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2 candidates are tracked for Michigan Senate District 22 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Robert Hower and Mike Murphy. Candidate information follows official Ingham County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: term-limited Republican Sen. Lana Theis is not seeking re-election. Both nominees ran unopposed in their August 4 primaries (Hower 100 percent Democratic, Murphy 100 percent Republican), per the Michigan Secretary of State's official results.
Robert Hower is a Green Oak Township resident who teaches electrical engineering at Wayne State University and works as a research engineer at the University of Michigan, per WHMI. He owns Numed Technologies LLC, which develops biomedical sensing devices, and holds a bachelor's, master's and doctorate from the University of Michigan. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 4, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Robert Hower.
2026 priorities
- Strengthening public schools and expanding access to trade internships, community colleges and four-year degree pathways, per WHMI
- Expanding access to health care, including mental health care, per WHMI
Mike Murphy is the sitting Livingston County Sheriff, based in Howell, per his campaign site.
2026 priorities
- Public safety and support for crime victims, per the campaign site
- Constituent accessibility and bipartisan collaboration, per the campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
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