2026 Michigan General Election

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I moved from my hometown in beachfront North Carolina to mid Michigan in July of 2021. The warm weather and beautiful Michigan summer convinced me I made the right choice. The freezing cold winter woke me up to reality, but the beauty was the same, and it just solidified my choice.

Why I'm Running — Felix Thibodeau for Congress

Felix Thibodeau moved from his hometown on the North Carolina coast to mid-Michigan in July 2021.

Felix Thibodeau is seeking a full term on the East Lansing Board of Education. (Courtesy photo)

Felix Thibodeau

I decided to run for school board because I am a young person who is fed up with what is happening to our children.

School Board Candidates Describe Their Qualifications, Priorities If Elected

East Lansing Public Schools Board Member (Vote for 3)
Candidate Party Election Day AV Counting Boards Early Voting Total

Elizabeth Guerrero Lyons 2,604 4,381 2,591 9,576
Estrella Torrez 2,446 4,043 2,472 8,961
Chris Martin 2,148 4,062 1,972 8,182
Felix Thibodeau 1,745 2,050 1,487 5,282

ElectionSummaryReportRPT (Official Ingham November 2024 Election Summary Report)

Felix previously ran for the East Lansing Board of Education in 2024.

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# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Land Use
    * Develop National Native Owned and Operated Land Banks

Platform — Felix Thibodeau for Congress

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Land Use
    * Provide Native Land Banks First Right to Purchase Land for Sale

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Land Use
    * Introduce a Progressive Land Value Tax

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Land Use
    * Ban Corporate Land Speculation

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Economy
    * Demonopolize the American Economy and Government

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Labor
    * Create Legal Frameworks for Empowered Workers Councils

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Labor
    * Empower Unions

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Labor
    * Legalize Solidarity Strikes

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Labor
    * Universal Right to Work

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Technology
    * Expand Copyleft Protections

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Technology
    * Tax Relief for Open Source Projects

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Housing
    * Build Thousands of Government Owned Houses

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Housing
    * Tax Relief for First Time Homebuyers

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Housing
    * Invest in Community Revitalization

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Housing
    * Progressive Tax for Multiple Home Ownership

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Housing
    * Manufactured Home Ownership Relief

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Economy
    * Government Bailouts Result in Government Ownership

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Economy
    * Prosecute Billionaires for Decades of Wage Theft and Seize Their Assets

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Labor
    * Return CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio to 1950 Levels

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Technology
    * Adopt EU General Data Protection Regulations

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Technology
    * Breakup Big Tech

Proposes nationally owned and operated Native land banks with a first right to purchase land for sale.

Supports a progressive land-value tax and banning corporate land speculation.

Supports reducing monopolization in the U.S. economy and government.

Supports legal frameworks for empowered worker councils, stronger unions, and legalizing solidarity strikes.

Supports expanding copyleft protections and tax relief for open-source projects.

Supports building thousands of government-owned homes, tax relief for first-time homebuyers, and investment in community revitalization.

Supports a progressive tax on multiple-home ownership and relief for manufactured-home owners.

Proposes government ownership as a condition of government bailouts.

Calls for prosecuting billionaires for wage theft and seizing their assets.

Proposes returning the chief executive officer-to-worker pay ratio to 1950 levels.

Supports adopting European Union General Data Protection Regulation standards and breaking up large technology companies.

- Proposes nationally owned and operated Native land banks with a first right to purchase land for sale.
- Supports a progressive land-value tax and banning corporate land speculation.
- Supports reducing monopolization in the U.S. economy and government.
- Supports legal frameworks for empowered worker councils, stronger unions, and legalizing solidarity strikes.
- Supports a universal right to work.
- Supports expanding copyleft protections and tax relief for open-source projects.
- Supports building thousands of government-owned homes, tax relief for first-time homebuyers, and investment in community revitalization.
- Supports a progressive tax on multiple-home ownership and relief for manufactured-home owners.
- Proposes government ownership as a condition of government bailouts.
- Calls for prosecuting billionaires for wage theft and seizing their assets.
- Proposes returning the chief executive officer-to-worker pay ratio to 1950 levels.
- Supports adopting European Union General Data Protection Regulation standards and breaking up large technology companies.

