Christina Hines
Democratic
Attorney and former prosecutor
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Open seat. Held by John James, who is not running.
Open seat: Republican Rep. John James is running for governor. Candidates are listed in the order of the Michigan Department of State's official candidate listing.
Attorney and former prosecutor
Army National Guard captain who served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions
Lifelong Clinton Township resident
Food policy advocate and Green Party organizer
Union representative
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DemocraticChristina Hines
Says she would co-sponsor legislation to prohibit excessive price increases on essential groceries, ban "surveillance pricing" based on personal data, limit constantly changing prices, and give federal regulators authority to enforce violations.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Supports President Trump's efforts to protect Michigan manufacturing and bring manufacturing jobs back home, and cutting red tape on small businesses.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports an investigation and audit of the Federal Reserve, and opposes taxpayer bailouts and subsidies for corporations.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports an open regional economic-revitalization planning process that brings together local governments, businesses, labor, schools, civic groups and residents, with federal resources backing a locally rooted strategy.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
Says a living wage and affordability are possible if the wealth working people create is no longer, in her words, "stolen by a few," and calls for a working-class political party.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Says health care is a human right. Supports capping premiums and out-of-pocket costs, negotiating prices for more prescription drugs, strengthening and expanding the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid, an early Medicare buy-in for public servants, and banning surprise bills.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Supports letting people choose low-cost, high-quality health care with transparent pricing, and opposes what he calls a one-size-fits-all socialist program.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports accessible, affordable, preventive health care and studying high-performing systems, including Massachusetts's, to strengthen primary and preventive care and reduce financial burden.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
Supports a universal health care system and says quality health care is a human right that should not depend on race or income.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Supports refocusing schools on basics such as reading, writing, math and science, and a Parents' Bill of Rights so parents have a say in what their children are taught.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports legislation to terminate the U.S. Department of Education.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports investing in universities, community colleges, technical education, apprenticeships, lifelong learning and affordable higher education.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Opposes cutting Social Security benefits for working- and middle-class Americans or raising the retirement age. Supports eliminating the cap on income subject to the Social Security payroll tax, closing corporate loopholes, and capping cost-of-living increases for the top 25% of beneficiaries.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Says he will always protect Medicare and Social Security and would root out waste and fraud in those programs.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Supports expanding tax incentives to build affordable housing, rewarding communities that add housing supply, cutting red tape and permitting delays, redeveloping vacant properties into housing, and reducing tariffs on building materials.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports expanding affordable construction and rehabilitation and backing community land trusts and other models that keep housing affordable and land under community control.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Supports finishing the border wall, restoring the "Remain in Mexico" policy, ending catch-and-release, stopping the flow of illegal drugs, and deporting people in the country illegally who commit crimes.
“I stand for finishing the wall, restoring the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and ending catch-and-release once and for all.”
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
Says immigrant workers contribute to the economy and their communities, and that all people should be treated with decency and respect regardless of where they were born.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
Supports ending the conflict with Iran and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, temporarily suspending state and federal gas taxes, more energy independence, opening the Keystone pipeline and Line 5, more refineries, and an all-of-the-above energy approach.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
Says energy reliability and environmental protection must be approached globally, and that working people keep paying higher energy rates without the promised infrastructure improvements.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from trading individual stocks, a lifetime ban on members becoming lobbyists, and overturning Citizens United, including through a constitutional amendment.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Supports passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Supports using tariffs strategically to protect American workers and critical industries, and reasserting congressional authority over tariffs and trade policy.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
Supports federal funding for wastewater and stormwater systems, a 10-year deadline to replace lead pipes nationwide, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, PFAS regulation, and investment in clean energy and electric vehicle manufacturing.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports bringing U.S. troops home from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the Middle East, opposes attacks on Iran and a renewed cold war with Russia over Ukraine, and supports ending the threat of a nuclear first strike.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports repealing or radically changing the USA Freedom Act, the Military Commissions Act and FISA, and opposes torture, secret tribunals and secret prisons.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Opposes any increase in the national debt and says the government should pay its bills as it goes.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports the FairTax, a single-rate federal retail sales tax with a prebate that would replace federal income, payroll, estate, gift, capital gains and corporate taxes.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
Supports the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, which would end qualified immunity as a defense in civil suits over violations of constitutional rights.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
No published position found.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports special federal investment to finish replacing remaining water-service lines, from municipal systems all the way into affected homes.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.
DemocraticChristina Hines
No published position found.
RepublicanMichael Bouchard
No published position found.
LibertarianMike Saliba
No published position found.
GreenKwabena Nkromo
Supports connecting rural farmers, small and midsized producers, urban agriculture, processors, distributors and institutional buyers by rebuilding processing, distribution, markets and land access.
Working ClassAndrea L. Kirby
No published position found.