Keeping Up With Callie   Newsletter - Keeping Up With Callie10/27/2025  The campaign continues strong, buoyed by the events of the past couple of weeks.   On Oct. 18, Northern and Upper Michigan showed up in force for No Kings Day, a day to reject division and fear and embrace our responsibility to …

Keeping Up With Callie   Newsletter - Keeping Up With Callie10/13/2025  Callie Barr, Hagerty Center, Oct 3, 2025  This past couple of weeks brought (perhaps unsurprising) drama at the federal level. But it also brought . . .  Hope. Yes, hope.   With a government shutdown, political gamesmanship, man…

Keeping up with Callie   Newsletter9/29/2025  Keeping up with Callie!   We have been moving through Upper and Northern Michigan. Along the way, we’ve sat with business owners after-hours, listened to teachers after long days in the classroom, heard from nurses finishing their shifts, and met retiree…

When hospitals are gone, they're gone.   John, When you represent rural communities, some votes transcend politics.  When the Affordable Care Act came up for a vote years ago, it was clear that without federal support, our rural hospitals would close their doors, leaving families with nowhere to tur…

Why an affordable life matters.John, There’s an affordability crisis in America that is impacting all of us, and today I’m asking you to share your story. Share your story by clicking on the following link: MY STORY Let me explain why.  The affordability crisis is hitting rural communities like ours…

Callie Barr for Congress When a tree fell in my 86-year old grandma’s driveway, she didn’t complain — she got out her chainsaw. In Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula we work hard, we aren’t afraid to get our hands dirty, and we know how to take care of ourselves and each other. Whe…