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Michigan House race, District 7

Tom Barrett holds this seat and is running to keep it against William Lawrence.

The November ballot

Barrett
$6.3M
Lawrence
$1.1M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Tom Barrett

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Michigan

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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 LawrenceWon43.7%55,933
  • Bridget Brink28.8%36,885
  • Matt Maasdam27.6%35,315

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$13M
Outside money
$1.7M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Barrett$51K
Opposing Barrett$6.4K
Supporting Lawrence$400K
Opposing Lawrence-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

26%$1.6MSmall donors$291K26%
27%$1.7MLarge donors$775K69%
25%$1.6MPACs$40K4%
--Self-funding$13K1%
22%$1.4MOther$588<1%

Small donors give under $200; 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.

Who is spending on this race

The 12 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 12 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

6 filed

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.

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.

How this seat voted last time

R+4 in 2024

  • Tom BarrettWon50.3%
  • Curtis Hertel46.6%

450,912 votes for candidates. 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.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.