Jim Casha
Green
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2026 General Election ยท Tuesday, November 3, 2026
U.S. House, Michigan District 8
5 candidates, listed alphabetically.
Candidates
Kathy Goodwin
Working Class
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C. Mia Pettus
Libertarian
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Kristen McDonald Rivet
DemocraticIncumbent
Current office: U.S. Representative, Michigan District 8
Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 8th congressional district, serving since 2025. House committee assignments: Committee on Agriculture; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
About sources
- House Member Data (MemberData.xml) (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (U.S. government work))
- congress-legislators: legislators-current.json (service dates) (@unitedstates project, CC0 1.0)
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Congress, Public domain (U.S. government work))
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Thomas J. Smith
Republican
Thomas J. Smith is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: retired engineer (suspended campaign during the primary and endorsed Lemmo).
About sources
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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)
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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