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Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026
Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateMichigan
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Races We’re Tracking
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Wayne County Executive
County
Warren C. Evans · DemocraticIncumbent▾
The sitting Wayne County Executive and a former Wayne County Sheriff who served from 2003 to 2009, per the county's official County Executive page. Before leading the county he was chief of staff of the Wayne County Commission, an assistant county executive, and chief of special operations in the county prosecutor's office, per the Detroit Regional Chamber, which also credits his fiscal turnaround plan with eliminati
Priorities: Countywide transit expansion, describing Wayne County's 43 municipalities as one community, per the Michigan Chronicle · Violent crime reduction, citing a 49 percent drop in homicides since his public safety initiative launched, per the Michigan Chronicle · Continued fiscal discipline, pointing to 11 consecutive balanced budgets and a credit rating increase, per the Michigan Chronicle
A repeat Detroit area office seeker who ran for mayor of Detroit in 2013, per Deadline Detroit, and was among the Democrats in the 2014 Wayne County Executive field, per the Metro Times election guide. No campaign site, occupation or stated 2026 platform could be verified from an official source or from his own materials, so this profile is deliberately short.
Michael A. Evans · Republican▾
An Army veteran and business owner born and raised in Detroit who campaigns under the slogan Back to Business, per his campaign site. He proposes running county government with the discipline of a well managed business and opening county contracting to qualified local firms through a transparent process, per the same site. He is the only Republican who filed for this office, per the certified candidate list.
Priorities: Accountability and fiscal responsibility, keeping the county answerable to taxpayers, per his campaign site · Fair contracting that opens county work to qualified local businesses, per his campaign site · Property tax foreclosure reform through penalty free repayment plans so homeowners can keep their homes, per his campaign site
A nearly 30-year Ford Motor Company employee who rose from custodian to global diversity manager for manufacturing, and the sitting District 5 commissioner, per the commission's official member page. She was appointed to the seat on July 3, 2025 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman and resigned from the Detroit Public Schools Community District board the same day, per the Michigan
Priorities: Responsive governance and community investment, per the commission's official member page · Equitable access to opportunity for all residents, per the commission's official member page
Jenell C. Mansfield · Democratic▾
Political and legislative coordinator for AFT Michigan and a former classroom teacher and school social worker who was founding director of academics at the SAY Detroit Play Center, per her campaign site. She has described her platform as rooted in what she saw in social work and teaching, focused on housing, poverty, education and water shutoffs, per Detroit is Different.
Priorities: Equitable taxation, so residents are never overtaxed again after Detroit's history of overassessment and foreclosures, per her campaign site · A connected, reliable regional transit system with expanded routes linking District 5 to surrounding communities, per her campaign site · Workforce development, mentorship and safe spaces for young people alongside access to senior services, per her campaign site
Abraham Aiyash is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Justin Onwenu · Democratic▾
Justin Onwenu is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Patrick O'Connell · Republican▾
Patrick O'Connell is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan Senate District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan Senate District 2
State
Abbas Alawieh · Democratic▾
Abbas Alawieh is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Erin Byrnes · Democratic▾
Erin Byrnes is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Harry Sawicki · Republican▾
Harry Sawicki is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan Senate District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan Senate District 3
State
Mohammad Alam · Democratic▾
Mohammad Alam is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
John Conyers III · Democratic▾
John Conyers III is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
LeJuan Council · Democratic▾
LeJuan Council is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
LaTanya Garrett · Democratic▾
LaTanya Garrett is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Korey Hall · Democratic▾
Korey Hall is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Kimberly Hill Knott · Democratic▾
Kimberly Hill Knott is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Adam Hollier · Democratic▾
Adam Hollier is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Gary Hunter · Democratic▾
Gary Hunter is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Darrin Camilleri is the incumbent state senator for Michigan Senate District 4 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Marcie Grzywacz · Republican▾
Marcie Grzywacz is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan Senate District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan Senate District 5
State
Matt Koleszar · Democratic▾
Matt Koleszar, a Michigan state representative from Plymouth, is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing for Michigan Senate District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Estelle Oliansky · Republican▾
Estelle Oliansky is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan Senate District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan Senate District 6
State
Mary Cavanagh · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Mary Cavanagh is the incumbent state senator for Michigan Senate District 6 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Stephen Jensen · Democratic▾
Stephen Jensen is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan Senate District 6, per the Bureau of Elections.
