Preview of 2026 Candidates

As we prepare for what will undoubtedly be one of the most important elections of our lives, we will be providing information about the candidates as it becomes available.
First off, the Democratic candidates for Secretary of State, Attorney General, and the university trustees for U of M, MSU, and WSU will not be selected until the April 19 Democratic state convention. We will post them then.
These are the current Democratic candidates running in the August 7 primary:
Governor
Jocelyn Benson
Kevin Hogan
Marni Sawicki
Chris Swanson
US Senate
Mallory McMorrow
Rachel Howard
Abdul El-Sayed
Halley Stevens
Travis Zollner
US House, 1st District
Callie Barr
Kyle Blomquist
Wayne Stiles
Zebulon Featherly
MI Senate 32nd District
Rebecca Amidon
Jay Kilgo
MI House 103 District
John Roth (R) incumbent. No primary opponent currently.
MI House 104 District
Betsy Coffia (D) incumbent. No primary opponent currently.
Benzie Village Councils (to come)
Benzie County School Boards (to come)
County Road Commission open seat (to come)
There will be no township or county commission elections until 2028.

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