2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan, one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including a gubernatorial election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The filing deadline for candidates filing for the August 7 primary was April 24, 2018. Unless otherwise indicated, the Cook Political Report rated the congressional races as safe for the party of the incumbent.

Two seats shifted from Republican to Democratic control. In the 8th Congressional District, Elissa Slotkin defeated incumbent Mike Bishop and in an open seat for the 11th Congressional District, Haley Stevens defeated Lena Epstein. This left Michigan's U.S. House delegation in the 116th United States Congress with seven Democrats and seven Republicans until July 4, 2019, when Justin Amash of the 3rd Congressional District left the Republican Party to become an independent, shifting the balance of power in Michigan's House delegation to a Democratic plurality for the first time since 2011.

District
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan by district:

District 1
The 1st district consists of the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the northern part of the Lower Peninsula including Alpena, Marquette, and Traverse City. This district has a PVI of R+9. The district, which makes up about 44% of the land area of the state of Michigan, is the second-largest congressional district east of the Mississippi River by land area. The incumbent was Republican Jack Bergman, who had represented the district since 2017. He was elected to replace retiring representative Dan Benishek with 55% of the vote in 2016. The Cook Political Report rated this race "likely Republican."

Nominee

 * Jack Bergman, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary
Matt Morgan was the only Democrat to file to run. However, he was removed from the ballot because he used a PO box address on his nomination petitions instead of his residential address. Instead, Morgan ran a write-in campaign, hoping to qualify for the ballot by winning at least five percent of the total votes cast in the district for the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Over 4,800 votes were cast in Marquette County, which would have been enough by itself to qualify Morgan for the ballot. According to official results, Democrats cast 29,293 write-in votes in the primary for Morgan, more than seven times the 3,781-vote threshold. On August 24, the Board of State Canvassers placed him on the November ballot.

Nominee

 * Matthew W. Morgan, retired US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran

Withdrawn

 * Dwight Brady, professor

District 2
The 2nd district is located in West Michigan and is anchored by the suburbs of Grand Rapids such as Kentwood and Wyoming, other cities include Holland and Muskegon. This district has a PVI of R+9. The incumbent was Republican Bill Huizenga, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected to a fourth term with 63% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * Rob Davidson, ER doctor

Failed to qualify

 * Nick Schiller, political newcomer

District 3
The 3rd district is located in inland West Michigan, centered on the city of Grand Rapids, and extends down to Battle Creek and Marshall. This district has a PVI of R+6. The incumbent was Republican Justin Amash, who had represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected to a fourth term with 59% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * Justin Amash, incumbent U.S. Representative

Failed to qualify

 * Joe Farrington
 * Matt Hall

Nominee

 * Cathy Albro, educator

Eliminated in primary

 * Fred Wooden, pastor

District 4
The 4th district is located in Northern and Central Michigan including portions of the Tri-Cities region, specifically Midland, other cites include Mount Pleasant and the northern suburbs of Lansing. This district has a PVI of R+10. The incumbent was Republican John Moolenaar, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * John Moolenaar, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Jerry Hilliard

Eliminated in primary

 * Zigmond Kozicki

Failed to qualify

 * Dion Adams

District 5
The 5th district is located along the eastern coast of Michigan, centered on the Tri-Cities region of Mid Michigan, such as Bay City and Saginaw, and stretches down into Flint. This district has a PVI of D+5. The incumbent was Democrat Dan Kildee, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected to a third term with 61% of the vote in 2016. Kildee considered running for governor in 2018, but decided to run for re-election instead.

Nominee

 * Dan Kildee, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary
Michigan's 5th district was included on the initial list of Democratic held seats being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018. There is one Republican candidate, Durand resident Travis Wines who lives outside the district.

Nominee

 * Travis Wines

District 6
The 6th district is located in Southwestern corner of Michigan, specifically the Michiana region. The district is anchored by Kalamazoo and the surrounding areas including Benton Harbor and Niles. This district has a PVI of R+4. The incumbent was Republican Fred Upton, who had represented the district since 1993 and previously represented the 4th district from 1987 to 1993. He was re-elected to a sixteenth term with 59% of the vote in 2016. The Cook Political Report rated this race as "likely Republican."

