U.S. House

Michigan
District 7

Election day: November 3, 2026

Three candidates are on Michigan's official candidate listing for U.S. House District 7.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 10, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 10, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

William Lawrence

Democratic

One stated goal Medicare for All, to take the profit motive out of health insurance.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $383,116 on Jul 15, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified: $18,463; Leadership PACs: $9,000.

Through July 15, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through July 15, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 39,843.74 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here.

Tom Barrett

Republican

One stated goal A ban on stock trading by members of Congress, term limits and a balanced budget.

One checked action Dec 15, 2015. In the Michigan House, voted Nay on sales and use tax exemptions for data center equipment, which passed 61 to 45 and became Public Acts 251 and 252 of 2015.

Campaign cash $2,871,872 on Jul 15, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $1,924,019; Leadership PACs: $339,540.

Through July 15, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through July 15, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 2,943,710.86 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here. The joint fundraising row is money those committees raised and passed on, which can include donations from individuals.

Shane Dedrick

Green

One stated goal Workers' rights, which he put at the top of his list.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

The FEC lists him with no committee and no reports, so there are no filings to read.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

William LawrenceDemocratic
Tom BarrettRepublican
Shane DedrickGreen

Source: Michigan Department of State official candidate listing

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

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

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

William Lawrence

Background

Raised in East Lansing and a graduate of East Lansing High School; he and his wife live in Lansing.
Describes himself as an organizer and a founder of the Sunrise Movement, where he began his career working on climate change and green jobs.
Says he has spent the last four years on housing in Michigan, and founded the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition and the Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center.

What they say they want to do

Medicare for All, to take the profit motive out of health insurance.
Major federal investment in housing and a federal tenant bill of rights.
A minimum tax on billionaires' wealth, and lifting the cap on the Social Security payroll tax.
A 12-month federal moratorium on new data centers.
An end to arms sales to Israel and other human rights violators, and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress and the executive branch.

What the official record shows

He has not held public office, so there are no votes or official acts to list. Searched: the state's candidate listing, his campaign site and Michigan Legislature records.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 5 committees	$18,463
Leadership PACs 5 committees	$9,000
PAC - Qualified 1 committee	$5,000
Labor Organization PACs 1 committee	$3,000
House 1 committee	$2,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 2 committees	$1,500
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee	$881

Source: Federal Election Commission

Tom Barrett

Background

The U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th District since January 2025, in his first term.
A former state legislator: he represented the 71st District in the Michigan House from 2015 to 2018, then the 24th District in the state Senate until 2022.
Served 22 years in the Army, with tours in Iraq, Kuwait, Guantanamo Bay and South Korea, and flew Black Hawk and Lakota helicopters in the Michigan Army National Guard until he retired in 2022.
Sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure and Veterans' Affairs committees, and chairs the Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on technology modernization.
Lives in Charlotte and graduated from Western Michigan University in 2007, his campaign says.

What they say they want to do

A ban on stock trading by members of Congress, term limits and a balanced budget.
More home building, more first-time buyers, and limits on large investors buying single-family homes.
Lower health costs through price transparency, wider health savings accounts and pressure on insurers.
Open-ended war authorizations repealed and replaced with set goals and limits.
Caps on campaign fundraising and spending, and limits on out-of-state political money.

What the official record shows

Dec 15, 2015 In the Michigan House, voted Nay on sales and use tax exemptions for data center equipment, which passed 61 to 45 and became Public Acts 251 and 252 of 2015.
Dec 7, 2021 His Senate Bill 25, a state income tax deduction for disabled veterans whose student loans are forgiven, became Public Act 120 of 2021.
Dec 10, 2025 Voted Yea on the 2026 defense authorization act, which became law with his helicopter safety reports as section 1066 and a repeal of the Iraq war authorizations. He had also voted for the repeal on its own in September.
May 21, 2026 The House passed his veterans benefits bill, H.R. 6047, 235 to 179. It is in Senate committee.
Sep 15, 2026 Voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 93, his fourth vote this year for an Iran war-powers resolution, after voting Nay on the first two in March and April. It passed the House 220 to 204.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 9 committees	$1,924,019
Leadership PACs 82 committees	$339,540
Corporation PACs 60 committees	$203,000
Trade Association PACs 42 committees	$145,000
House 51 committees	$117,277
PAC - Qualified 24 committees	$94,000
Membership Organization PACs 11 committees	$38,500
Labor Organization PACs 6 committees	$27,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 4 committees	$17,500
Cooperative PACs 5 committees	$10,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 1 committee	$10,000
PAC - Nonqualified 5 committees	$8,500
Party committees 1 committee	$5,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 4 committees	$3,875

