Candidate · November 3, 2026
LaVeta Davenport
On the ballot for U.S. House · Michigan's 1st District
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§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 1st District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Green Party1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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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.
LaVeta Davenport's campaign website says she has worked as an educator, mediator, life doula, community organizer and nonprofit leader.2,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running after years of working directly with communities, and that she wants to bring leadership that listens to residents and puts them first.2,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitelavetagp.com2
§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
Her campaign website says health care should be free and accessible. The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for a single-payer universal health plan, described as Improved Medicare for All, to cover everyone whether or not they have a job.2,
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Education
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for forgiving all student loans.4,
- 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
Her campaign website says education should be free and accessible. The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for public education, through at least a bachelor's degree or comparable trade training, to be free for everyone.2,
- No free tuition program
- Free tuition at community colleges
- Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Social Security and Medicare
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for ending the cap on the income taxed for Social Security, in order to fully fund the system.5
- Keep the current cap
- Also tax earnings above a higher level, such as $250,000 or $400,000
- Apply the tax to all earnings
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for funding Social Security without increasing the retirement age.5
- Raise the full retirement age
- Keep it at 67
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for funding Social Security without benefit cuts.5
Taxes and Budget
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for an 80 percent top tax bracket for millionaires, no tax on income below the poverty level and a higher Earned Income Credit, and for taxing capital gains, dividends, stock buybacks and executive stock-option bonuses at rates no lower than those on wages.5
- Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
- Cut rates further, including the top rate
- Keep current rates
- Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)
Family and Social Policy
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, says early education with child care must be available to all.5
Elections and Government Reform
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for passing ranked-choice voting and extending preferential voting from cities to townships and villages.5
- Use ranked-choice voting in more elections
- Let each state or city decide
- Ban ranked-choice voting
Her campaign website lists getting money out of politics among its voting-rights goals. The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for overruling corporate personhood, for the principle that money is not speech, for banning corporate donations to politicians, parties, PACs and lobbyists, and for public financing of state offices.4,
- 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
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for true non-partisan redistricting.5
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for requiring states to send a Taxpayer Voter ID card, which could be used only to prove identity at the polls, to every citizen who is eligible to vote and files an income tax return.4,
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for restoring voter protections that were lost after courts struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act.4,
- 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
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Immigration
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for abolishing ICE and for defending the rights of all people, including immigrants in the country.4,
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
Tribal Nations, Territories and DC
Foreign Policy and Defense
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for the United States to stop arming Ukraine's government.5
- Send more US-funded weapons and money to Ukraine
- Keep supplying weapons, with European allies paying for most of them
- End US weapons and aid for Ukraine, including weapons paid for by allies
Crime, Policing and Prisons
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for curbing qualified immunity.4,
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for expunging marijuana convictions for actions now legal in Michigan, broadening who can grow and sell cannabis, regulating uses shown to be hazardous, and making use of hemp.5
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for reforming bail, adopting restorative justice, and punishing more crimes with tickets rather than prison time.5
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for lighter sentences for non-violent drug offenses and for shrinking the share of the population in prison.5
Energy and Climate
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for a fee on fossil-fuel carbon, with all of the money returned to people in equal shares.5
- No tax, fee or cap-and-trade on carbon emissions
- A fee only on imports made with more emissions than similar US goods
- A price on emissions from US companies, through a tax, fee or cap-and-trade
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, opposes new nuclear plants and calls for phasing out existing reactors rather than reopening them, citing the proposal to reopen the Palisades plant.5
- Build no new reactors and rely on other energy sources
- Support new reactors under the current licensing process
- Speed up licensing further and expand federal support to build many new reactors
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, opposes coal, tar-sands oil and offshore drilling, calls for banning hydraulic fracturing, and calls for stopping the extraction of energy from tar sands, methane and shale.5
- Stop or sharply limit new leases
- Continue leasing, but keep some coastlines and wildlife areas off-limits
- Lease more federal land and offshore areas for drilling
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for keeping very large data centers and similar massive projects from being forced on communities that object, and for charging them more per unit for water and energy than residents pay, enough to cover the major building and upkeep costs of those projects.5
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for giving local voters more say in whether large energy projects are built in their communities.5
- Strengthen reviews and give nearby communities more say over projects
- Keep current review rules and rights to challenge projects in court
- Shorten reviews but keep current rights to challenge projects in court
- Shorten reviews and limit lawsuits against energy projects
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for requiring that more of the power used in Michigan come from truly renewable sources.5
- Raise targets or move up deadlines, such as 100% clean power by 2040
- Keep current targets
- Delay, loosen or repeal the targets
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for stopping greenhouse gas emissions both from internal-combustion engines and from power plants that burn the same fuels to charge electric vehicles.5
Agriculture and Rural Life
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for developing more wind, geothermal and solar power but not biofuels.5
State Government
The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for strengthening citizens' rights to initiatives and referendums against interference by elected and appointed officials.5
- Make it easier to get measures on the ballot, and limit lawmakers' power to change voter-approved laws
- Keep current rules
- Make it harder, such as by requiring more signatures or 60% approval for constitutional amendments