No current officeholder is running — the seat will have a new winner. This is a closely divided district where either party can win. Mike Bouchard, a Republican, shows a record of donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, but the exact amount is still being confirmed. The November ballot lists 5 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican, one independent, one Libertarian 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.
Cost of living — Voters rank the economy and cost of living as their top concern heading into November.
Auto tariffs and jobs — Tariffs coincide with Michigan shedding thousands of auto parts manufacturing jobs, federal data show.
Utility rate hikes — DTE Energy and Consumers Energy seek hundreds of millions in rate increases amid rising bills.
Education and reading — University experts list education and reading proficiency among voters' top 2026 concerns.
Data center expansion — Proposed AI data centers draw scrutiny over power demand and potential rate increases.
Candidates & funding
Mike Bouchard RepublicanNominee
AIPAC-linkedamount under verification
FundVoter lists an AIPAC-linked FEC record for this candidate; the dollar amount is still under verification.
Other routed $593K325 donors via conduit
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)$1,623,745 raised · $479,225 spent · $1,144,520 cash on hand through Aug 19, 2026
Focus: Bring manufacturing jobs home, finish the wall, stop fentanyl, protect Medicare and Social Security
FEC campaign finance data through Aug 19, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Mike Bouchard R
Christina Hines D
Mike Saliba L
Kwabena Nkromo G
Andrea L. Kirby I
Raised
$1.6M
$1.2M
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Individuals
$1.3M79%
$1.1M94%
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PACs & parties
$124K8%
$76K6%
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Self-funded
$0
$0
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Other
$209K13%
$5280%
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AIPAC-linked*
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Outside spending†
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* 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.
Mike Bouchard439 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.6M
Campaign spent$479K
Cash on hand$1.1M
FEC 2026 through 08/19/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals79%
PACs / committees8%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$593K
Share of individual giving46.0%
Other$593K
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
Individual$28K
Individual$20K
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Individual$14K
Individual$10K
Individual$10K
PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Individual$7K
Individual$7K
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Showing the 50 biggest of 439 donors. The other 389 gave $809K combined.
Plus $131K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
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.