Tomorrow, August 4, is the primary election in Michigan. All 110 seats for the Michigan House of Representative are up for election. As the majority of Michigan House districts are not strongly competitive between parties, voting in the primary election is important in deciding who will representing you in Lansing.

Candidates filing for state representative for the August 2020 primary were asked to fill out a short 10 question yes/no survey sent to their campaign mailing address on file with the Michigan Secretary of State Bureau of Elections. Candidates are rated based on their responses to this survey. Each response that differed from MCRGO's position was marked down one letter grade. Incumbents had their ratings adjusted based on their vote on House Bill 4434 with incumbents voting against the bill receiving an F rating and those voting for the bill receiving a + if they also returned a survey. You can view the 2020 MCRGO-PAC Candidate Survey HERE.

Candidate surveys had a postmark deadline of June 29, 2020. Candidates who fail to submit a survey before the August primary or who score less than a B rating on their survey are ineligible for endorsement in the general election. Ratings and endorsements are made objectively by a balanced multi-partisan PAC committee with no preference shown for political affiliation. 

MCRGO members may inquire about the reasoning for a rating for their legislative district by e-mailing [email protected]. Please provide your MCRGO membership number when making an inquiry. MCRGO-PAC does not endorse in local, judicial, or federal races. For U.S. Senate and U.S House races, please consult the NRA-PVF endorsements HERE.

The ratings linked below were originally published in the Summer 2020 On Target newsletter in early July to accommodate the growing number of absentee/mail-in voters. If you are voting at the polls tomorrow, you can view your sample ballot (including districts) HERE.