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Lydia Christensen

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

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

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 filing window and the reconciliation 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. Michigan Department of State
  • 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. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate

What they say they want to do

  • Medicaid for All as opt-in coverage for citizens and legal residents, with premiums capped by income. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate
  • No federal income tax on earnings under $150,000 a year. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate
  • 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. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate
  • Line 5 decommissioned and safely removed, and the Great Lakes Tunnel stopped. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate
  • Binding legislation to end the war in Iran and no further war funding without authorization. Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate

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. Michigan Department of State, Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate, Federal Election Commission

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. Federal Election Commission

Source: Federal Election Commission

Words and record

Where statements meet the record

Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule, and states its own limit.

Lydia Christensen

No PAC or corporate money

No verdict

What they say

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

“No PACs, no corporate money”

Source: Lydia Christensen for U.S. Senate

What the record shows · Jul 2, 2026

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.

Sources: Federal Election Commission

Why there is no verdict 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.

Sources: Federal Election Commission

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.

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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

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  1. Occurred Sep 4, 2026

    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.

    Michigan Department of State
  2. Occurred Jul 15, 2026

    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.

    Federal Election Commission Federal Election Commission

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