City Comptroller
Grand Rapids city, 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 · 68 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 198,535 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 ÷ 198,535) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.15, 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
- Auditing city agencies and contracts
- Managing city pension funds
- Reporting to the public on the city's financial health
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
An attorney and former five-term Kent County Commissioner who has led Disability Advocates of Kent County since 2000. He is running to carry out the comptroller's charter audit duties in full and to expand participatory budgeting and public reporting on city spending.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Grand Rapids City Comptroller since 2019, with a Grand Valley State University finance degree and internal audit and risk-management experience at Amway. He has pressed to preserve the elected comptroller's independent authority to audit city finances.
Records: Anti-Corruption 3 for, Government Efficiency 1 for
Sources: kentcountymi.gov2