Nominee

 * Fred Upton, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Matt Longjohn, physician and former National Health Officer for the YMCA

Eliminated in primary

 * David Benac, professor
 * Rich Eichholz, businessman and biologist
 * George Franklin, former Kellogg Company executive
 * Failed to qualify
 * Paul Clements, professor and nominee for this seat in 2014 and 2016
 * Eponine Garrod, local activist and quality control chemist

Declined

 * Mark Schauer, former U.S. Representative and nominee for governor in 2014

District 7
The 7th district is located in Southern Michigan including downtown Lansing and the western suburbs of Ann Arbor including Lodi and Milan, other cities include Adrian, Coldwater, and Jackson. This district has a PVI of R+7. The incumbent was Republican Tim Walberg, who had represented the district since 2011 and previously represented the district from 2007 to 2009. He was re-elected to a fourth consecutive and fifth total term with 55% of the vote in 2016. The Cook Political Report rated this race as "likely Republican."

Nominee

 * Tim Walberg, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary
Michigan's 7th district was included on the initial list of Republican held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Nominee

 * Gretchen Driskell, former state representative, former Saline Mayor and nominee for this seat in 2016

Eliminated in primary

 * Steven Friday, social worker

District 8
The 8th district was centered on the state capital, Lansing, and stretches into the northern outskirts of Metro Detroit including Rochester Hills. This district has a PVI of R+4. The incumbent was Republican Mike Bishop, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 56% of the vote in 2016. This race was considered competitive, with the Cook Political Report rating it as 'Tossup' in August 2018. With $28 million spent, it drew the most campaign spending for a U.S. House seat in Michigan's history. Elissa Slotkin defeated Bishop, flipping the district to the Democratic side.

Nominee

 * Mike Bishop, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Lokesh Kumar

Democratic primary
Michigan's 8th district had been included on the initial list of Republican held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Nominee

 * Elissa Slotkin, former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and former United States National Security Council official

Eliminated in primary

 * Christopher E. Smith, professor of criminal justice

Failed to qualify

 * Darlene Domanik, attorney

Libertarian party

 * Brian Ellison

Debates

 * Complete video of debate, October 5, 2018

District 9
The 9th district is located in Metro Detroit including Roseville, Royal Oak, and Warren. This district has a PVI of D+4. The incumbent was Democrat Sander Levin, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 12th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 17th district from 1983 to 1993. He was re-elected to an eighteenth term with 58% of the vote in 2016. In December 2017, Levin announced his retirement, and that he would not seek re-election in 2018.

Nominee

 * Andy Levin, former head of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth, Sander Levin's son

Eliminated in primary

 * Martin Brook, attorney
 * Ellen Lipton, former state representative

Withdrawn

 * Steve Bieda, state senator

Declined

 * Sander Levin, incumbent representative
 * Andy Meisner, Oakland County Treasurer

Primary results
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Republican primary
Michigan's 9th district was included on the initial list of Democratic held seats being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.

Nominee

 * Candius Stearns, businesswoman

District 10
The 10th district is located in an area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan known as The Thumb and parts of the Metro Detroit area including Chesterfield, Macomb, and Port Huron. This is the most Republican friendly district with a PVI of R+13. The incumbent was Republican Paul Mitchell, who had represented the district since 2017. He was elected to replace retiring representative Candice Miller with 63% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * Paul Mitchell, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Kimberly Bizon

Eliminated in primary

 * Frank Accavitti Jr.
 * Michael McCarthy

District 11
The 11th district is located in Metro Detroit including Livonia, Novi, and Troy. This district had a PVI of R+4. The incumbent was Republican Dave Trott, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 53% of the vote in 2016. Trott was not running for re-election in 2018. This race is considered to be competitive; the Cook Political Report rated this contest as a "toss up."

