2026 Michigan General Election

2026 Michigan Primary Election

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Bernadette Smith is originally from Detroit, Michigan. She attended Marygrove College. She lives in Byron Center, Michigan.

Bernadette is a former Michigan state representative and the former co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party.

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Bernadette previously served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

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Bernadette's campaign for the U.S. Senate in Michigan is her first run for public office.

Supports reducing government regulation, promoting small businesses, and expanding opportunities in manufacturing and skilled trades.

- Supports reducing government regulation, promoting small businesses, and expanding opportunities in manufacturing and skilled trades.

Economy

Emphasizes accountability in policing and rehabilitation programs to address underlying causes of crime.

- Emphasizes accountability in policing and rehabilitation programs to address underlying causes of crime.

Public Safety

Supports patient choice in healthcare decisions and limiting government involvement.

Emphasizes affordability, transparency, and reducing inefficiencies in the healthcare system.

- Supports patient choice in healthcare decisions and limiting government involvement.
- Emphasizes affordability, transparency, and reducing inefficiencies in the healthcare system.
- Opposes abortion access.

Healthcare

Supports parental involvement in education and school voucher programs.

Supports workforce development through skilled trades and apprenticeship programs.

- Supports parental involvement in education and school voucher programs.
- Supports workforce development through skilled trades and apprenticeship programs.

Education

Supports expanding domestic energy production, including oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy.

Emphasizes reducing regulation and protecting natural resources, including the Great Lakes.

- Supports expanding domestic energy production, including oil, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy.
- Emphasizes reducing regulation and protecting natural resources, including the Great Lakes.

Energy & the Environment

Supports reducing undocumented immigration through border security and enforcement of immigration laws.

- Supports reducing undocumented immigration through border security and enforcement of immigration laws.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports voter ID laws, citizenship verification, and election transparency measures.

- Supports voter ID laws, citizenship verification, and election transparency measures.

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Bernadette Smith

As of May 1, 2026, Bernadette Smith’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Mike is from Livingston County, Michigan. He attended Howell High School and Adrian College. He lives with his wife, Kristi, and their two children. He is a former member of the U.S. Army.

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Mike Rogers is from Livingston County, Michigan. He earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice and sociology from Adrian College. He lives with his wife, Kristi, and their two children.

Mike currently works as a board director at Constellation Intelligence. He previously worked as a visiting lecturer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, on the technical and security advisory committee at Telefonica, the chairman of the board at MITRE, a board member at D-Wave, a board director at IAP Worldwide Services, IronNet Cybersecurity, 5G Action Now, and SyberSponse, Inc, and a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army for four years. 

Mike Rogers is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, having declared his candidacy for the party’s August 4, 2026 primary. He began his political career with his election to the Michigan State Senate in 1994, serving from 1995 to 2000. He then represented Michigan’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House from January 3, 2001, to 2015, completing seven terms before choosing not to seek reelection in 2014.

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Mike previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing District 8 in Michigan. He served seven terms from 2001 to 2015. He also previously served as a Michigan State senator. He served one full term from 1995 to 2001. 

Supports bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., lowering costs for gas, groceries, and prescription drugs, protecting Social Security and Medicare for seniors, and prioritizing education.

Supports tax cuts that also fund investments in border security.

Calls for tax cuts that also fund investments in border security.

Mike Rogers aims to reduce burdensome regulations affecting small businesses.

Aims to reduce burdensome regulations affecting small businesses.

- Supports bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., lowering costs for gas, groceries, and prescription drugs, protecting Social Security and Medicare for seniors, and prioritizing education.
- Calls for tax cuts that also fund investments in border security.
- Aims to reduce burdensome regulations affecting small businesses.

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Supports strengthening law enforcement tools to combat child predators.

Supports strengthening law enforcement tools to combat child predators.

- Supports strengthening law enforcement tools to combat child predators.

Supports expanding healthcare access for low-income families.

- Supports expanding healthcare access for low-income families.

Supports expanding 529 plans to cover college, vocational training, and first-time home down payments.

Prioritizes expanding 529 plans to cover college, vocational training, and first-time home down payments.

- Prioritizes expanding 529 plans to cover college, vocational training, and first-time home down payments.

Supports energy independence by reducing regulations and tax burdens to promote American-made energy.

- Supports energy independence by reducing regulations and tax burdens to promote American-made energy.

Supports historic investments in border security to keep criminal illegal aliens out of the country.

Advocates for historic investments in border security to keep criminal illegal aliens out of the country.

- Advocates for historic investments in border security to keep criminal illegal aliens out of the country.

As of May 1, 2026, Mike Rogers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Mike Rogers is from Livingston County, Michigan. He has a bachelor's degree from Adrian College. He is married to his wife, Kristi, and they have two children together.

Mike is a business owner. He previously served as a special agent in the FBI and a lieutenant in the United States Army. He also served in the Michigan State Senate for five years and represented Michigan's former 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 15 years.

Mike previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 8th Congressional District from 2001 to 2015. He did not seek re-election in 2014.

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Supports reduced regulations and tax burdens.

- A U.S. senator is an elected member of the United States Senate, one of the two chambers of Congress.
- Each state elects two senators who represent the entire state at the federal level. Michigan is represented by two U.S. senators in Congress.
- U.S. senators introduce, debate, amend, and vote on federal legislation affecting the entire country.
- U.S. senators serve six-year terms, with elections staggered so that not all Senate seats are elected at the same time. Senators may run for reelection without term limits.
- Candidates must be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state they represent.
- U.S. senators receive a salary of approximately $174,000 per year.

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