2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Michigan Senate District 8

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Kenneth D. Massey

Republican

Work: President, Ken Massey and Associates Consulting; Senior Director of Venture Development and assistant professor of pharmacology, Wayne State University; Farmington Hills City Council member

Kenneth D. Massey was mayor of Farmington Hills from 2003 to 2019 and has served on its city council since 2019. He worked at Pfizer as an associate director from 1998 to 2007 and was managing director of MicroDose Life Sciences and LifeLine Ventures from 2007 to 2014. He holds a doctorate in physiology from the University of Texas.

Sources for Massey

Kenneth D. Massey (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Dayna Polehanki

Democratic

In office now: State Senator, District 5
Work: State Senator (Michigan Senate since 2019); classroom teacher

Dayna Polehanki currently serves as the State Senator for District 5 in the Michigan Legislature.

Dayna Polehanki has served in the Michigan Senate since 2019. She taught for 16 years and was named her district's Teacher of the Year in 2018; she holds a master's degree in teaching from Marygrove College.

Polehanki's committees

Education (Chair)

Sources for Polehanki

Michigan Legislature: current member roster (Michigan Legislature, Public record)
Michigan Legislature: committee information (Michigan Legislature, Public record)
Dayna Polehanki: 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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