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U.S. House, District 7: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
William Lawrence

William Lawrence

Running for U.S. House · Michigan District 7

NationalDemocrat

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Tom Barrett

Tom Barrett

U.S. House · Michigan District 7

NationalRepublican

William LawrenceCandidateTom BarrettCurrent rep

Job fit

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Top issues

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How they voted on top issues

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Who pays them

William Lawrence

Where the campaign money came from1

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)other politicianslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$291Klarge donors$775Kpolitical allies(same party)$16Kotherpoliticians$8Klabor unions$3KOther kinds ofdonors$50$1.1M raised
$290,6811Small individual donors
$775,0131Large individual donors

Tom Barrett

Where the campaign money came from2

small donorslarge donorsother politicianscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$1.6Mlarge donors$1.7Motherpoliticians$349Kcompanies$241Kindustryassociations$158KOther kinds ofdonors$193K$4.9M raised
$1,642,6392Small individual donors
$1,707,8472Large individual donors

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William Lawrence

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Tom Barrett

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Sources

  1. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  2. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Candidate A

Shane Dedrick

Green

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William Lawrence
Candidate B

William Lawrence

DemocratShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $1.1M raised, 70% from large donors, 4% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $39,843.74 (4% of $1,108,609.67 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $27,015.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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Tom Barrett
Candidate C

Tom Barrett

RepublicanShown above

No verified background on file for this candidate.

$4.9M raised, 35% from large donors, 30% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $1,465,275.31 (30% of $4,874,568.49 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $939,449.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Sources

1 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

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