Riding profile

MI-5

US House district — MI · Mixed · us mi

The question

MI-5: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

MI-5, a mixed riding in MI, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 33-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 64% vote share, against 36% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

WALBERG, TIMOTHY L REP

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Walberg, Timothy L Rep

  • Democrat Challenger

    Vukasovich, Christian A

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
27.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 63.9%
  • Democrat 36.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereMI-5 63.9%36.1%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +17.2 51.9% −15.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
32.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.2 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026