Oliver Gantt
Democratic · MI
Oliver Gantt is a Democratic candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 7 (Hamtramck, Highland Park, and part of Detroit), challenging incumbent Tonya Myers Phillips in the August 2026 primary.
Campaign Finance Information — State Representative District 7
Campaign Finance Information · State Representative District 7 · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $0
Source: Michigan Campaign Finance · 2026 cycle
Track record
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 3 records
Committed Thousands Strong to match the Crime Stoppers reward for information about the shooting of two teenagers after Detroit's tree-lighting event.
November 28, 2022For
Source: fox2detroit.com · researched July 23, 2026
Founded Thousands Strong while serving a 20-year prison sentence and worked with the community to organize conflict-prevention and de-escalation workshops.
June 9, 2021For
Source: clickondetroit.com · researched July 23, 2026
Offered, with others, reward money for information leading to an arrest in the killing of Detroit lounge co-owner Michael Webb.
May 29, 2018For
Source: fox2detroit.com · researched July 23, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 1 record
Paid with another activist for several days of motel lodging for a homeless Detroit mother and her two children during a shelter shortage.
January 9, 2024For
Source: wxyz.com · researched July 23, 2026
Civil Rights
· 2 records
Called for accountability and a policy review after video showed a Warren police officer firing a Taser at a moving minibike rider.
February 23, 2026For
Source: wxyz.com · researched July 23, 2026
Served on the legal team for a woman injured during a Warren police pursuit and, as a paralegal, submitted her $60 million negligence complaint in Macomb County Circuit Court.
November 8, 2024For
Source: candgnews.com · researched July 23, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Publicly advocated designated Detroit parks where ATVs and minibikes could be ridden legally and described an effort to acquire unused city land near Chandler Park for one.
May 30, 2019For
Source: fox2detroit.com · researched July 23, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 1 record
Lost an appeal in which the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed his second-degree-murder and first-degree-home-invasion convictions and concurrent prison sentences.
November 21, 2000
Source: law.justia.com · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- State Representative District 7 · August 4, 2026 · State House District 7; Michigan
Profile last researched July 17, 2026.