9th District Representative in State Legislature 2 Year Term (1) Position
State House District 9; 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 90,874 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 ÷ 90,874) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.76, 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
Green · declared
Jahdante John Elijah Smith is a Wayne County resident nominated by the Green Party of Michigan.
Working Class · declared
Logan Ausherman is a Detroit north end resident nominated by Michigan's Working Class Party. The party's program calls for decent jobs for young people and pay that keeps up with rising prices.
Republican · declared
Michele Lundgren is a downtown Detroit resident of more than 20 years who earned an associate degree from Wayne County Community College District. She wants safer neighborhoods, cleaner streets and more small businesses in her community.
Records: Anti-Corruption 1 against, Election Integrity 1 against, Women's Reproductive Rights 1 for
Democratic · declared
Willie E. Burton is a lifelong Detroiter and three-time Detroit Police Commissioner for District 5 who made history as the youngest Police Commissioner in the United States.
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com