Source: Federal Election Commission

Shane Dedrick

Background

Nominated at the Green Party of Michigan's online convention on April 25, 2026. The state lists his filing, by convention, on April 27.
The FEC lists him as a House candidate from Brighton with no campaign committee and no filings.
His only public statement of positions found is his answer to delegates at that convention, recorded by the party and reported by WLNS on August 18, 2026.

What they say they want to do

Workers' rights, which he put at the top of his list.
The Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
Action on climate; he cited tornadoes and hard winters.

What the official record shows

No public office found. The state's listing and the FEC record show only this candidacy.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

The FEC lists him with no committee and no reports, so there are no filings to read.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

William Lawrence's Democratic primary win set up a November race against Republican Rep. Tom Barrett, WKAR reported.
As of Oct 1, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statementPublished Oct 10, 2026

Eight Barrett debate claims checked

In the October 6 WKAR debate, Tom Barrett pointed to his votes and bills. His vote against the three-year FISA renewal, his Flock camera and drug pricing bills and his Russia tariff vote match the record; he did back two short FISA extensions. The final 2025 tax law never uses the words "data center", though the House version he voted for in May did. His AI, tax cut and Medicaid claims match in direction: his Cabinet AI office bill came three days after the debate, the tax breaks are capped deductions, and people in the country illegally were already limited to emergency Medicaid. William Lawrence's no-corporate-PAC pledge was already on his record card.

Named in this record: Tom Barrett, William Lawrence

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic

William Lawrence

Organizer; holds no public office.

FEC candidate: H6MI07298
Principal committee: C00916809

Public profiles

X @wewill2026Linked by the campaign site.
Instagram @wewill2026miLinked by the campaign site.
Facebook wewill2026Linked by the campaign site.

Republican

Tom Barrett

U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th District since 2025, in his first term.

FEC candidate: H2MI07123
Principal committee: C00793976

Public profiles

X @tombarrettmi7Linked by the campaign site. His House office's accounts are separate.
Instagram @tombarrettMI7Linked by the campaign site.
Facebook tombarrettmi7Linked by the campaign site.

Green

Shane Dedrick

Green Party nominee; holds no public office the desk could find.

FEC candidate: H6MI07306

Public profiles

X: not foundNot established. No campaign or party link to an account was found, and the FEC lists no website for him.
Instagram: not foundNot established. No campaign or party link to an account was found.
Facebook: not foundNot established. No campaign or party link shows a Facebook account is his campaign's.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Housing costs

Lawrence's campaign backs federal housing investment and a tenant bill of rights; Barrett's backs more building and limits on large investors. No housing position from Dedrick was found. On the record, Lawrence says his coalition won renter protections; committee records do not list it, which does not settle its role. Barrett voted for a 2026 law barring investors with 350-plus homes from buying more; the record does not show the lead role his office describes.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He calls for major federal investment in housing at every price point, a federal tenant bill of rights, and a Housing First approach to ending homelessness.

Tom Barrett

He says families are being priced out by investors who buy single-family homes, and calls for more building, help for first-time buyers, and limits on large investors.

Shane Dedrick

No position found. His one public statement found, at his party's April 25 convention, named workers' rights, the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. He has no campaign site, and the FEC lists no committee or website for him.

Health care

Lawrence's campaign backs Medicare for All to take the profit motive out of health insurance. Barrett's campaign says insurers raised premiums and denied more claims under the Affordable Care Act, and backs wider health savings accounts. Dedrick named Medicare for All a top issue at his party's convention. On the record, Barrett sponsored or cosponsored bills on insurer spending, savings accounts and drug prices, and none has left committee.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He supports Medicare for All, which he says would take the profit motive out of health insurance.

