Michigan will elect one U.S. Senator and 13 members of its U.S. House delegation.
In the U.S. Senate race, which is competitive according to The Cook Political Report, Abdul El-Sayed (D) leads the money race for the seat. El-Sayed has raised over $12M. The only woman in the race, Haley Stevens (D), has raised over $8.2M. Stevens is white.
Representatives Hillary Scholten (MI-3), Debbie Dingell (MI-6), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-8), Lisa McClain (MI-9), and Rashida Tlaib (MI -12) are running for reelection. All the Representatives, except Tlaib, are white. Representative Tlaib is Palestinian-American. McClain, who has raised over $2.6M, is a Republican; the other women incumbents are Democrats. Representative McDonald Rivet has raised the most of the women incumbents with over $3.5M. Representative McClain has the highest proportion of funds from small contributions (36%) of the women running for reelection in Michigan.
The Cook Political Report considers MI-7 “Toss Up Republican.” This race features Representative Tom Barrett (R) with over $3.2M. Half of Barrett’s funds come from small contributions. The lone woman in the race, Bridget Brink (D), who is white, leads the money race for Democratic candidates with over $2.8M raised. About one-quarter of her funds come from small contributions.
MI-10, which The Cook Political Report considers a “Lean Republican” seat, is an open seat. Only one of seven candidates is a woman: Democrat Christina Hines, who is white, has raised over $1M. Democrat Eric Chung has raised the most of the candidates with over $1.7M.
MI-11 is a “Solid Democratic” seat, according to The Cook Political Report. Only one woman is running in MI-11: Democrat Aisha Farooqi has raised $377,310 for the open seat. Farooqi is Asian American. The money race for the seat is led by Democrat Jeremy Moss with over $1M.
Of the open-seat U.S. House races in Michigan, Democratic men have the highest average total raised ($983,391) compared with Democratic women and Republican men. Of the candidate and party groups running for the open House seats, Democratic women have the highest proportion of funds from small contributions (38%), and Republican men have the highest average percentage of funds from self-financing (14%).
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.