61st District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 61; Michigan
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 93,323 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,077,761 ÷ 93,323) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.64, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Denise Mentzer serves 93,156 constituents in eastern and southeastern Sterling Heights, Clinton Township and Mount Clemens. She has reintroduced legislation to help corrections officers with retirement.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 6 for, Election Integrity 3 for, Environment and Public Health 3 against,
Republican · declared
Robert Wojtowicz is a Chippewa Valley Schools board trustee and a lifelong Macomb County resident. He puts a bigger role for parents in schools, road repairs and public safety first.
Records: Public Education Quality 2 for, 2 against, Government Spending Reduction 3 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com