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2026 candidates we're tracking in MI-9
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Ray Pooley
Democratic
Ray Pooley is a third-generation manufacturer who works as a CNC machinist and programmer, per Michigan Advance. He has 15 years of hands-on manufacturing experience and campaigns on bringing manufacturing jobs back for blue-collar workers, per his campaign si…
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Lisa McClain
Republican
Incumbent
Lisa McClain is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and chair of the House Republican Conference; before her 2020 election she worked at American Express for 11 years and at the Hantz Group for two decades, per Michigan Advance. She appears on th…
About this race
Michigan's 9th 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.