Michigan — 1st congressional district

12 candidates have filed

Everyone below has an active candidate registration with the Federal Election Commission for this seat. That is not the ballot. Most of these names will not survive a primary, ballot access is decided state by state, and people qualify for a ballot without an FEC filing and file with the FEC without ever qualifying.

Some of the registrations below are marked as not yet having reported raising or spending $5,000. That is the threshold at which the FEC calls someone a statutory candidate, and it is about money and nothing else — a campaign announced last month sits below it until its first report is due. It is noted because their money sections are empty for that reason and not because they raised nothing.

The money under each name is receipts into that candidate's own campaign committee for the 2025–2026 cycle, as the FEC reports them. It is not every dollar spent to elect them: leadership PACs, party committees and independent expenditures all sit outside it, and in a contested seat the outside money can exceed everything shown here. Money is not a position. Nobody's place on the Democratic–Republican scale comes from it — that is counted from roll-call votes and nothing else.

• Jack Bergman

  Republican

  Currently holds this seat · first filed 2016-03-28 · FEC filing

  Where their votes land

  Each scale runs between the two parties. The left end is the side most Democrats took on a set of hand-picked roll-call votes, the right end the side most Republicans took, and Jack Bergman's marker sits at the share of those votes they cast on the Republican side. Votes that most of both parties agreed on are left out, because they cannot show which side anyone was on.

  Overall

  average of 7 values

  Democratic side100 · Voted with Republicans almost every timeRepublican side

  • Average House Democrat: 2
  • Average House Republican: 98

  0 is the Democratic side of every party-split vote and 100 the Republican side of every one. This is the average of the 7 value positions below that rest on 4 or more votes, each counted once however many votes stand behind it; 3 values below have fewer than 4 votes and are drawn but not counted in it, and 2 values have no votes from Jack Bergman at all.

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  • Clean air, water and public land

    9 of 9 votes
    Stronger limits on pollution and development9 of 9 with RepublicansFewer federal restrictions on land and industry

  • War powers

    9 of 9 votes
    Requiring Congress to authorise military force9 of 9 with RepublicansLeaving the deployment decision with the President

  • Climate and clean energy

    6 of 6 votes
    Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions faster6 of 6 with RepublicansCheaper energy now and fewer federal mandates

  • Civil rights and discrimination

    5 of 5 votes
    Broader federal anti-discrimination protection5 of 5 with RepublicansNarrower federal rules, more left to states

  • Consumer financial protection

    4 of 4 votes
    Stronger federal protection for borrowers4 of 4 with RepublicansLighter regulation of banks and lenders

  • Guns

    4 of 4 votes
    Tighter limits on firearms4 of 4 with RepublicansFewer restrictions on lawful gun owners

  • Immigration

    4 of 4 votes
    More legal protection and processing capacity4 of 4 with RepublicansStricter enforcement and less federal benefit access

  • Reproductive health care

    3 of 3 votes
    Protecting access to abortion, contraception and IVF3 of 3 with RepublicansRestricting abortion and the funding behind it

    Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

  • Workers, wages and care

    3 of 3 votes
    Stronger bargaining rights and higher wage floors3 of 3 with RepublicansMore employer flexibility and lower labour costs

    Only 3 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

  • Voting and elections

    2 of 2 votes
    Wider access to the ballot2 of 2 with RepublicansTighter eligibility and identity checks

    Only 2 votes — fewer than 4, so this is drawn with a hollow marker and not counted in the overall position.

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  Positions count only the votes this person cast, so two people can be placed on different numbers of votes — the count beside each value says how many. How the votes were chosen, and how each party's side is counted.

  $1.9M raised by Jack Bergman's campaign through July 15, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors7.9%$151k
  • Large individual donors17.7%$340k
  • PACs39.5%$757k
  • Transfers in34.8%$667k
  • Other and unclassified0.1%$3k

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  Who gave to them

• Callie Barr

  Democratic

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2023-04-06 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Callie Barr has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $824k raised by Callie Barr's campaign through July 15, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors12.2%$100k
  • Large individual donors78.8%$649k
  • PACs7.8%$64k
  • Transfers in0.9%$7k
  • Other and unclassified0.4%$3k

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  Who gave to them

• Kyle Blomquist

  Democratic

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-08-03 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Kyle Blomquist has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $245k raised by Kyle Blomquist's campaign through July 15, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors53.4%$131k
  • Large individual donors45.1%$110k
  • Self-funded1.5%$4k

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  Who gave to them

• Wayne Stiles

  Democratic

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-02-18 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Wayne Stiles has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $54k raised by Wayne Stiles's campaign through July 17, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors46.6%$25k
  • Large individual donors34.5%$19k
  • Self-funded18.7%$10k
  • Other and unclassified0.1%$75

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  Who gave to them

• Laveta Davenport

  Green

  Filed with the FEC · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Laveta Davenport has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

• Zebulon Hart Featherly

  Independent

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-09-21 · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Zebulon Hart Featherly has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

• Arnett Satterla

  Libertarian

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-06-27 · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Arnett Satterla has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

• Justin Michal

  Republican

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2025-02-12 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Justin Michal has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $60k raised by Justin Michal's campaign through July 15, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors8.8%$5k
  • Large individual donors56.8%$34k
  • Self-funded34.4%$21k
  • Other and unclassified0.1%$50

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  Who gave to them

• Matthew Denotter

  Republican

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2021-09-02 · FEC filing

  No congressional voting record. Matthew Denotter has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  $1.9M raised by Matthew Denotter's campaign through July 15, 2026 · FEC filing

  • Small individual donors0.2%$4k
  • Large individual donors1.3%$25k
  • Self-funded98.5%$1.9M
  • Other and unclassified<0.1%$524

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  Who gave to them

• Robert Kovaly

  Taxpayers

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-07-08 · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Robert Kovaly has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

• Susan Lovato

  Taxpayers

  Filed as a challenger · first filed 2026-07-03 · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Susan Lovato has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.

• Liz Hakola

  WC

  Filed with the FEC · FEC filing

  Registered with the FEC; has not yet reported raising or spending $5,000.

  No congressional voting record. Liz Hakola has not served in the US House or Senate, so there are no roll-call votes to measure and nothing to place on the Democratic–Republican scale.

  No report filed with the FEC for this cycle yet, so there is no money to show.