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Heather Smiley, an office analyst and the Republican nominee for Michigan's 6th congressional district in 2024, is again her party's nominee in 2026, facing Democratic incumbent Debbie Dingell in the Ann Arbor-centered seat.
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2026 race
Heather Smiley, an office analyst, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for Michigan's 6th congressional district, which is centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County and includes parts of western and southern Wayne County.
She was also the Republican nominee for the district in 2024, when Democratic incumbent Debbie Dingell was re-elected with 62% of the vote. Smiley was unopposed in the 2026 Republican primary, receiving 47,757 votes.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Dingell, who has served in the U.S. House since 2015, along with Libertarian Timothy Teagan, Constitution Party candidate Mike Mickevicius, Green Party candidate Clyde Shabazz and Working Class Party candidate Linda Rayburn.