Michigan’s 6th District

U.S. House · MI-6

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 38.3 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

	Democrat	Republican	Other
MI-6	68.9%	30.6%	0.6%
National averageUnited States	54.5%+14.3	44.2%−13.7	1.2%−0.7

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

Projection track

Latino citizens aged 18 and over	4.0% (± 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

Dingell, Debbie · Democrat

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary	Dingell, Debbie	100.0%	149,995 votes
Republican primary	Smiley, Heather	100.0%	47,265 votes

Who's running

Candidates for the upcoming election.

The Democrats won by 27.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 38.3 points.

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.