Candidate · November 3, 2026
Christian Vukasovich
On the ballot for U.S. House · Michigan's 5th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $152K
- cash on hand
- $40K
- issues with public statements
- 18
- outside spending for or against
- $1,694
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Michigan's 5th District1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic Party1 |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Christian Vukasovich worked as a seasonal bricklayer and a substitute teacher in Romulus, Michigan, while studying at Eastern Michigan University, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees.2 He holds a Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Bowling Green State University and taught for close to 20 years at universities in four states: Michigan, Ohio, Oregon and Maine.2 He has been a union organizer with the American Association of University Professors and a member of the National Education Association.2 He serves on the board of the Karst Aquifer Coalition of Southern Monroe County.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running so that hardworking people who raise families, serve their communities and follow the rules have a government that puts in the same effort for them.2 It lists his priorities as economic opportunity for working families, affordable health care, skills-based education, affordable housing, constitutional rights, and putting people ahead of corporate and billionaire interests.2
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitechristian4michigan.com3,
4 - Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=615814431423824
- X (Twitter)x.com/c4michigan4
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/christian4michigan.bsky.social4
- Instagraminstagram.com/christian4michigan4
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Health Care
His campaign website says he supports a Medicare for All Plus plan that would give every American access to quality care while letting people keep coverage they value, and would lower costs by negotiating prescription prices, cutting unneeded administrative costs, expanding preventive care and capping out-of-pocket costs.5
Housing
His campaign website says he supports expanding assistance for first-time homebuyers, along with building and preserving affordable housing and protecting renters from unfair practices.5
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says he supports raising the federal minimum wage to reflect the cost of living.5
His campaign website says he supports protecting the right to organize and collectively bargain.5
His campaign website says he supports strengthening Buy America requirements, investing in American manufacturing and supply chains, and pursuing fair trade policies that keep good jobs in Michigan.5
Agriculture and Rural Life
His campaign website says he supports expanding crop insurance and disaster protection for family farms, along with stronger antitrust enforcement against concentrated agribusiness and lower costs for fuel, fertilizer, equipment and repairs.5
- Expand price supports, crop insurance or emergency aid
- Keep the programs at current levels
- Cut payments, such as with tighter limits for the largest farms
- Phase out price-support payments and rely on crop insurance
His campaign website says he supports expanding agricultural and seasonal worker programs and ensuring farm and seasonal workers have safe working conditions, fair pay and basic workplace protections.5
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he supports protecting SNAP and institutional purchasing programs, which it describes as dependable markets for farmers.5
His campaign website says he supports expanding childcare tax credits.5
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website says he supports passing an amendment overturning Citizens United, creating public financing of elections and giving states more power to curb the influence of wealthy special interests.5
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
His campaign website says he supports barring members of Congress, the executive branch and the Supreme Court, along with their immediate family members, from trading individual stocks or cryptocurrency, with meaningful penalties for breaking the ban.5
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
His campaign website says he supports banning partisan gerrymandering.5
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website says he supports restoring federal protections against discriminatory voting rules.5
- Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
- Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
- Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says he supports requiring government agencies to get a warrant before buying Americans' personal information from data brokers, and firm limits on how tech companies gather, keep and sell people's data.5
His campaign website says he supports expanding affordable high-speed internet to every community, with strong consumer protections on pricing, speed, data and service quality.5
Immigration
His campaign website says he supports earned pathways for workers who clear background checks and pay their taxes.5
Education
His campaign website says he supports recruitment grants, student loan forgiveness, fair wages and training for nurses, doctors, first responders and other health care workers, especially in rural communities.5
- Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
- Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
- Broad cancellation of student debt
Veterans
His campaign website says he supports protecting and strengthening the benefits veterans earned through their service, making VA health care and benefits easier to get, and expanding mental health and substance-use treatment for veterans.5
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.6
| Raised | $151,704 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $112,188 |
| Cash on hand | $39,517 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $1,694 supporting and $0 opposing Christian Vukasovich this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 15, 2026.7
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Indivisible Project Inc. | $1,694 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.