2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Michigan Senate District 6

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Mary Cavanagh

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 6
Work: State Senator, Michigan Senate District 6; former director of project development, New Start Construction

Mary Cavanagh is the sitting State Senator for District 6 in the Michigan Legislature.

Mary Cavanagh represents District 6 in the Michigan Senate. She previously worked as director of project development at New Start Construction in Dearborn, as a program trainer at the Community Opportunity Center in Livonia, and as an AmeriCorps member with City Year in Detroit.

Cavanagh's committees

Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection (Chair)

Sources for Cavanagh

Michigan Legislature: current member roster (Michigan Legislature, Public record)
Michigan Legislature: committee information (Michigan Legislature, Public record)
Mary Cavanagh: candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Joi Pokerwinski

Republican

Joi Pokerwinski lives in the Redford area; the 2026 state Senate race is her first campaign for public office.

Sources for Pokerwinski

Joi Pokerwinski: candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Official Candidate Listing, All State and Judicial Offices, General Election Nov. 3, 2026 (Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections, Public record)

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