6th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 6; 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 92,111 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 ÷ 92,111) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.7, 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 · declared
Melanie Macey is a lawyer who works on voting rights and a former Royal Oak city commissioner and library board trustee. She puts affordable housing, public schools and voting rights first.
Records: Election Integrity 1 for, 1 against, Environment and Public Health 1 for
Republican · declared
Mike Steger co-founded Promethean Action and writes its political and economic commentary. He ran a political intelligence and outreach firm from 2011 to 2021, and puts manufacturing jobs and higher wages first.
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com