Joi Pokerwinski · Republican▾
Joi Pokerwinski is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan Senate District 6, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 1
State
Tyrone Carter · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Tyrone Carter is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 1 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Teddy Dorsette III · Democratic▾
Teddy Dorsette III is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Jermaine Tobey · Democratic▾
Jermaine Tobey is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Valerie Whittaker · Republican▾
Valerie Whittaker is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 1, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 2
State
Frank A. Liberati · Democratic▾
Frank A. Liberati is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Gary Schlack · Democratic▾
Gary Schlack is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Joanna Whaley · Democratic▾
Joanna Whaley is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Ron Kokinda · Republican▾
Ron Kokinda is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Zacharia Ortiz · Republican▾
Zacharia Ortiz is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 2, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 3
State
Alabas Farhat · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Alabas Farhat is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 3 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Othman Ali Alaansi · Democratic▾
Othman Ali Alaansi is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Hussein Berry · Democratic▾
Hussein Berry is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Gus Tarraf · Republican▾
Gus Tarraf is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 3, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 4
State
Krystal Larsosa · Democratic▾
Krystal Larsosa is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Anthony Stafford McDonald · Democratic▾
Anthony Stafford McDonald is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Tyus Monroe · Democratic▾
Tyus Monroe is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Regina Ross · Democratic▾
Regina Ross is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Everett Davis · Republican▾
Everett Davis is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 4, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 5
State
Crystal Bailey · Democratic▾
Crystal Bailey is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Candace Calloway · Democratic▾
Candace Calloway is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Soummer Moore-Crawford · Democratic▾
Soummer Moore-Crawford is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Chris Venable · Republican▾
Chris Venable is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 5, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 7
State
Seema Ahmad · Democratic▾
Seema Ahmad is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 7, per the Bureau of Elections.
Oliver Gantt · Democratic▾
Oliver Gantt is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 7, per the Bureau of Elections.
Tonya Myers Phillips · Democratic▾
Tonya Myers Phillips is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 7, per the Bureau of Elections.
Reginald Moorer · Republican▾
Reginald Moorer is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 7, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 8
State
Deanne Austin · Democratic▾
Deanne Austin is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Chris Gilmer-Hill · Democratic▾
Chris Gilmer-Hill is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Fedor Kinaya · Democratic▾
Fedor Kinaya is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Helena Scott · Democratic▾
Helena Scott is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Bruce P. Langran · Republican▾
Bruce P. Langran is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Tonya Renay Wells · Republican▾
Tonya Renay Wells is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 8, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 9
State
Willie Burton · Democratic▾
Willie Burton is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Anthony Eid · Democratic▾
Anthony Eid is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Darryl J. Ervin · Democratic▾
Darryl J. Ervin is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Arthur Harrington · Democratic▾
Arthur Harrington is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Bryant Hepp · Democratic▾
Bryant Hepp is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Karriem Holman · Democratic▾
Karriem Holman is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Patricia Hurt · Democratic▾
Patricia Hurt is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Toni Mua · Democratic▾
Toni Mua is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 9, per the Bureau of Elections.
Andrew Cyburt is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 10, per the Bureau of Elections.
Ryan Nelson · Democratic▾
Ryan Nelson is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 10, per the Bureau of Elections.
Veronica Paiz · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Veronica Paiz is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 10 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Peter Ochs · Republican▾
Peter Ochs is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 10, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 11
State
Cranstana Gina Brown Anderson · Democratic▾
Cranstana Gina Brown Anderson is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Kimberly Fisher · Democratic▾
Kimberly Fisher is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michael Howard · Democratic▾
Michael Howard is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Eddie Kabacinski · Republican▾
Eddie Kabacinski is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Matthew Stafford · Republican▾
Matthew Stafford is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Dale J. Walker · Republican▾
Dale J. Walker is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 11, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 15
State
Jalal Abdallah · Democratic▾
Jalal Abdallah is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 15, per the Bureau of Elections.
Leslie C. Herrick · Democratic▾
Leslie C. Herrick is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 15, per the Bureau of Elections.
Gary Woronchak · Democratic▾
Gary Woronchak is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 15, per the Bureau of Elections.
Hassan H. Nehme · Republican▾
Hassan H. Nehme is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 15, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 16
State
Stephanie A. Young · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Stephanie A. Young is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 16 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Brian M. Duggan · Republican▾
Brian M. Duggan is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 16, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 17
State
Laurie Pohutsky · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Laurie Pohutsky is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 17 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Ken Crider · Republican▾
Ken Crider is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 17, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 22
State
Lisa McIntyre · Democratic▾
Lisa McIntyre is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary in the Michigan House District 22, per the Bureau of Elections.
Casey J. Noce · Republican▾
Casey J. Noce is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 22, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 24
State
Ranjeev Puri · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Ranjeev Puri is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 24 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Allison Kay Fuller · Republican▾
Allison Kay Fuller is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 24, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 25
State
Peter Herzberg · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Peter Herzberg is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 25 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Dawn Udell · Republican▾
Dawn Udell is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 25, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 26
State
Dylan Wegela · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Dylan Wegela is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 26 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
Chris Dobis · Republican▾
Chris Dobis is on the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing for the August 4, 2026 Republican primary in the Michigan House District 26, per the Bureau of Elections.
Michigan House District 27
State
Jaime Churches · Democratic▾
Jaime Churches, a former state representative for this district, is on the official August 4, 2026 Democratic primary candidate listing for Michigan House District 27, per the Bureau of Elections.
Rylee Linting · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Rylee Linting is the incumbent state representative for Michigan House District 27 and is on the official August 4, 2026 Republican primary candidate listing, per the Bureau of Elections.
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