State Representative District 7
State House District 7; Michigan
My vote power
High
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: 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 91,945 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 ÷ 91,945) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.71, 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
Oliver Gantt is a Democratic candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 7 (Hamtramck, Highland Park, and part of Detroit), challenging incumbent Tonya Myers Phillips in the August 2026 primary.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, Public Infrastructure 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Republican · declared
Reginald Moorer is a Detroit Republican. He has published no campaign website or policy platform.
Democratic · declared
Seema Ahmad is a Democratic candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 7, challenging incumbent Tonya Myers Phillips in the August 2026 primary. She is a public-policy analyst and attorney.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Tonya Myers Phillips is a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives representing District 7 (Hamtramck, Highland Park, and part of Detroit) since 2025. She is an attorney and served on Detroit's Charter Revision Commission from 2010 to 2012.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 3 for, 3 against, Corporate Accountability 2 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 1 against,
Source: mi-boe.entellitrak.com