Michigan’s 3rd District

U.S. House · MI-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 21.6 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

	Democrat	Republican	Other
MI-3	60.7%	39.1%	0.2%
National averageUnited States	54.5%+6.2	44.2%−5.1	1.2%−1.0

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

Latino citizens aged 18 and over	7.0% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Scholten, Hillary · Democrat

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary	Scholten, Hillary	100.0%	110,114 votes
Republican primary	DeBoer, Terri	78.6%	53,864 votes

Who's running

Candidates for the upcoming election.

The Democrats won by 9.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 21.6 points.

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.