Nominee

 * Lena Epstein, businesswoman and Michigan co-chair of the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign

Eliminated in primary

 * Kerry Bentivolio, former U.S. Representative
 * Klint Kesto, state representative
 * Mike Kowall, state senator
 * Rocky Raczkowski, former state representative, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2002 and nominee for MI-09 in 2010

Withdrawn

 * Kurt Heise, Plymouth Township Supervisor and former state representative (endorsed Kowall)

Failed to qualify

 * Kristine Bonds, daughter of TV news anchor Bill Bonds. (endorsed Kowall)

Declined

 * Ethan Baker, Troy City Councilman and former aide to President Ronald Reagan
 * Mike Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006
 * Patrick Colbeck, state senator (running for Governor)
 * Rory Cooper, former communications director to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
 * Laura Cox, State Representative
 * Marty Knollenberg, state senator (running for re-election)
 * Mike McCready, State Representative
 * Ronna Romney McDaniel, Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee
 * Jeff Sawka, former vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party
 * Dave Trott, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary
Michigan's 11th district was included on the initial list of Republican held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Nominee

 * Haley Stevens, former chief of staff for the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry

Eliminated in primary

 * Tim Greimel, state representative
 * Suneel Gupta, businessman and attorney
 * Fayrouz Saad, former Detroit director of immigration affairs
 * Nancy Skinner, syndicated radio and TV commentator

Failed to qualify

 * Daniel Haberman, businessman and attorney

Declined

 * Dr. Anil Kumar, physician, candidate for this seat in 2014 and nominee in 2016
 * Barbara McQuade, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan

Libertarian party

 * Leonard Schwartz, attorney

District 12
The 12th district is based in Ann Arbor and the surrounding cities including Ypsilanti, and the western suburbs of Detroit including Dearborn and Lincoln Park. This district has a PVI of D+14. The incumbent was Democrat Debbie Dingell, who had represented the district since 2015. She was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * Debbie Dingell, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Jeff Jones

District 13
The 13th district is located entirely within Wayne County and is centered on the city of the Detroit and the immediate surrounding suburbs including Dearborn Heights, Garden City, and Westland. This is the most Democratic-friendly district with a PVI of D+32. The seat was vacant for most of 2018, following the resignation of John Conyers in December 2017. A special primary and special general election were held in August and November 2018, on dates coinciding with the already scheduled primary and general elections in a money-saving move by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder.

Conyers represented the district from 2013 to 2017. He previously represented the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, and the 1st district from 1965 to 1993. He was Dean of the United States House of Representatives, and was re-elected to a twenty-seventh term with 77% of the vote in 2016.

Former state representative Rashida Tlaib, a member of Democratic Socialists of America, won the Democratic primary. Tlaib, however, lost the special primary to Brenda Jones, president of the Detroit City Council. Jones served for the final 35 days of the unexpired term before Tlaib was sworn in.

Nominee

 * Rashida Tlaib, former state representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Ian Conyers, state senator
 * Shanelle Jackson, former state representative and candidate for MI-13 in 2012
 * Brenda Jones, president of the Detroit City Council
 * Bill Wild, mayor of Westland
 * Coleman Young II, state senator and candidate for Mayor of Detroit in 2017

Failed to qualify

 * John Conyers III, hedge fund manager
 * Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, state representative
 * Kimberly Hill Knott, government relations, environmental justice
 * Withdrew
 * Michael Gilmore, attorney and activist
 * Declined
 * John Conyers, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results
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Republican primary
David Dudenhoefer was the only Republican candidate to announce his run for the Republican nomination, but he failed to qualify. He did, however, run as a write-in candidate. As a result, Tlaib was opposed in the general election only by minor party candidates and write-in candidates.

Failed to qualify

 * David A. Dudenhoefer, District GOP Chair

District 14
The 14th district stretches from the northern Detroit suburbs including Farmington Hills, Southfield, and West Bloomfield, to eastern part of Detroit. This district has a PVI of D+30. The incumbent was Democrat Brenda Lawrence, who had represented the district since 2015. She was re-elected to a second term with 79% of the vote in 2016.

Nominee

 * Brenda Lawrence, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Marc Herschfus