1st District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position
State Senate 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 · 66 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 262,075 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 ÷ 262,075) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.86, 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
Justin Onwenu is a fourth generation Detroiter whose mother is a Detroit nurse and whose father, a Nigerian immigrant, was a Detroit public-school teacher and small business owner. He campaigns for higher wages, lower costs and stronger neighborhoods.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 2 against, Reduce Wealth Gap 2 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for,
Republican · declared
Patrick O'Connell is an Ecorse resident in Wayne County. He has published no biography or policy platform.
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com