The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: James Hooper (Republican), Marc Joseph Sosnowski (U.S. Taxpayers), Brenda K. Sanders (Green) and Gary Walkowicz (Working Class).
Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2019 · Age 50
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Michigan
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before online or by mail, or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 138,954 votes
- Rashida Tlaib Won: 73.9% 102,707
- Shanelle Jackson: 16.9% 23,419
- Byron Nolen: 9.2% 12,828
The primary · 24,610 votes
- James D. Hooper Won: Unopposed 24,610
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Michigan Secretary of State official primary results. Certified August 24, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $2.9M
- Outside money
- $20K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $10K of the race's $20K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 4 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Rashida Tlaib $348K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
3 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+44 in 2024
- Rashida Tlaib Won: 69.7%
- James Hooper: 25.4%
363,499 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 4.9%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
The district
Census context- People
- 762K
- Median household income
- $60K
- Unemployment
- 8.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 20.5%
- Without health insurance
- 5.0%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 15, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.