Michigan State Legislature

2026 Election Forecast

Updated 2026-08-28
Whitmer: +15 (open seat)
Safe D
Likely D
Lean D
Tilt D
Tossup
Tilt R
Lean R
Likely R
Safe R

House of Representatives

57 Expected D
7 Tossup
53 Expected R
17 19 20 7 10 22 15
District Candidates Margin Win Prob Rating Inc
1 Tyrone Carter vs Valerie Whittaker D+25.9 98% D Safe D D
2 Frank Liberati vs Ronald Kokinda D+16.8 92% D Likely D D
3 Alabas Farhat vs Gus H. Tarraf D+29.1 99% D Safe D D
4 Krystal Larsosa vs Everett Davis D+41.5 99% D Safe D D
5 Crystal Bailey vs Chris Venable D+38.8 99% D Safe D D
6 Charlie Gandy-Thompson vs Michael Steger D+23.3 97% D Safe D D
7 Tonya Myers Phillips vs Reginald Moorer D+42.4 99% D Safe D D
8 Helena Scott vs Bruce Langran D+39.0 99% D Safe D D
9 Willie Burton vs Michele Lundgren D+45.0 99% D Safe D D
10 Veronica Paiz vs Peter Ochs D+30.2 99% D Safe D D
11 Cranstana Anderson vs Eddie Kabacinski D+37.3 99% D Safe D D
12 Kimberly L. Edwards vs Brian Hakola D+26.1 99% D Safe D D
13 Mai Xiong vs Casey Armitage D+9.4 82% D Likely D D
14 Mike McFall vs Larry Szyska D+13.5 90% D Likely D D
15 Jalal Abdallah vs Hassan Nehme D+17.3 92% D Likely D D
16 Stephanie Young vs Brian Duggan D+25.8 99% D Safe D D
17 Laurie Pohutsky vs Ken Crider D+14.1 88% D Likely D D
18 Kelly Garrett vs Ryan Foster D+22.3 97% D Safe D D
19 Samantha Steckloff vs Kevin Hammer D+10.1 80% D Likely D D
20 Noah Arbit vs Hermon Barbe D+7.2 73% D Lean D D
21 Kelly Breen vs Ross Barranco D+12.6 92% D Likely D D
22 Lisa McIntyre vs Casey Noce D+12.4 85% D Likely D D
23 Jason Morgan vs Miriam Corvino D+11.4 84% D Likely D D
24 Ranjeev Puri vs Allison Fuller D+8.2 76% D Lean D D
25 Peter Herzberg vs Dawn Udell D+9.4 82% D Likely D D
26 Dylan Wegela vs Chris Dobis D+17.4 96% D Safe D D
27 Jaime Churches vs Rylee Linting D+9.1 78% D Lean D R
28 Sherry Berecz vs Jamie Thompson D+5.4 68% D Lean D R
29 Darian Counts vs James DeSana D+7.8 74% D Lean D R
30 Omar Ferdin vs William Bruck R+13.0 91% R Likely R R
31 Shannon Wayne vs Laura Perry D+9.6 82% D Likely D D
32 Jimmie Wilson Jr. vs Martin Church D+11.2 82% D Likely D D
33 Morgan Foreman vs Catherine Rogers D+8.7 77% D Lean D D
34 Nancy Jenkins-Arno (Uncontested) R+45.0 99% R Safe R R
35 Jeff Cooley vs Jennifer Wortz D+3.0 59% D Tossup R
36 Cole Slaski vs Steve Carra R+21.9 99% R Safe R R
37 Angela Jones vs Brad Paquette R+8.7 76% R Lean R R
38 Joey Andrews vs Mark Krieger D+7.6 75% D Lean D D
39 Zachary Shinabargar vs Pauline Wendzel R+7.7 78% R Lean R R
40 Matt Longjohn vs Robert Sitarski D+8.4 76% D Lean D D
41 Jen Strebs vs Nicole Sabel D+16.8 92% D Likely D D
42 Bill Korb vs Matt Hall R+11.8 83% R Likely R R
43 Alan Swank vs Rachelle M. Smit R+23.1 98% R Safe R R
44 Jim Haadsma vs Steve Frisbie R+10.8 82% R Likely R R
45 Randy Davis vs Sarah Lightner R+18.0 95% R Safe R R
46 Jan Maino vs Kathy Schmaltz R+9.0 78% R Lean R R
47 Carrie Rheingans vs Justin Griffis D+1.7 56% D Tossup D
48 Jennifer Conlin vs Brian Ignatowski D+8.9 79% D Lean D D
49 Dan Pelchat vs Ann Bollin D+4.4 64% D Lean D R
50 Cassie Canedo vs Jason Woolford R+6.5 70% R Lean R R
51 Stacey McDuffie vs Matt Maddock R+11.9 90% R Likely R R
52 Brendan Leddy vs Mike R. Harris R+3.7 62% R Lean R R
53 Brenda Carter vs Melissa Schultz D+30.9 99% D Safe D D
