Election 2026

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Walter P. Kristy

No public office found. The Natural Law Party nominee, filed by convention on August 31, 2026. Campaign affiliation: Natural Law.

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.

Walter P. Kristy

Background

  • The Natural Law Party nominee, printed sixth on the state's listing and filed by convention on August 31, 2026.
  • The FEC has a candidate record for him but no campaign committee.

What they say they want to do

No campaign website, platform or public statement by him was found. The FEC records no committee that would list a website; the Natural Law Party of Michigan's site, nlpmi.org, answered with a challenge page (HTTP 403) and was not read; and a web search for his name with the party and the office returned only election listings and a poll.

What the official record shows

No public office held by him was found in the sources searched: the state's candidate listing and his FEC candidate record. His party's site, which might describe him, could not be read.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

The FEC records no campaign committee and no filing for him, so there is no money to report and no filing lines to read.

Issues in this record

Follow the evidence by issue.

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. KRISTY, WALTER P., candidate S6MI00590https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6MI00590/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The FEC's candidate record, party Natural Law Party. OpenFEC lists no committee of any designation for this candidate and no filing under his candidate ID.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Candidates for U.S. Senate, Michigan, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/senate/?state=MI&election_year=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-23: 25 candidate records for the seat, used to match each printed candidate to an FEC candidate ID and principal committee by name and party.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  4. Natural Law Party in Michiganhttps://nlpmi.org/

    Natural Law Party of Michigan · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The party's site. On 2026-09-23 it answered with a Cloudflare challenge page (HTTP 403) and was not read.

    endorsement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign 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