Shafina Che Barnett

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

§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.

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running to speak up for working families, strengthen local economies and widen access to opportunity across the community.² It names four priority areas: economic growth, health care access, education and youth, and infrastructure and water.² Under economic growth it mentions good-paying jobs, support for small business owners and lower everyday costs; under education, public schools, plus vocational training and affordable higher education; and under infrastructure and water, protection of the Great Lakes and of local drinking water systems.²

Websites and accounts

• Campaign websiteshafinabarnettforcongress4thdistrict.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.

§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.

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $65,475 supporting and $0 opposing Shafina Che Barnett this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 26, 2026.³

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.