The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Shane Dedrick (Green) and Felix Thibodeau (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
Tom Barrett
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 45
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 · 128,133 votes
- William Lawrence Won: 43.7% 55,933
- Bridget Brink: 28.8% 36,885
- Matt Maasdam: 27.6% 35,315
The primary · 72,468 votes
- Tom Barrett Won: Unopposed 72,468
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
- $13M
- Outside money
- $16M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $4.3M of the race's $16M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 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: Tom Barrett $1.5M.
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.
Also filed for this seat
6 filedNot on the November ballot
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
Ballot status not confirmed
None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
Filed with the FEC for this seat. No source on record says whether they qualified for the November ballot: independent and minor-party candidates qualify through the state, often by petition, and the FEC does not track whether they did.
How this seat voted last time
R+4 in 2024
- Tom Barrett Won: 50.3%
- Curtis Hertel: 46.6%
450,912 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.1%. 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
- 779K
- Median household income
- $80K
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.7%
- Without health insurance
- 3.8%
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.