1st District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 1; 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 89,290 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 ÷ 89,290) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.84, 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Tyrone Carter serves 90,509 constituents in Southwest, West and Central Detroit, River Rouge and Ecorse. He has reintroduced legislation to protect Michigan's history and cultural institutions.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 16 for, Civil Rights 4 for, Environment and Public Health 2 for, 2 against,
Republican · declared
Valerie Whittaker is a Republican from Ecorse in Wayne County, Michigan, and was also a Republican candidate in 2024. Research found no campaign website and no published policy priorities.
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com