Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Fact	Debbie Dingell	Heather Smiley	Timothy A. Teagan	Mike Mickevicius	Clyde Shabazz	Linda Rayburn
Party on the ballot	Democratic Party¹	Republican Party¹	Libertarian Party¹	U.S. Taxpayers Party¹	Green Party¹	Working Class Party¹
Status	Incumbent²	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger
Raised	$1,525,723 through October 14, 2026³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Cash on hand	$455,811³	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Outside spending	$2,058 for · $0 against⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Trade agreements	Renegotiate existing deals, for example to require that more of each product be made in the US Her campaign website says her work to rebuild American manufacturing and protect workers includes renegotiating the USMCA.⁵	Her campaign website says she supports protecting and increasing global trade relations while ensuring bidirectional fairness, and ensuring reciprocal trade practices.^6,7	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Debbie Dingell — 10 issues

Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity
Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
Her campaign website says she cosponsors the Equality Act, which it says would ban discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in many areas of life.⁵
Tariffs
Her campaign website says tariffs should be implemented in a way that helps, and does not harm, domestic industries.⁵
Union organizing rules
Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
Her campaign website says she cosponsored the PRO Act to protect workers' right to join a union.⁵
US Department of Education
Her campaign website says Department of Education programs have been decimated, and that she supports public schools, public universities and teachers and is committed to promoting educational opportunities from pre-K through higher education.⁵
Endangered species protections
Strengthen protections and spend more on helping species recover
Her campaign website says she has introduced legislation to help protect endangered wildlife and is championing the Recovering America's Wildlife Act, which it says would provide $3.8 billion to states for proactive work to prevent animals from becoming endangered.^5,8
ACA premium tax credits
Her campaign website says that letting the Affordable Care Act tax credits expire has pushed up health costs for more than 24 million Americans.⁵
Federal Medicaid funding
Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Her campaign website says she is fighting the Medicaid cuts made in the budget law passed by President Trump and congressional Republicans, which it says took health care from 15 million people and are making long-term care harder for seniors to get.⁵
Health insurance system
One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
Her campaign website says she believes everyone in America has the right to quality health care and that she is Co-Chair of the Medicare for All Caucus and a House lead of the Medicare for All Act.^5,8
Masks and identification for immigration officers
Require visible ID and body cameras, and ban most face coverings
Her campaign website says she is pushing for changes that would hold ICE to the rules other law enforcement agencies follow, such as no masks, required body cameras and judicial warrants.⁵
Social Security benefit levels
Increase benefits, for example with larger yearly cost-of-living raises
Her campaign website says she cosponsors the Social Security 2100 Act, which it says increases Social Security benefits while making the system financially strong.⁵

Heather Smiley — 10 issues

Abortion law
Her campaign website says its health priorities include protecting life in the womb, as well as the lives of people with special needs and the elderly.⁷
Foreign ownership of farmland
Her campaign website says she supports restricting foreign ownership of land.^6,7
Social media content rules
Her campaign website says she supports protecting and ensuring original, impartial and unrestricted creation and distribution of content across all media platforms.⁷
Proof of citizenship to register to vote
Her campaign website says she supports ensuring and enforcing ballot security and limiting voting to legal U.S. citizens.^6,7
Stock trading by members of Congress
Her campaign website lists blind-trust investments among its government reforms.⁷
Term limits for Congress
Her campaign website lists term limits for all elected officials among its government reforms.⁷
Military spending
Her campaign website says the military should restore and build up its arsenal and concentrate on lethality and on defending the country from enemies abroad and at home.^6,7
Immigration enforcement inside the country
Her campaign website says she supports remediating illegal entrants and addressing the issues tied to people who entered the country illegally.^6,7
Legal immigration levels
Her campaign website lists addressing chain migration and protecting existing guest-worker provisions among its immigration goals.⁷
Federal spending levels
Cut overall federal spending
Her campaign website says she supports eliminating excessive and wasteful spending and departments, paying off the debt and balancing the budget.^6,7

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

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