Tom Barrett

He says insurers have raised premiums and denied more claims under the Affordable Care Act, and calls for price transparency, wider health savings accounts and pressure on insurers.

Shane Dedrick

He named Medicare for All, with the Green New Deal, as among his most important issues at his party's April 25 convention.

War powers and foreign policy

Lawrence's campaign backs aid to Ukraine and ending what he calls an illegal war on Iran and arms sales to Israel. Barrett's campaign says Congress alone can authorize war and backs repealing open-ended war authorizations. Dedrick has no campaign site and lists no position on this topic on the pages checked. Barrett voted no on two 2026 Iran war-powers resolutions, then yes on four, and voted for the 2025 law repealing two Iraq war authorizations.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He calls for ending what he calls the illegal and expensive war on Iran, says the country should stop spending billions on war and stop arms sales to Israel and other human rights violators, and supports continued military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Tom Barrett

He says only Congress can authorize war, and wants open-ended war authorizations repealed and replaced with set goals and limits.

Shane Dedrick

Money in politics and ethics

Lawrence's campaign says he is unbought by corporate money and backs a stock-trading ban; Barrett's backs a stock-trading ban and campaign spending caps. Dedrick has no campaign site, and no position on this topic was found. On the record, the FEC lists none of Lawrence's 16 committee donors through July 15 as corporate PACs. Barrett voted for a stock-trading and voter ID bill that is not law; his spending cap bills sit in committee.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He says he is unbought by corporate money, and wants stock trading banned for members of Congress and the executive branch.

Tom Barrett

He backs a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, term limits, and caps on campaign spending and on out-of-state political money.

Shane Dedrick

Veterans

Lawrence's campaign says he will defend the VA against staff cuts and back veterans' housing and health care. Barrett's campaign cites his 22 Army years and his seat on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. Dedrick has no campaign site, and no position on this topic was found. On the record, Barrett's veterans benefits bill passed the House in May 2026 and sits in a Senate committee; as a state lawmaker, he sponsored five veterans laws.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He says he will defend the VA against staff cuts and work to make sure veterans have good housing and health care.

Tom Barrett

A 22-year Army veteran, he sits on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and sponsored the veterans benefits bill the House passed in May 2026.

Shane Dedrick

Energy, climate and data centers

Lawrence's campaign backs a 12-month pause on new data centers and climate spending that lowers bills. Barrett's campaign backs a local final say on data centers and more energy production. Dedrick backs the Green New Deal and is running on climate; no data center statement was found. On the record, Barrett voted against 2015 state tax breaks for data center equipment, which passed with both parties' votes; his 2026 data center bills sit in committee.

What each campaign says

William Lawrence

He calls for a 12-month federal moratorium on new data centers, rules for AI and data center growth, and investment against climate change that also lowers electric bills.

Tom Barrett

He says communities should have the final say on data centers, and calls for more American energy production through permitting reform and fewer regulations.

Shane Dedrick

He backs the Green New Deal and says he is running on climate, citing tornadoes and hard winters. No statement on data centers found.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Tom Barrett

War powers: his Iran votes

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he has voted three times this year for resolutions to limit or wind down military operations in Iran unless Congress authorizes them: H.Con.Res. 75, 86 and 89.

What the record shows · Sep 15, 2026

He voted yes on four Iran war-powers resolutions from May to September 2026, after voting no on the first two in March and April.

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What they say

His House office says he has voted three times this year for resolutions to limit or wind down military operations in Iran unless Congress authorizes them: H.Con.Res. 75, 86 and 89.

“This is the third resolution Barrett has supported this year”

What the record shows · Sep 15, 2026

The House Clerk records his votes on six Iran war-powers resolutions in 2026. He voted Nay on the first two: H.Con.Res. 38 on March 5, which failed 212 to 219 (Roll Call 85), and H.Con.Res. 40 on April 16, which failed 213 to 214 (Roll Call 114). He voted Yea on the next four: H.Con.Res. 75 on May 14, which failed 212 to 212 (Roll Call 170); H.Con.Res. 86 on June 3, agreed to 215 to 208 (Roll Call 199); H.Con.Res. 89 on July 23, agreed to 214 to 208 (Roll Call 282); and H.Con.Res. 93 on September 15, agreed to 220 to 204 (Roll Call 307). The Senate agreed to H.Con.Res. 86, 50 to 48, and rejected H.Con.Res. 89, 49 to 50. In May he also introduced H.J.Res. 176, an authorization for force against Iran; it sits in committee.

