Representative in Congress District 6
Congressional District 6 (119th Congress), Michigan
My vote power
Normal
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: Normal · 61 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 771,301 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 ÷ 771,301) ÷ ln(50,000) = 61.88, 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.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in federal income tax
- Voting on Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs
- Voting on federal spending for roads, defense, and health care
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Debbie Dingell represents Michigan's 6th Congressional District and serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. She chairs the Great Lakes Task Force and leads on affordable health care, clean energy and water, and domestic manufacturing.
Records: Environment and Public Health 4 for, Social Programs and Welfare 2 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 against,
Republican · declared
Heather Smiley retired from Ford and then dug deeper into the country's problems, concluding that government has progressively gone astray. She says she contacted state and federal representatives but felt her concerns were overlooked.
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com