10th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 10; 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 93,580 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 ÷ 93,580) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.62, 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.
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
Republican · declared
Peter Ochs is the Republican candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 10, running unopposed in the Republican primary.
Working Class · declared
Piper Willow Smith is a Working Class Party candidate from Detroit's east side. Her party campaigns for jobs and higher wages and against cuts that hit working people.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Veronica Paiz is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing District 10, which covers Harper Woods and part of the Grosse Pointes and Detroit's east side. First elected in 2022, she is seeking a third term and focuses on civil rights and social justice.
Records: Civil Rights 5 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 4 for, Anti-Corruption 2 against,
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com