Limit: His count of three was right in July, and he voted yes a fourth time in September. He voted no on the first two, in March and April. His office's June release says he votes yes because the president's time-limited authority under the War Powers Act has expired.

Tom Barrett

War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In an op-ed his House office posted in July 2026, he calls his vote to repeal the 2002 authorization for force in Iraq one of the proudest of his first year in Congress.

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

He voted for the repeal on its own in September 2025 and for the defense act that carried it, which became law in December 2025.

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What they say

In an op-ed his House office posted in July 2026, he calls his vote to repeal the 2002 authorization for force in Iraq one of the proudest of his first year in Congress.

“one of the proudest votes I took in my first year in Congress was to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force in Iraq”

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

On September 10, 2025 he voted Aye on an amendment to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq authorizations, a separate vote on the repeal alone (Roll Call 244). It passed 261 to 167, with 49 Republicans voting yes. He then voted for the House defense bill that carried it (Roll Call 262). The repeal became law in the final defense act, S. 1071, which he voted for on December 10 (Roll Call 320, 312 to 112). Signed December 18, 2025 as Public Law 119-60, its section 8370 repeals both authorizations.

Limit: He voted for the repeal on its own and in the final defense act. His line that it was the first such repeal in his lifetime was not checked.

Tom Barrett

Aviation safety: his helicopter bill

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says his Military Helicopter Training Safety Act became law in December 2025 and began the process of equipping military helicopters with collision avoidance systems and ADS-B In.

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

His bill's text became part of the 2026 defense law, which orders the Pentagon to report on whether collision avoidance gear can be installed, not to install it.

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What they say

His House office says his Military Helicopter Training Safety Act became law in December 2025 and began the process of equipping military helicopters with collision avoidance systems and ADS-B In.

“The Military Helicopter Training Safety Act was signed into law in December 2025”

What the record shows · Dec 18, 2025

He introduced the bill (H.R. 1898) on March 6, 2025, and it never left committee. Its text became section 1066 of the 2026 defense authorization act, Public Law 119-60, signed December 18, 2025, almost word for word: the law allows 180 days instead of 90. Both versions order the Pentagon to report on whether collision avoidance systems and ADS-B In can be installed in every military helicopter. Neither orders them installed.

Limit: His bill's text is law, so "signed into law" holds. The law orders feasibility reports, not equipment; "began the process of equipping" is his office's description of that first step.

Tom Barrett

Ethics: the congressional stock trading ban

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he helped introduce the Stop Insider Trading Act in January and helped pass it in July. The bill would bar members of Congress and their families from buying individual stocks, and would require photo ID to vote in federal elections.

What the record shows · Sep 30, 2026

He was an original cosponsor and voted yes when the House passed it 232-198 in July 2026, but a Senate motion to take it up failed and it is not law.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

“Barrett helped introduce the Stop Insider Trading Act in January”

What the record shows · Sep 30, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as an original cosponsor of H.R. 7008, introduced January 12, 2026 by Rep. Bryan Steil. He voted Yea when the House passed it on July 22, 232 to 198 (Roll Call 280). In the Senate, a motion to end debate on taking it up failed on September 30, 53 to 47.

Limit: He is a cosponsor, not the sponsor; "helped introduce" fits an original cosponsor. The bill also carries voter ID rules, so his vote was on both. It is not law.

Tom Barrett

Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers

Matches stated direction

What they say

His House office says he helped pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and that it includes an effort he helped lead to ban large corporations from buying up single-family homes.

What the record shows · Jul 11, 2026

He backed the 2026 law limiting purchases by investors with 350-plus homes, with exceptions, and cosponsored a separate stalled buyer bill. His leadership role is not established.

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What they say

His House office says he helped pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, and that it includes an effort he helped lead to ban large corporations from buying up single-family homes.

“It also includes an effort that Barrett has helped lead to ban large corporations from buying up single-family homes.”

