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2026 candidates we're tracking in MI-8
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Kristen McDonald Rivet
Democratic
Incumbent
Kristen McDonald Rivet is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a Bay City resident first elected in 2024 who previously served in the Michigan Senate, per Michigan Advance. She appears on the certified August 4 listing, per the Michigan Bureau of…
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Amir Hassan
Republican
Amir Hassan is a U.S. Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer, per Michigan Advance. Born and raised in Flint, he enlisted in 2006, served as a watch commander at Guantanamo Bay and as an intelligence analyst, and later protected cabinet secret…
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Al Lemmo
Republican
Al Lemmo is a retired mechanical engineer who spent over thirty years with the U.S. Army's tank-automotive research center (TARDEC) in Warren, per Michigan Advance. He earlier conducted automotive safety research at Ford and has been a Republican precinct dele…
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Thomas J. Smith
Republican
Thomas J. Smith SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN ON JULY 16, 2026, though his name still prints on the August 4 ballot, per Michigan Advance. He is a retired General Motors engineer and small business owner who describes himself as a husband, father of three veterans an…
About this race
Michigan's 8th 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.