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Michigan Senate race

Gary Peters holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers are competing for it.

The November ballot

El-Sayed
$15M
Rogers
$11M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

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

The seat

Gary Peters

Democrat · Holds the seat now

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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 · 1,537,628 votes

  • Abdul El-SayedWon48.5%744,952
  • Haley Stevens47.6%731,160
  • Mallory McMorrow (withdrawn)4%61,516

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

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$57M
Outside money
$97M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting El-Sayed$2.1M
Opposing El-Sayed$2.3M
Supporting Rogers$35M
Opposing Rogers$39M

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

29%$4.1MSmall donors$2.2M20%
71%$10MLarge donors$4.6M42%
<1%$72KPACs$787K7%
--Party$62K<1%
<1%$34KOther$3.2M30%

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

1 to 5 of 25 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing. The groups named here account for $95M of the $97M total; the rest is smaller filers.

Not on the November ballot

21 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.

How this seat voted last time

D+1.7 in 2020

  • Gary PetersWon49.9%
  • John James48.2%

5,479,720 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.