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2026 Michigan District 1 House Election

Jack Bergman (R)

About this race

Voters here usually back Republican candidates by wide margins. Jack Bergman, a Republican, has taken $58,805 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. 5 candidates show no AIPAC-linked donations in available records, including Callie Barr, a Democrat. The November ballot lists 6 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican, three independent and one Green.

Key issues in Michigan

Major issues facing Michigan, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Jack Bergman Republican Nominee

AIPAC-linked $58,805FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, 2022-2026. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,917,574 raised · $1,368,361 spent · $660,163 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Veterans' champion, broadband, Michigan agriculture, border security, national defense, 2nd Amendment

Callie Barr Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$824,341 raised · $301,257 spent · $530,725 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Universal healthcare, affordable housing, good-paying work, food security, veterans and rural care

Doc Kovaly Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: Anti-abortion activist

LaVeta Davenport Green Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: Universal basic income, affordable housing, free healthcare and education, maternal health, economic repair

Liz Hakola Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record

Zebulon Featherly Independent Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
Focus: Wind turbine technician, apprentice electrician; healthcare, clean energy, transparency

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jul 15, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Jack Bergman RCallie Barr DDoc Kovaly ILaVeta Davenport GLiz Hakola IZebulon Featherly I
Raised$1.9M$824K————
Individuals$491K26%$750K91%————
PACs & parties$757K39%$64K8%————
Self-funded$0$0————
Other$670K35%$10K1%————
AIPAC-linked*$59K—————
Outside spending†——————

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Jack Bergman 626 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.9M
Campaign spent$1.4M
Cash on hand$660K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals26%
PACs / committees39%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Joint fundraising committee$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Leadership PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Membership PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Leadership PAC$8K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
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  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Leadership PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K

Showing the 50 biggest of 626 donors. The other 576 gave $678K combined.

Plus $187K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Jack Bergman’s full FEC filings →

Callie Barr 527 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$824K
Campaign spent$301K
Cash on hand$531K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals91%
PACs / committees8%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$17K
  • Individual$10K
  • Labor PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Individual$8K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
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  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Labor PAC$5K
  • Leadership PAC$5K
  • PAC$5K
  • PAC$5K
  • Individual$4K
  • Individual$4K
  • Leadership PAC$4K
  • Individual$4K

Showing the 50 biggest of 527 donors. The other 477 gave $370K combined.

Plus $104K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Callie Barr’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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