US Midterms 2026
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Debbie Dingell, a Democrat who has represented Michigan in the U.S. House since 2015 and the 6th congressional district since 2023, seeks reelection in 2026 against Republican Heather Smiley, her 2024 opponent.
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Moolenaar announces support for PACE bill: Rep. John Moolenaar said he has added Michigan support for his bipartisan PACE Expanded Act, co-sponsored with Rep. Debbie Dingell.
MoolenaarDebbie Dingell (MI-06) says she supports Israel’s right to exist and views a nuclear Iran as a major global threat.
Topic: U.S. Representatives Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Debbie Dingell introduced the "Title IX Take Responsibility Act," a bill to hold schools more accountable for how they handle reports of sexual assault and harassment.
HayesTopic: United States Supreme Court consideration of how National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews interact with other federal environmental statutes.
HuffmanThis AHA letter addresses U.S. Representatives Rob Bresnahan and Debbie Dingell (MI-06) in opposition to delaying the 340B rebate model reform, arguing for timely implementation of the 340B changes rather than…
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Debbie Dingell, born Deborah Ann Insley on November 23, 1953, is descended from Howard Fisher of the Fisher Brothers, owners of Fisher Body. She graduated in 1975 from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She married Representative John Dingell in 1981, and their marriage lasted 38 years until his death on February 7, 2019. She grew up as a Republican and became a Democrat soon after the marriage.
Debbie Dingell served as president of the General Motors Foundation and as executive director of global community relations and government relations at GM, and she worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council.
Active in Democratic politics, she became a member of the Democratic National Committee from Michigan, chaired Vice President Al Gore's 2000 campaign in Michigan, and was elected to Wayne State University's board of governors in November 2006.
She is a founder and past chair of the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health.
After her husband announced his retirement from Congress, Dingell ran for his 12th district seat in 2014, winning the Democratic primary with 77.7% and the general election with 65.0% over Republican Terry Bowman. She was reelected in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, she moved to Ann Arbor and ran in the new 6th district, winning in 2022 with 65.9% and in 2024 with 62.0% against Heather Smiley. She serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Natural Resources.
The 6th district is centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County and also includes parts of western and southern Wayne County. Debbie Dingell was unopposed in the 2026 Democratic primary, receiving 150,919 votes.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Republican Heather Smiley, an office analyst and the party's 2024 nominee, along with Libertarian Timothy Teagan, Constitution Party candidate Mike Mickevicius, Green Party candidate Clyde Shabazz and Working Class Party candidate Linda Rayburn.
