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Michigan’s 6th District

U.S. House · MI-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 39.1 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 69.3%

    Debbie Dingell, incumbent

  • Republican 30.2%

    Heather Smiley

  • Other 0.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a > 99% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat> 99%
50/50 blendDemocrat> 99%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
MI-6 69.3%30.2%0.6%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+14.4 43.9%−13.7 1.2%−0.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.0% (± 0.2)

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

Dingell, Debbie · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Dingell, Debbie 100.0% 149,995 votes
Republican primary Smiley, Heather 100.0% 47,265 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Dingell, Debbie

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Smiley, Heather

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 27.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 39.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • MI-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • MI-7 Democrat, toss-up
  • MI-10 Democrat, toss-up
  • MI-5 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated