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2026 candidates we're tracking in MI-1
Callie Barr
Top priorities
- Universal health care, including a Medicare option and lower prescription drug prices
- Housing people can afford
- Supporting unions, protecting Social Security, and expanding childcare
Per the campaign site.
About Callie Barr
Callie Barr is an attorney and veterans advocate raised in Traverse City and Cheboygan who became her husband's caretaker and advocate after his Marine Corps combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, per her campaign site. She was the 2024 Democratic nominee in this district and is making a second run, per Interlochen Public Radio. She appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of Elections.
Jack Bergman
Top priorities
- Securing the border and strengthening national defense
- Standing up for veterans
- Reining in wasteful Washington spending
Per the campaign site.
About Jack Bergman
Jack Bergman is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and former commercial airline pilot, first elected to this seat in 2016, per Michigan Advance. He is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of Elections.
About this race
Michigan's 1st Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Michigan primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.