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2 candidates are tracked for Michigan House District 74 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Harold A. Pope and Clinton Tarver. Candidate information follows official Ingham County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: incumbent Kara Hope announced in January 2026 that she would not seek re-election. Harold A. Pope won a three-way August 4 Democratic primary with 46.61 percent over TyJuan Thirdgill and Aaron Iturralde; Clinton Tarver ran unopposed for the Republican nomination, per the Michigan Secretary of State's official results.
Harold Pope is a former U.S. Army First Lieutenant in the Signal Corps who served over a decade and previously worked at Ford Motor Company, per his campaign site. He founded the mentoring nonprofit Guardians of Our Future and led the NAACP Lansing Branch as president, per his campaign site. Harold A. Pope appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Michigan House District 74, per the county clerk's certified candidate list.
2026 priorities
- Expand opportunity and strengthen families, per the campaign site
- Support organized labor and workers' rights, per the campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
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Clinton Tarver appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Michigan House District 74, per the county clerk's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 4, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Clinton Tarver.
