This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Michigan was April 23, 2024.

Forty-three candidates are running for Michigan’s 13 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 20 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.3 candidates per district.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• The 43 candidates running in Michigan this year are the fewest number of candidates since 2016, when 38 candidates ran.

• The 7th and 8th Congressional Districts are open this year. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 2.2 districts were open per year.
• Incumbent Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-07) is not running for re-election because she is running for the U.S. Senate. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-08) is retiring from public office.
• Six candidates—three Democrats and three Republicans—are running for the open 8th Congressional District, the most candidates running for a seat in Michigan this year.
• Twelve primaries—six Democratic and six Republican—are contested this year. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 11.4 primaries were contested per year.
• Five incumbents—three Democrats and two Republicans—are in contested primaries this year. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 4.2 incumbents ran in contested primaries.
• Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 13 districts, meaning no seats are guaranteed to either party.

Michigan and three other states—Kansas, Missouri, and Washington—are holding primary elections on August 6, 2024.

In Michigan, the winner of a primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, even if they do not receive an outright majority of votes cast.