What the record shows · Jul 11, 2026

He voted Yea when the House passed H.R. 6644 on February 9, 2026, 390 to 9 (Roll Call 57), and Yea on the final House vote on June 23, 358 to 32 (Roll Call 224). It became Public Law 119-101 on July 11. Section 1001 bars any investor controlling 350 or more single-family homes from buying more, with exceptions such as homes it builds or renovates for sale. On corporate buyers, he joined the American Family Housing Act (H.R. 7186) as a cosponsor on February 24, 2026, a month after it was introduced. That separate bill would bar funds with more than 100 billion dollars under management from buying single-family homes; it has not moved.

Limit: His votes for the law are on record. "Helped lead" is more than the record shows: he joined one related bill as a later cosponsor.

Tom Barrett

Money in politics: capping campaign spending

Matches stated direction

What they say

In July 2026 he introduced a bill to cap what a House campaign can spend in a year at about what a House office costs to run, saying no member should spend more to get reelected than the job itself costs.

What the record shows · Jul 16, 2026

He sponsored the CAP Act and two other campaign finance measures in June and July 2026, and all three sit in committee without a vote.

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What they say

“No member of Congress should be spending more money to get reelected than it costs to do the work people elected them to do in the first place”

What the record shows · Jul 16, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as sponsor of the CAP Act (H.R. 9726) and the Outside Influence Prevention Act (H.R. 9727), both introduced July 16, 2026, and of a constitutional amendment on campaign finance rules (H.J.Res. 191), introduced June 3. All three sit in committee. He also cosponsors the Campaign Finance Transparency Act (H.R. 8720), which is on the House calendar.

What the filings show

His own campaign reported spending 1,610,411.77 dollars in 2025, under the roughly 1.9 million dollar yearly cap his office describes. From January 1 to July 15, 2026 it reported 1,846,943.78 dollars.

His bill is not law, so no cap applies to him. The bill caps a year's campaign spending at the previous year's average House office allowance; the 1.9 million dollar figure is his office's estimate of that average and was not checked. Principal campaign committee only.

Limit: He sponsored the bills he describes. None has had a vote, so the record shows the direction he states, not a result.

Tom Barrett

Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he secured 2.5 million dollars to rebuild Chandler Road in Clinton County through the government funding bill signed into law in February 2026.

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

The 2026 funding law's explanatory statement lists $2.5 million for the Chandler Road project with Barrett as the only requester, and he voted for the law.

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What they say

His House office says he secured 2.5 million dollars to rebuild Chandler Road in Clinton County through the government funding bill signed into law in February 2026.

“the site of a future road repair project for which he secured federal funding through the bipartisan appropriations bill that passed Congress in February and was signed into law”

What the record shows · Feb 3, 2026

The House explanatory statement for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 lists 2,500,000 dollars from HUD's Community Development Fund for the Clinton County Road Commission's "Chandler Road--Coleman Road to Stoll Road" project, with Barrett as the only requester. The act became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026. He voted Yea on House passage on January 22 (Roll Call 45) and on the final House vote on February 3 (Roll Call 53).

Limit: Project money is listed in the explanatory statement, not in the law's text; that is how earmarks work. The grant is paid out later by HUD, which was not checked. The release's 146 million dollar total was not checked.

Tom Barrett

Veterans: his benefits bill

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says the House passed his Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, and that it carries his Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act.

What the record shows · Jun 2, 2026

The House passed his bill 235-179 in May 2026 with his Guard and Reserve home buying bill inside it, and it now sits in a Senate committee.

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What they say

His House office says the House passed his Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, and that it carries his Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act.

“The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Tom Barrett’s (MI-07) bipartisan Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act”

What the record shows · Jun 2, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as sponsor of H.R. 6047. The House passed it on May 21, 2026, 235 to 179 (Roll Call 191), with his Yea. Section 5 of the House-passed text is the Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act, which he also sponsored as H.R. 7009. The Senate sent H.R. 6047 to its Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 2, where it remains.

Limit: Passed by the House, not law. The benefit increases the release describes were not checked against the bill's text.

Tom Barrett

Veterans: his record in Lansing

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that after the Army he ran for the legislature and became a leading voice for veterans in Lansing.

What the record shows · Nov 29, 2022

He sponsored five veterans bills that became law and held two Senate committee posts on veterans' issues, but no record settles who counts as a leading voice.

