Oakland County Judge of Circuit Court - 6th Circuit Non-incumbent Position
Oakland County, Michigan
My vote power
Above average
Election date
August 4, 2026 · Primary 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: Above average · 59 out of 100
This district is a good deal smaller than its state, so each vote here carries more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 1,279,825 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 ÷ 1,279,825) ÷ ln(50,000) = 59.54, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Above average representation → My vote power: Above average.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Lisa Marie Neilson is an attorney, mediator, and founder of Neilson Consulting. She previously served as a Wayne County Probate Court judge assigned to the Third Judicial Circuit Court Family Division and practiced family and probate law.
Nonpartisan · declared
Nadine Hatten has practiced law for 16 years and serves as a Juvenile Referee at Oakland County's Circuit Court, Family Division. She was previously a District Court Magistrate, private defense attorney and Special Prosecutor, and taught high school for 15 years in Detroit Public Schools.
Nonpartisan · declared
Victoria King is an attorney and Oakland County Circuit Court judicial staff attorney. She advises circuit judges on legal issues and has served in leadership roles with the Oakland County Bar Association and Oakland County Bar Foundation.
Sources: elections.oaklandcountymi.gov2