Economy

Felix Thibodeau
First, guns and weapons do not belong in or near schools. Violence is an easy resolution to a disagreement, but it’s never the proper resolution. Students need to have access to easier conflict resolution strategies, and should frankly have space to express aggression.

School Board Candidates Address School Safety – East Lansing Info

Felix Thibodeau
First, guns and weapons do not belong in or near schools. Violence is an easy resolution to a disagreement, but it’s never the proper resolution. Students need to have access to easier conflict resolution strategies, and should frankly have space to express aggression. Again, kids are unhappy and feel powerless. Violence can feel like power. Kids need safe spaces to express their frustration and reclaim some sense of control.

Students need to have access to easier conflict resolution strategies, and should frankly have space to express aggression. Again, kids are unhappy and feel powerless. Violence can feel like power. Kids need safe spaces to express their frustration and reclaim some sense of control. Adults pay money to access Smash Rooms.

And mandates from unknown authority figures instill distrust. Trusted mentors, friends, and authority figures working towards solution, mutual understanding, and community building deepens interpersonal connection and instills a lasting relationship with their community.

Said guns and weapons do not belong in or near schools and students should have conflict-resolution strategies and safe spaces.

Said trusted mentors, peers, and authority figures can build understanding, community connection, and lasting relationships.

- Said guns and weapons do not belong in or near schools and students should have conflict-resolution strategies and safe spaces.
- Said trusted mentors, peers, and authority figures can build understanding, community connection, and lasting relationships.

Public Safety

# THE PLATFORM

* Healthcare
    * Prescriptions of Cash for Poor and Pregnant People

# THE PLATFORM

* Healthcare
    * Universal MedicAID for All

# THE PLATFORM

* Healthcare
    * Increase Investment in Rural Hospitals

# THE PLATFORM

* Healthcare
    * Expand ADA and Provide Genuine Security for Disabled People

# THE PLATFORM

* Healthcare
    * Mandatory Sick Leave

# THE PLATFORM

* Human Rights
    * Pass Equal Rights Amendment

Proposes cash assistance prescriptions for low-income and pregnant people.

Supports increased investment in rural hospitals.

Supports expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and increasing security for disabled people.

Supports passing the Equal Rights Amendment.

- Proposes cash assistance prescriptions for low-income and pregnant people.
- Supports universal Medicaid coverage.
- Supports increased investment in rural hospitals.
- Supports expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and increasing security for disabled people.
- Supports mandatory sick leave.
- Supports passing the Equal Rights Amendment.

Healthcare

Because nothing seems to change. Year after year. No one has any solutions and students have no reason to think one will come. My top priority is to be a student advocate. Schooling, after all, is ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS! We need to teach them confidence in themselves and their abilities.

Schooling, after all, is ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS! We need to teach them confidence in themselves and their abilities. Instill in them the knowledge that they are powerful actors for change. Ask any high school graduate if they feel prepared for adulthood and I bet you get a sardonic response.

# THE PLATFORM

* Education
    * Universal Pre-K to Doctoral Degree

# THE PLATFORM

* Education
    * Mandate Life Skills Education in Curriculum

# THE PLATFORM

* Education
    * Reinvest in and Expand Department of Education

# THE PLATFORM

* Education
    * Create Student and Teacher Councils to Strengthen Connection to Schools'

# THE PLATFORM

* Education
    * Provide Free Adult Education Centers

Said student advocacy is a top priority and schools should build students' confidence and capacity to effect change.

Supports universal education from pre-kindergarten through doctoral degree programs.

Supports requiring life-skills education in school curricula.

Supports reinvesting in and expanding the U.S. Department of Education.

Proposes student and teacher councils to strengthen connections to schools.

- Said student advocacy is a top priority and schools should build students' confidence and capacity to effect change.
- Supports universal education from pre-kindergarten through doctoral degree programs.
- Supports requiring life-skills education in school curricula.
- Supports reinvesting in and expanding the U.S. Department of Education.
- Proposes student and teacher councils to strengthen connections to schools.
- Supports free adult education centers.

