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Michigan’s 13th District

U.S. House · MI-13

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 49.3 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 72.5%

    Donavan McKinney

  • Republican 23.1%

    T.p. Nykoriak

  • Other 4.4%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
MI-13 72.5%23.1%4.4%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+17.9 44.2%−21.1 1.2%+3.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over6.8% (± 0.3)

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

Current member

Thanedar, Shri · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Mckinney, Donavan 51.9% 57,714 votes
Republican primary Nykoriak, T.P. 100.0% 18,470 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Mckinney, Donavan

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Morton, Maurice Gerard

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Open seat

    Nykoriak, T.P.

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 44.1 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 49.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • MI-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-10 Democrat, toss-up
  • MI-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-7 Democrat, toss-up
  • MI-9 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated