Michigan’s 7th Congressional District and its similar Lansing-based predecessors have long been political microcosms of a premier swing state.

In recent decades, two of its Democratic occupants have won Senate seats after representing districts that roughly mirrored Michigan’s relatively diverse demographics: former Sen. Debbie Stabenow and her successor, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). A longtime Republican House member, Mike Rogers, came close to winning a Senate seat in 2024 and still could this year in his second bid for statewide office.