Education

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Land Use
    * Agricultural Policy Designed for Environmental Reciprocity

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Technology
    * Progressive Charges on Electricity for Data Centers

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Climate
    * Pass Green New Deal

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Climate
    * Prosecute Major Corporate Polluters

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Climate
    * Force Corporations to Clean Up Their Mess

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Climate
    * Ban All PFAS and Other Permanent Destructive Chemicals

# THE PLATFORM

### LAND

* Climate
    * Expand Powers of Environmental Protection Agency

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Economy
    * Massive Investment in Renewable Energy Programs

# THE PLATFORM

### LIBERTY

* Economy
    * Rebuild and Expand Public Transportation Options

Supports agricultural policy designed for environmental reciprocity.

Supports progressive electricity charges on data centers.

Supports prosecuting major corporate polluters and requiring corporations to clean up pollution they cause.

Supports banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other permanent destructive chemicals.

Supports expanding the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Supports major investment in renewable-energy programs and rebuilding and expanding public transportation.

- Supports agricultural policy designed for environmental reciprocity.
- Supports progressive electricity charges on data centers.
- Supports passing a Green New Deal.
- Supports prosecuting major corporate polluters and requiring corporations to clean up pollution they cause.
- Supports banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other permanent destructive chemicals.
- Supports expanding the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Supports major investment in renewable-energy programs and rebuilding and expanding public transportation.

Energy & the Environment

# THE PLATFORM

* Human Rights
    * Abolish Department of Homeland Security

# THE PLATFORM

* Human Rights
    * Abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Is Israel Committing a Genocide?
Israel is committing a genocide. One akin to the US genocide of the Native Americans. It is a simple playbook: relocate the existing population, break treaties, provoke an attack, decimate, seize land, relocate the existing population. It is our moral responsibility to stop the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, on the grounds that we are complicit. It is therefore also our burden to provide reparations to the victims, both foreign and domestic, of American endorsed genocide.

FAQ — Felix Thibodeau for Congress

Israel is committing a genocide. One akin to the US genocide of the Native Americans. It is a simple playbook: relocate the existing population, break treaties, provoke an attack, decimate, seize land, relocate the existing population. It is our moral responsibility to stop the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, on the grounds that we are complicit. It is therefore also our burden to provide reparations to the victims, both foreign and domestic, of American endorsed genocide.

Supports abolishing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Said Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians and calls for stopping it and providing reparations to victims of U.S.-endorsed genocide.

- Supports abolishing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Said Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians and calls for stopping it and providing reparations to victims of U.S.-endorsed genocide.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of September 4, 2026, Felix Thibodeau’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- Supports building thousands of government-owned homes, tax relief for first-time homebuyers, and investment in community revitalization.
- Supports a progressive tax on multiple-home ownership and relief for manufactured-home owners.
- Proposes government ownership as a condition of government bailouts.
- Calls for prosecuting billionaires for wage theft and seizing their assets.
- Proposes returning the chief executive officer-to-worker pay ratio to 1950 levels.
- Supports adopting European Union General Data Protection Regulation standards and breaking up large technology companies.

- Supports universal Medicaid coverage.
- Supports increased investment in rural hospitals.
- Supports expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and increasing security for disabled people.
- Supports mandatory sick leave.
- Supports passing the Equal Rights Amendment.

- Supports universal education from pre-kindergarten through doctoral degree programs.
- Supports requiring life-skills education in school curricula.
- Supports reinvesting in and expanding the U.S. Department of Education.
- Proposes student and teacher councils to strengthen connections to schools.
- Supports free adult education centers.

- Supports passing a Green New Deal.
- Supports prosecuting major corporate polluters and requiring corporations to clean up pollution they cause.
- Supports banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other permanent destructive chemicals.
- Supports expanding the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Supports major investment in renewable-energy programs and rebuilding and expanding public transportation.

- Plans to build thousands of government-owned homes.
- Plans to provide tax relief for first-time homebuyers.
- Plans to invest in community revitalization.
- Plans to establish progressive taxes on multiple-home ownership and land value.
- Plans to provide relief for manufactured-home owners.
- Plans to rebuild and expand public transportation options.
- Plans to create legal frameworks for worker councils and strengthen unions.
- Plans to adopt European Union General Data Protection Regulations and break up large technology companies.

- Plans to increase investment in rural hospitals.
- Plans to require sick leave.

- Plans to provide education from universal prekindergarten through doctoral degrees.
- Plans to require life-skills education in school curricula.
- Plans to reinvest in and expand the U.S. Department of Education.
- Plans to provide free adult education centers.