54 Sarah Pounds vs Roman Gaskey D+10.7 81% D Likely D R
55 Alex Hawkins vs Mark Tisdel D+7.4 73% D Lean D R
56 Sharon MacDonell vs Ashok Baddi D+6.5 71% D Lean D D
57 Tom Turner vs Thomas Kuhn R+11.1 82% R Likely R R
58 Katrina Manetta vs Ron Robinson R+14.5 88% R Likely R R
59 Jason Robbins vs Sylvia Grot R+19.1 98% R Safe R R
60 Amy Gray vs Joseph Aragona D+6.6 70% D Lean D R
61 Denise Mentzer vs John Grossenbacher D+8.7 80% D Likely D D
62 Phil Anosike vs Alicia St. Germaine R+4.8 67% R Lean R R
63 Robert Kelly-McFarland vs Jay DeBoyer R+17.6 96% R Safe R R
64 Ken Heuvelman vs Joseph Pavlov R+9.7 78% R Lean R R
65 James Andonoff vs Jaime Greene R+18.3 94% R Likely R R
66 Ned Zimmer vs Josh Schriver R+16.9 94% R Likely R R
67 Leslie Getz vs Phil Green R+5.2 66% R Lean R R
68 Isaiah Grays vs David Martin D+10.3 80% D Lean D R
69 Jasper Martus vs Patrick Duvendeck D+18.2 96% D Safe D D
70 Cynthia Neeley vs Larry Hutchinson D+11.3 83% D Likely D D
71 Stephen Schlaack vs Brian BeGole R+12.2 88% R Likely R R
72 Thomas Ryan vs Mike Mueller R+13.6 90% R Likely R R
73 Julie Brixie vs Daniel Ewart D+2.8 59% D Tossup D
74 Aaron Iturralde vs Clinton Tarver D+3.6 62% D Lean D D
75 Penelope Tsernoglou vs Frank Lambert D+22.1 97% D Safe D D
76 Angela Witwer vs Bill Kaiser D+11.4 83% D Likely D D
77 Emily Dievendorf vs Sally Jo Nelton D+7.0 72% D Lean D D
78 Rachel Gross vs Terence Frewen R+9.3 82% R Likely R R
79 Zach Abbott vs Angela Rigas R+14.5 93% R Likely R R
80 Lily Cheng-Schulting vs Doug Lee D+3.1 60% D Lean D D
81 Stephen Wooden vs Holly DeBoer D+3.9 63% D Lean D D
82 Kristian Grant vs Ryan Malinoski D+12.3 84% D Likely D D
83 John Fitzgerald vs Cindy Ramirez D+0.4 51% D Tossup D
84 Justin Rackham vs Drew Robbins D+2.3 58% D Tossup D
85 Richard Abraham vs Bradley Slagh R+16.9 94% R Likely R R
86 Joseph McClusky vs Nancy De Boer R+14.5 92% R Likely R R
87 Will Snyder vs Cody Chipman D+4.9 66% D Lean D D
88 Kiel Reid vs Greg VanWoerkom R+18.3 93% R Likely R R
89 Meegan Zickus vs Patrick Kapenga R+19.1 98% R Safe R R
90 Rachel Crowther vs Lynn Afendoulis R+20.7 97% R Safe R R
91 Frank LaFata vs Pat Outman R+14.1 87% R Likely R R
92 Luke Del Castillo vs Jerry Neyer D+7.1 72% D Lean D R
93 Serenity Salak vs Tim Kelly R+17.9 95% R Safe R R
94 Amos O'Neal vs Don Sugg D+10.8 81% D Likely D D
95 AnnMarie Horseman vs Bill G. Schuette D+1.9 56% D Tossup R
96 Christopher Girard vs Timothy Beson R+9.4 78% R Lean R R
97 Jack Bader vs Briar Bearss R+22.5 99% R Safe R R
98 Keith Brusseau vs Gregory Alexander R+20.3 95% R Safe R R
99 David Forgione vs Mike Hoadley R+19.1 96% R Safe R R
100 Tracy Ruell vs Tom Kunse R+19.1 98% R Safe R R
101 Christopher Crain vs Gary Anderson R+12.1 84% R Likely R R
102 Angel Coon vs Curt VanderWall R+18.2 96% R Safe R R
103 Betsy Coffia vs Edwin Dean D+2.3 58% D Tossup D
104 Mitchell Distin vs John Roth R+16.4 93% R Likely R R
105 Rachel Longendyke-Teeter vs Ken Borton R+20.8 99% R Safe R R
106 Phillip Aderhold vs Cameron Cavitt R+19.6 94% R Likely R R
107 Melissa Perron vs Parker Fairbairn R+15.0 89% R Likely R R
108 Rachel Keys vs Casey Hoffman R+17.0 92% R Likely R R
109 Anna Rink vs Karl Bohnak R+7.5 72% R Lean R R
110 Brian Irizarry vs Gregory Markkanen R+13.1 86% R Likely R R

