Riding profile

MI-10

US House district — MI · Mixed · us mi

The question

MI-10: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.4
P(close race)
65%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 51.4%

    Christina Hines

  • Republican 47.0%

    Michael Bouchard

  • Other 1.6%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereMI-10 51.4%47.0%1.6%
National averageUnited States 54.3% −3.0 44.9% +2.1 5.1% −3.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

4 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Global Strategy Group House Majority PAC 10–Aug 13 600 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 45
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Public Policy Polling 16–Jan 17 592 RV
Democrat 44 Republican 42
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Public Policy Polling 16–Jan 17 592 RV
Republican 44 Democrat 42
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Public Policy Polling 16–Jan 17 592 RV
Republican 43 Democrat 41
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

MI-10, a mixed riding in MI, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 51% vote share, against 47% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

JAMES, JOHN

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 4, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

Hines, Christina Bertrand 47.0%

46,993 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Bouchard, Michael 72.2%

45,473 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hines, Christina

  • Republican Open seat

    Bouchard, Michael

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
6.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.8 pts
Last model run
Cycle
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