- Plans to pass a Green New Deal.
- Plans to prosecute major corporate polluters and require corporations to clean up pollution they cause.
- Plans to expand the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Plans to develop Native-owned and Native-operated national land banks and give them first rights to purchase land that is for sale.
- Plans to ban corporate land speculation.
- Plans to make major investments in renewable-energy programs.

- Plans to abolish the Department of Homeland Security.
- Plans to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Felix Thibodeau is from a beachfront town in North Carolina and moved to mid-Michigan in July 2021. He has a partner, Yaz.

- Proposes building thousands of government-owned homes and providing tax relief for first-time homebuyers.
- Supports investment in community revitalization and relief for manufactured-home ownership.
- Proposes a progressive tax on multiple-home ownership.
- Proposes government ownership as a condition of government bailouts.
- Proposes legal frameworks for worker councils and policies to empower unions.
- Proposes returning the chief executive officer-to-worker pay ratio to 1950 levels.
- Proposes adopting the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and breaking up large technology companies.

- Supports universal Medicaid coverage.
- Supports increased investment in rural hospitals.
- Supports expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and increasing security for disabled people.
- Supports mandatory sick leave.

- Supports education from universal pre-kindergarten through doctoral degrees.
- Proposes requiring life-skills education in school curricula.
- Proposes reinvesting in and expanding the Department of Education.
- Proposes student and teacher councils to strengthen connections with schools.
- Proposes free adult education centers.

- Supports passing the Green New Deal.
- Calls for prosecuting major corporate polluters and requiring corporations to clean up pollution they cause.
- Proposes expanding the Environmental Protection Agency's powers.
- Supports major investment in renewable-energy programs and rebuilding and expanding public transportation.
- Proposes progressive electricity charges for data centers.

- Proposes abolishing the Department of Homeland Security.
- Proposes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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What the record shows

Perry Johnson for President paid Shane Dedrick $2,237.50 in April 2023 for "field operations consulting" and "consulting."
Dedrick also gave the same campaign $6 through the Republican donation platform WinRed in March 2023.
He is the only one of the Green Party of Michigan's 2026 nominees whose itemized federal contributions went to a Republican.
He has no federal campaign committee, no reported fundraising, and no campaign website.

The Green nominee in Michigan's 7th District was a paid Republican campaign worker

The donation came first

The small donations came first. On March 7, 2023, Dedrick gave $1 and then $5 to Perry Johnson for President through WinRed, the platform Republican campaigns use to process contributions. His listed occupation was "mover." Those contributions were first reported by The Bulwark and then by 6 News, which framed them as a curiosity: a man no one in the Green Party had met, with a donation to a Republican in his past.

Shane Dedrick has listed his occupation as a mover. He has also been paid by Perry Johnson for President for consulting and field operations work.

The Green nominee in Michigan's 7th District was a paid Republican ...

As of September 4, 2026, Shane Dedrick did not have a website or any information online.

Shane Dedrick

As of September 4, 2026, Shane Dedrick’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Tom is from Southfield, Michigan. He attended Western Michigan University and graduated with honors in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree. He lives with his wife, Ashley, and their four young children—Patrick, Eleanora, Gwendolyn, and Louis—in Charlotte. He attends a Catholic church.

US Rep. Tom Barrett - Gongwer News Service-Michigan

Tom Barrett is from Southfield, Michigan. He earned hie bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. He lives in with his wife, Ashley, and their four children in Charlotte, Michigan. 

Tom is a U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 7th district. He works at the U.S. House of Representatives, where he has served since 2023. He previously worked at the Michigan House of Representatives for eight years, and before that served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2022 as a helicopter pilot in the Michigan Army National Guard, reaching the rank of Chief Warrant Officer.

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Tom Barrett (Michigan) - Ballotpedia

Tom served as a chief warrent officer in the U.S. Army for 21 years. 

Tom currentlys serves as a member of the U.S. House of Representative, representing Michigan, District 7. He was first elected in 2024 and is serving his first term. He previously served as a Michigan State Senator, representing District 24, from 2019 to 2022 and as a Michigan State Representative, representing District 71, from 2015 to 2018.  

Supports cutting government spending, lowering taxes, and prioritizing America First in trade policies to address inflation and high living costs.