State Senate

20 Expected D
1 Tossup
18 Expected R
6 7 9 1 9 6
District Candidates Margin Win Prob Rating Inc
1 Abraham Aiyash vs Patrick O'Connell D+26.3 99% D Safe D D
2 Abbas Alawieh vs Harry Sawicki D+25.1 99% D Safe D D
3 Mohammad Alam vs Mark Ashley Price D+35.8 99% D Safe D D
4 Darrin Camilleri vs Marcie Grzywacz D+17.4 92% D Likely D D
5 Matt Koleszar vs Estelle Oliansky D+23.3 97% D Safe D D
6 Mary Cavanagh vs Joi Pokerwinski D+20.2 97% D Safe D D
7 Jason Hoskins vs Anthony Paesano D+17.9 93% D Likely D D
8 Dayna Polehanki vs Kenneth Massey D+18.8 94% D Likely D D
9 Theresa Brooks vs Michael Webber D+5.6 68% D Lean D R
10 Mark Murphy vs Michelle Nard D+12.4 85% D Likely D D
11 Veronica Klinefelt vs Johnnie Townsend D+12.3 85% D Likely D D
12 Kevin Hertel vs Joseph Backus D+6.8 73% D Lean D D
13 DC Anderson vs Ryan Berman D+8.9 77% D Lean D D
14 Sue Shink vs Tawn Beliger D+8.9 77% D Lean D D
15 Felicia Brabec vs Jason Rogers D+16.0 91% D Likely D D
16 Deandre Barnes vs Joseph Bellino R+18.5 99% R Safe R R
17 Ashleigh Baker vs Jonathan Lindsey R+15.6 94% R Likely R R
18 Anthony Pennock vs Thomas Albert D+3.2 60% D Lean D R
19 Julie Rogers vs Shaun Young D+7.9 74% D Lean D D
20 Dale Murney vs Curtis Clark R+10.1 81% R Likely R R
21 Sarah Anthony vs Josh Burns D+8.0 74% D Lean D D
22 Robert Hower vs Mike Murphy R+15.6 94% R Likely R R
23 Margarette Gupta vs Daniel Lawless R+0.5 52% R Tossup R
24 Frank Borsellino vs Terence Mekoski R+17.0 93% R Likely R R
25 April Osentoski vs Andrew Beeler R+19.2 97% R Safe R R
26 Martin L. Cousineau vs Daltson Atwell R+15.2 96% R Safe R R
27 John Cherry vs Bill Bain D+21.2 98% D Safe D D
28 Rashida Harrison vs Julie DeRose D+8.3 75% D Lean D D
29 Ivan Diaz vs Brady Middleton D+11.1 82% D Likely D D
30 Carol Glanville vs Mark Huizenga R+12.1 84% R Likely R R
31 Keagan Host vs Kevin J. Maas R+15.5 95% R Safe R R
32 Rebecca Amidon vs Kim Cole R+7.7 83% R Likely R R
33 Stan Opal vs Katie DeBoer R+19.2 97% R Safe R R
34 Tyler Landgraf vs Roger Hauck R+15.5 93% R Likely R R
35 Chedrick Greene vs Jason Tunney D+6.0 69% D Lean D D
36 Mark Yonkman vs Michele Hoitenga R+19.1 99% R Safe R R
37 Kate Gallup vs John Damoose R+12.3 91% R Likely R R
38 Kelli van Ginhoven vs Beau LaFave R+15.0 94% R Likely R R