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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Michigan, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:Michigan election calendar

Statewide election dates in Michigan are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

August 4, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Michigan Secretary of State election, 2026
• Michigan Supreme Court elections, 2026
• Michigan gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026
• Michigan gubernatorial election, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)
• Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2026
• Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)
• Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)
• Michigan's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
• Michigan's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)
• Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2026
• United States Senate election in Michigan, 2026
• United States Senate election in Michigan, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Michigan 2026 ballot measures

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Michigan. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Kent Benham	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Frederick Heurtebise	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Kamal	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Rogers	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Genevieve Peters Scott	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bernadette Smith	U.S. Senate Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Abdul El-Sayed	U.S. Senate Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rachel Howard	U.S. Senate Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mallory McMorrow	U.S. Senate Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Haley Stevens	U.S. Senate Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Travis Zollner	U.S. Senate Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lydia Christensen	U.S. Senate Michigan	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Craig Henley Johnson	U.S. Senate Michigan	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
TJ Stephens	U.S. Senate Michigan	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
Jack Bergman Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Michal	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Callie Barr	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kyle Blomquist	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wayne Stiles	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zebulon Featherly	U.S. House Michigan District 1	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
John Moolenaar Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Benjamin Ambrose	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Ault	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Richard Carrizales	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jamie Hill	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Lynch	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Clyde Welford	U.S. House Michigan District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hillary Scholten Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
J. Allen Fiorletta	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zachary Ketchum	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bill Huizenga Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Richard Aaron	U.S. House Michigan District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diop Harris	U.S. House Michigan District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sean McCann	U.S. House Michigan District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Walberg Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jacob Vravis	U.S. House Michigan District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christian Vukasovich	U.S. House Michigan District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Debbie Dingell Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Cloutier	U.S. House Michigan District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Barrett Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Elyon Badger	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bridget Brink	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Josh Cowen	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Lawrence	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Maasdam	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexandra Prieditis	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Muhammad Salman Rais	U.S. House Michigan District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kristen McDonald Rivet Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amir Hassan	U.S. House Michigan District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lisa McClain Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Daltson Atwell	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wyatt Clark	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ray Pooley	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jasen Cartwright	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Fernando Valdez	U.S. House Michigan District 9	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
John James Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Casey Armitage	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Bouchard	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steven Elliott	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cody Ingram	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Justin Kirk	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Lulgjuraj	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tripp Adams	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Eric Chung	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tim Greimel	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christina Hines	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brian Steven Jaye	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Paesano	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tony Prieto	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Steger	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stu Baker	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aisha Farooqi	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeremy Moss	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michelle Murphy	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Paul Torres	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Don Ufford	U.S. House Michigan District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rashida Tlaib Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Allen Downer	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Byron Nolen	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shri Thanedar Incumbent	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Articia Bomer	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Lorenz	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shelby Campbell	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Carbonaro	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nazmul Hassan	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Donavan McKinney	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Maurice Morton	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Independent	Candidacy Declared General

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Mike Cox	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joyce Gipson	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Hudson	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John James	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Perry Johnson	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Leonard	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aric Nesbitt	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ralph Rebandt	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Evan Space	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Karla Wagner	Governor of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jocelyn Benson	Governor of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Hogan	Governor of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marni Sawicki	Governor of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Swanson	Governor of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Duggan	Governor of Michigan	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Matthew DePerno	Attorney General of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Kevin Kijewski	Attorney General of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Doug Lloyd	Attorney General of Michigan	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Karen McDonald	Attorney General of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Eli Savit	Attorney General of Michigan	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Anthony Forlini	Michigan Secretary of State	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Timothy Smith	Michigan Secretary of State	Republican	Candidacy Declared General
Barbara Byrum	Michigan Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Aghogho Edevbie	Michigan Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Garlin Gilchrist II	Michigan Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Adam Hollier	Michigan Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Suzanna Shkreli	Michigan Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared General
Abbas Alawieh	Michigan State Senate District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Koleszar	Michigan State Senate District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Philippe Cicchini	Michigan State Senate District 9	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Felicia Brabec	Michigan State Senate District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael White	Michigan State Senate District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julie Rogers	Michigan State Senate District 19	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Murphy	Michigan State Senate District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Donni Steele	Michigan State Senate District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Bierlein	Michigan State Senate District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gabriel Lossing	Michigan State Senate District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Carol Glanville	Michigan State Senate District 30	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Richard Kreuzer	Michigan State Senate District 30	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Markey Jr.	Michigan State Senate District 31	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kim Cole	Michigan State Senate District 32	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rebecca Amidon	Michigan State Senate District 32	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Tunney	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Republican	On the Ballot General
Chedrick Greene	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	On the Ballot General
Ali Sledz	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Libertarian	On the Ballot General
Chadwick Twillman	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Christian Velasquez	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Andrew Wendt	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Republican	Lost Primary
Brandell Adams	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Martin Blank	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
William Morrone	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Pamela Pugh	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Serenity Salak	Michigan State Senate District 35 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Beau LaFave	Michigan State Senate District 38	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Prestin	Michigan State Senate District 38	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kelli van Ginhoven	Michigan State Senate District 38	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Mapps	Michigan State Senate District 38	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hussein Berry	Michigan House of Representatives District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Roslyn Ogburn	Michigan House of Representatives District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kali Scales	Michigan House of Representatives District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad Paquette Incumbent	Michigan House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gerik Nasstrom	Michigan House of Representatives District 37	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zachary Shinabargar	Michigan House of Representatives District 39	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jessica Swartz	Michigan House of Representatives District 41	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bill Korb	Michigan House of Representatives District 42	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nick Rowe	Michigan House of Representatives District 42	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jim Haadsma	Michigan House of Representatives District 44	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Hawkins	Michigan House of Representatives District 55	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rachel Gross	Michigan House of Representatives District 78	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Frank LaFata	Michigan House of Representatives District 91	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
J. Aaron Bailey	Michigan House of Representatives District 92	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amos O'Neal Incumbent	Michigan House of Representatives District 94	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bill G. Schuette Incumbent	Michigan House of Representatives District 95	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tracy Ruell	Michigan House of Representatives District 100	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	Michigan House of Representatives District 101
Larry Johnson Jr.	Michigan House of Representatives District 108	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Reynolds	Michigan House of Representatives District 108	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dana LaLonde	Michigan House of Representatives District 109	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anna Rink	Michigan House of Representatives District 109	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

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