- Supports cutting government spending, lowering taxes, and prioritizing America First in trade policies to address inflation and high living costs.

For Candidate Tom Barrett on Issue public-safety: Advocates for increased funding for police and stronger measures against violent crime, criticizing soft-on-crime policies and their impact on community safety.

Advocates for increased funding for police and stronger measures against violent crime, criticizing soft-on-crime policies and their impact on community safety.

- Advocates for increased funding for police and stronger measures against violent crime, criticizing soft-on-crime policies and their impact on community safety.

As of August 18, 2026, Tom Barrett’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Prioritizes expanding domestic energy production and infrastructure.

Calls for reducing dependence on foreign oil.

- Prioritizes expanding domestic energy production and infrastructure.
- Calls for reducing dependence on foreign oil.

Opposes intervention in international conflicts and prioritizes domestic policy.

Advocates for strengthening national defense and military readiness.

- Opposes intervention in international conflicts and prioritizes domestic policy.
- Advocates for strengthening national defense and military readiness.

Supports stricter immigration policies, emphasizing the need to secure the southern border and address illegal immigration.

Supports polices that reduce undocumented immigration.

- Supports polices that reduce undocumented immigration.

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William is from East Lansing, Michigan. He attended East Lansing High School and Swarthmore College. He has a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College. He lives with his wife in the neighborhood near downtown Lansing.

William Lawrence is originally from East Lansing, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from Swarthmore College. He lives with his wife in Lansing, Michigan.


William currently serves as board chair of the Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center in Lansing, a nonprofit he co-founded. He also served as Coalition Coordinator for MI Rent Is Too Damn High, a statewide tenants' rights coalition. William previously hosted the Hegemonicon podcast for Convergence Magazine and co-founded the Sunrise Movement, where he directed its political program during the 2018 midterm elections and later served as director of strategic partnerships. He also co-founded and served as development director of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network. 

William Lawrence's campaign for Michigan U.S. Representative, District 7, Democratic primary.

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William's campaign for U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th Congressional District is his first run for public office.

Supports labor unions and wants to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Supports small businesses over corporate monopolies.

Advocates for a billionaire minimum wealth tax

Supports a "housing first" approach to homelessness, paired with transitional and permanent supportive housing.

Supports a federal tenant bill of rights to protect renters from corporate landlords, and adoption of mixed-income housing models.

Supports lifting the payroll tax cap to guarantee Social Security solvency and opposes cuts to Social Security Administration funding.

- Supports labor unions and wants to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
- Supports small businesses over corporate monopolies.
- Advocates for a billionaire minimum wealth tax
- Prioritizes making housing affordable.
- Supports a "housing first" approach to homelessness, paired with transitional and permanent supportive housing.
- Supports a federal tenant bill of rights to protect renters from corporate landlords, and adoption of mixed-income housing models.
- Supports lifting the payroll tax cap to guarantee Social Security solvency and opposes cuts to Social Security Administration funding.

As of August 18, 2026, William Lawrence’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports protecting private healthcare choices.

Advocates for increased mental health care.

Supports abortion access and codifying the right to abortion in federal law.

- Supports guaranteed healthcare.
- Supports protecting private healthcare choices.
- Advocates for increased mental health care.
- Supports Medicare for All.
- Supports abortion access and codifying the right to abortion in federal law.

Supports investing in public schools and community colleges.

Promotes investment in public schools and community colleges.

Opposes what he describes as the Trump administration's attacks on Michigan State University.

- Promotes investment in public schools and community colleges.
- Opposes what he describes as the Trump administration's attacks on Michigan State University.

Advocates for the protection of Michigan's Great Lakes from rising temperatures and pollution.

- Prioritizes environmental conservation.
- Advocates for the protection of Michigan's Great Lakes from rising temperatures and pollution.

Opposes "endless war" and what he describes as unchecked war spending.

Supports ending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in American cities and creating a path to citizenship for immigrants.

Opposes U.S. military aid to Israel and has called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

- Opposes "endless war" and what he describes as unchecked war spending.
- Supports ending U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in American cities and creating a path to citizenship for immigrants.
- Opposes U.S. military aid to Israel and has called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Supports regulating artificial intelligence and surveillance by corporations and government.

- Supports regulating artificial intelligence and surveillance by corporations and government.

William Lawrence

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