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2026 candidates we're tracking in MI-12
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Shanelle Jackson
Democratic
Shanelle Jackson is a former Michigan state representative who served in the state House from 2007 to 2012, per Michigan Advance; at 26 she became the youngest woman of color elected to the state Legislature, per WDET. She later worked for the Detroit Internat…
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Byron H. Nolen
Democratic
Byron H. Nolen is the mayor of Inkster and an attorney, per Michigan Advance and WDET. Born and raised in Inkster, he is active with the Western Wayne County NAACP, per his campaign site. He appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of…
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic
Incumbent
Rashida Tlaib is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; she was the first Muslim woman elected to the Michigan Legislature and the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress, per Michigan Advance. Raised in Southwest Detroit as the eldes…
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James D. Hooper
Republican
A blue collar Republican from Detroit's east side with a background in Eastern Market and the building trades, per Bridge Michigan. He has done relief work with Samaritan's Purse in Liberia managing water and sanitation programs, per his own campaign biography…
About this race
Michigan's 12th 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.