08
- Lisa C. McClainU.S. House, District 9 · Republican · running in MI-09
- John JamesU.S. House, District 10 · Republican
- Haley M. StevensU.S. House, District 11 · Democrat
- Rashida TlaibU.S. House, District 12 · Democrat · running in MI-12
- Shri ThanedarU.S. House, District 13 · Democrat
Gathering data
State legislators, statewide officers and local officials in Michigan, with their campaign accounts and the money they report, as we have built for Florida.
Your county at a glance
Coming soon
A county map of Michigan: plate readers, local officials’ pay and county budgets, one county at a time.
Michigan stories
Coming soon
Investigations follow one stream of public money from the ledger to the people it reaches. Florida is first; see Florida in Focus for what a state’s Files look like.