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What they say

His campaign says that after the Army he ran for the legislature and became a leading voice for veterans in Lansing.

“running for the legislature and becoming a leading voice for veterans in Lansing”

What the record shows · Nov 29, 2022

Michigan Legislature records list him as sponsor of veterans bills that became law in both chambers. In the House: HB 5332 of 2016, changing the state's definition of veteran (Public Act 199 of 2016), and HB 5725 of 2018, naming part of M-5 for Staff Sergeant Duane J. Dreasky (Public Act 547 of 2018). In the Senate: SB 125 of 2019, on unclaimed property of active-duty service members (Public Act 79 of 2020); SB 1110 of 2020, on the Michigan veterans' facility authority (Public Act 351 of 2020); and SB 25 of 2021, a state income tax deduction for disabled veterans whose student loans are forgiven (Public Act 120 of 2021). In the Senate he also chaired the budget subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs/State Police and was vice chair of the Families, Seniors and Veterans Committee (Senate Resolution 180 of 2022).

Limit: Five enacted bills and two Senate committee posts show steady work on veterans' issues. "Leading voice" is a judgment no record settles. The Senate's tribute calls him "a voice for veterans", but a tribute is praise, not a record.

Tom Barrett

Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he has long opposed government favoring data centers, and that in the Michigan House he voted against legislation his own party passed to give data centers tax breaks.

What the record shows · Aug 20, 2026

He voted no on two 2015 bills that exempted data center equipment from sales and use tax, which passed 61-45 with yes votes from both parties.

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What they say

His House office says he has long opposed government favoring data centers, and that in the Michigan House he voted against legislation his own party passed to give data centers tax breaks.

“he voted against legislation his own party passed to give corporate welfare for data center construction and equipment purchases”

What the record shows · Aug 20, 2026

The House Journal records him voting Nay on December 15, 2015 on Senate Bills 616 and 617, which exempted certain data center equipment from sales and use tax. Both passed 61 to 45 (Roll Calls 487 and 488) and became Public Acts 251 and 252 of 2015. In Congress he introduced the Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Act (H.R. 10119) and the No Data Center NDAs Act (H.R. 10118) on August 20, 2026; both sit in committee.

Limit: The 2015 votes are as he says. Those bills covered data center equipment; "construction" is his office's wider word. His party ran the House, but both parties supplied yes votes: 32 Republicans and 29 Democrats. 28 Republicans voted no with him.

Tom Barrett

Health care: his insurance and HSA bills

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says health care costs are crushing mid-Michigan families and that insurers have raised premiums and denied more claims under the Affordable Care Act. It says he introduced the Care Over Profits Act and the HSAs for All Act.

What the record shows · Mar 9, 2026

He sponsored the 2026 Care Over Profits Act to raise insurers' required medical spending to 85% of premiums and cosponsored an HSA bill; neither has left committee.

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“Introduced the Care Over Profits Act to require insurance companies to use more of the money paid in premiums to cover medical claims”

What the record shows · Mar 9, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as the sponsor of the Care Over Profits Act (H.R. 7861), introduced March 9, 2026. It would raise the share of premiums that insurers selling individual and small-group plans must spend on medical care from 80 to 85 percent. He is an original cosponsor of the HSA's For All Act (H.R. 7681), introduced by Rep. Aaron Bean on February 25, 2026, which would let anyone in an exchange or employer plan open a health savings account. On January 8, 2026 he voted Nay on H.R. 1834, which would extend the larger ACA premium tax credits through 2028. The House passed it 230 to 196 (Roll Call 11).

Limit: Neither bill has left the committee it was sent to. The Senate has not voted on H.R. 1834.

William Lawrence

Housing: the renters' coalition he founded

No assessment

What they say

He says he is a founder of the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition, and that it has won statewide protections for low-income renters.

What the record shows · Jan 16, 2025

Michigan banned housing bias based on a tenant's source of income in laws signed in 2024 and 2025. Their committee records do not name the coalition, which does not rule out other work.

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What they say

He says he is a founder of the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition, and that it has won statewide protections for low-income renters.

“I am a founder of the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition, which fights for solutions to the housing crisis, and has won statewide protections for low-income renters.”

