96th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 96; 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 89,877 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 ÷ 89,877) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.81, 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
Christopher R. Girard is the mayor of Bay City and served nine years as a city commissioner. He led the nonprofit Do-All Inc. for two decades and works on road repairs, workforce housing and mental health programs.
Records: Civil Rights 1 against
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Timothy Beson is a Bay County lawmaker who chairs an appropriations subcommittee on licensing and insurance. He owned Beson's Market and served on the Bangor Township Schools board, and he pushes lower living costs and leaner state government.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for, 13 against, Government Efficiency 13 for, Social Programs and Welfare 2 for, 5 against,
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com