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U.S. House, District 12: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Data last updated: Oct 14, 2026 (federal ballot roster). Verify approaching elections with your state election office.

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Candidate
JH

James D. Hooper

Running for U.S. House · Michigan District 12

NationalRepublican

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Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Tlaib

U.S. House · Michigan District 12

NationalDemocrat

James D. HooperCandidateRashida TlaibCurrent rep

Job fit

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Top issues

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How they voted on top issues

James D. Hooper

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Rashida Tlaib

  • Immigration → More legal ways in, and protection for people already here (28 of 28 votes) 1
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 1
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 1

Who pays them

James D. Hooper

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Rashida Tlaib

Where the campaign money came from2

small donorslarge donorslabor unionspolitical allies (same party)membership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$794Klarge donors$1.5Mlabor unions$32Kpolitical allies(same party)$6Kmembershiporganizations$5KOther kinds ofdonors$4K$2.6M raised
$793,9732Small individual donors
$1,523,7182Large individual donors

Checks

James D. Hooper

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Rashida Tlaib

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  2. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Brenda K. Sanders
Candidate A

Brenda K. Sanders

Green

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Gary Walkowicz
Candidate B

Gary Walkowicz

Working Class Party

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Rashida Tlaib
Candidate C

Rashida Tlaib

DemocratShown above

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🚩 $2.6M raised, 59% from large donors, 1% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $37,150.01 (1% of $2,581,605.20 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $46,500.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

2 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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MS
Candidate D

Marc Joseph Sosnowski

U.S. Taxpayers Party

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JH
Candidate E

James D. Hooper

RepublicanShown above

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