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Lydia Christensen

No public office found. The Libertarian Party nominee, filed by convention on June 29, 2026. Campaign affiliation: Libertarian.

Voter guide

Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Lydia Christensen

Background

  • The Libertarian Party nominee, printed third on the state's listing and filed by convention on June 29, 2026.
  • Her campaign says her family comes from Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula, that she grew up in foster care, and that she founded her own technology company.

What they say they want to do

  • Medicaid for All as opt-in coverage for citizens and legal residents, with premiums capped by income.
  • No federal income tax on earnings under $150,000 a year.
  • An end to warrantless surveillance of Americans, the license plate reader dragnet and the remaining Patriot Act powers, and a Bill of Digital Rights making personal data its owner's property.
  • Line 5 decommissioned and safely removed, and the Great Lakes Tunnel stopped.
  • Binding legislation to end the war in Iran and no further war funding without authorization.

What the official record shows

No public office held by her was found, so there is no official record of votes, sponsorships or official acts to list. The desk searched the state's candidate listing, her FEC filings and her campaign biography, which describes her work in technology and names no office.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Her committee has filed no financial report, so there are no filing lines to read. It has instead filed Form 99 statements, most recently on July 2, 2026, saying it has not raised or spent more than $5,000 in the cycle.

Source: Federal Election Commission

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Lydia Christensen

No PAC or corporate money

No assessment

What they say

Her campaign says it takes no PAC or corporate money and launched with under $1,000.

What the record shows ·

Her committee has filed no money report, telling the FEC in July 2026 that it had not raised or spent more than $5,000.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign says it takes no PAC or corporate money and launched with under $1,000.

“No PACs, no corporate money”

What the record shows ·

Her committee has filed no financial report with the FEC. It has instead filed Form 99 statements, most recently on July 2, 2026, saying it has not raised or spent more than $5,000 in the cycle and so is not required to file periodic reports.

Why there is no assessment here

A campaign below the $5,000 threshold files no itemized receipts, so there is no filing line to read for PAC or corporate money. Her committee's statements are consistent with a small campaign but say nothing about where its money came from, and every label in the list would misstate why this claim is not judged.

Limit: Nothing here says the claim is wrong, and nothing here says it is right. If the committee crosses $5,000 and files a report, lines 11B, 11C and 12 of that report will answer it.

Issues in this record

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Health careCosts of living and taxesHousingSocial Security and MedicareThe Great Lakes and Line 5War and foreign policy

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    State candidate listing as of this date

    The Michigan Department of State's listing, headed "Official Candidate Listing" when read on September 23, prints six U.S. Senate candidates, with a footer dated Friday, September 4. The field on this page is built from it.

  2. race event

    Pre-primary reporting period closes

    The latest period both El-Sayed's and Rogers's committees have reported to the FEC ends. None of the other four candidates has filed a financial report.

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Sources6 source records

How we use sources

  1. Official Candidate Listing, All State and Judicial Offices, General Election, November 3, 2026https://mi-boe.entellitrak.com/etk-mi-boe-prod/page.request.do?electionType=GEN&electionYear=2026&page=page.miboePublicReport

    Michigan Department of State · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The state's candidate listing, read 2026-09-23. It prints six U.S. Senate candidates in this order, each with party, filing date and filing method, and its footer reads "721 Candidates as of Fri Sep 04 08:48:42 EDT"; the footer prints no year, and September 4 fell on a Friday in 2026. On 2026-09-23 its header read "Official Candidate Listing"; this project recorded it on 2026-09-02 as an unofficial listing current as of August 31, 2026. Captured file SHA-256 e3551674a96aebc1d295336d857a9b626ab38177823ed5357214a40b038b1938.

    official election record

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; State candidate listing as of this date

  2. About Lydia Christensenhttps://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/about

    Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts. The site is built in the browser: a plain request returns an empty page shell, and the text is served from the site's own script file (https://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/main.js), which is what the quote checks read. The domain matches the website her committee filed with the FEC. It links an X account and a Facebook page.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; No PAC or corporate money

  3. Issues & Platformhttps://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/issues

    Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts. Fifty-two issue entries in eleven categories, rendered in the browser from the site's own data file (https://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/get_issues.php), which is what the quote checks read. The page says its policies are living documents that she updates.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. LYDIA CHRISTENSEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE, miscellaneous submission of July 2, 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    A Form 99 statement (file 1987784) that the committee "has not raised or spent more than $5,000" in the cycle as of that date and is therefore not filing periodic reports. The committee has filed six such statements since July 2025 and no financial report.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; No PAC or corporate money

  5. ABDUL FOR U.S. SENATE, Pre-Primary 2026 (amended) (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering July 1 to July 15, 2026. The original was received July 23, 2026 (file 2001725); this amendment, received August 11, 2026 (file 2005721), is the report OpenFEC marks most recent, and carries the same totals.

    fec filing

    For: Pre-primary reporting period closes

  6. ROGERS FOR SENATE, Pre-Primary 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Principal campaign committee only, covering July 1 to July 15, 2026, received July 23, 2026 (file 2001576), the report OpenFEC marks most recent. Two other committees carry his name, both nominee funds designated as authorized, and are not in this snapshot.

    fec filing

    For: Pre-primary reporting period closes