18th District State Senator 4 Year Term (1) Position
State Senate District 18; 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 269,536 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 ÷ 269,536) ÷ ln(50,000) = 66.74, 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
Special education teacher with a doctorate in organizational leadership who has taught at elementary, middle and high school levels. He backs paid family leave, school funding reform and better rural health care.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Former Marine Corps officer and Iraq advisor with a finance MBA who invested for Michigan's retirement systems. He chaired House Appropriations and pushes budget restraint and tougher drunk-driving laws.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 5 for, Anti-Corruption 4 for, Environment and Public Health 2 for, 2 against,
Sources: michigan.gov · mi-boe.entellitrak.com