What the record shows · Jan 16, 2025

Michigan did pass statewide renter protections in that time. Senate Bills 205, 206 and 207 and House Bills 4062 and 4063 of 2023 ban housing discrimination based on a tenant's source of income. They became Public Acts 178, 179, 180, 199 and 200 of 2024, signed between December 30, 2024 and January 16, 2025. The House committee's analysis of these bills lists 40 groups that testified for or backed them; the coalition is not among them. The one House analysis found that names it is for a different bill, HB 5238 of 2023 on eviction records: "Rent is Too Damn High" testified for it on December 5, 2024. That bill passed the House and died in a Senate committee. The Senate committee's minutes for its May 16, 2023 hearing on Senate Bills 205-207 and its June 13 vote list who testified or turned in cards; neither names Lawrence or the coalition.

Why there is no assessment here

The laws exist, but the coalition's part in them is not established. Neither the House nor the Senate committee record lists it, which does not rule out work done another way.

Limit: His sentence names no law. The card uses the source-of-income laws because news reports tie the coalition to them, which is a lead, not a record. Who founded the coalition was not checked.

William Lawrence

Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says he has won 26 billion dollars in federal investment to create Michigan jobs.

What the record shows · Aug 16, 2024

His unnamed program's $26 billion matches a statewide IRA investment count. He has held no public office; the records do not establish what share his advocacy won.

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What they say

His campaign says he has won 26 billion dollars in federal investment to create Michigan jobs.

“He’s won $26 billion in federal investment to create quality, Michigan jobs.”

What the record shows · Aug 16, 2024

His campaign site names no program. The figure matches a statewide one: on August 16, 2024, Michigan's environment department said the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 had brought more than 26 billion dollars in new investments to the state. His About page credits the Sunrise Movement, which calls him an original cofounder, with helping pass "the largest green jobs program in U.S. history". He has not held public office.

Why there is no assessment here

The state's 26 billion dollars is new investment across Michigan tied to that law, not a grant to him or to Sunrise. No record shows what share of it his work won.

Limit: His campaign site does not say which program it means. Advocacy groups can push for money they do not award or receive.

William Lawrence

Money: corporate PAC money

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he is unbought by corporate money.

What the record shows · Jul 15, 2026

His filings through July 15, 2026 show $39,843.74 from 16 political committees, and the FEC types none of them as a corporation's PAC.

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What they say

His campaign says he is unbought by corporate money.

“He is independent of DC insiders and unbought by corporate money.”

What the record shows · Jul 15, 2026

His campaign's filings through July 15, 2026 show 39,843.74 dollars from 16 political committees. The FEC types none of them as a corporation's PAC. Most came from hybrid PACs (18,462.66 dollars), leadership PACs (9,000) and a qualified PAC (5,000). One union's PAC gave 3,000 dollars and one House campaign 2,000. Two givers, 1,500 dollars together, have no FEC committee type.

Limit: This covers committee money in his reports through July 15. Gifts from individuals are not sorted by employer here. Some PACs that gave, such as leadership PACs, may take corporate money themselves.

Tom Barrett

Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said he voted against continuing warrantless surveillance of Americans without proper warrant protections, as one of only a couple dozen Republicans to vote against renewing the program.

What the record shows · Jun 11, 2026

He was one of 22 Republicans who voted no on the House's three-year renewal in April 2026, but he voted yes on two short extensions, one of which became law.

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What the record shows · Jun 11, 2026

On April 29, 2026 he voted Nay when the House passed a three-year renewal of FISA's title VII surveillance powers, to April 2029, 235 to 191 (Roll Call 142). 22 Republicans voted no. The Senate voted 47 to 52 against taking it up. He voted Yea on two short extensions: S. 4465, to June 12, which passed 261 to 111 (Roll Call 155) and became Public Law 119-87, and H.R. 9238, to July 2, which failed 198 to 218 (Roll Call 221). On April 17 he had also voted for the rule to bring up H.R. 8035, an extension to October 2027; it failed 197 to 228 (Roll Call 124).

Limit: He voted against the three-year renewal, but for shorter extensions of the same program; one became law.

Tom Barrett

Privacy: the Flock camera bill

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 6 debate, asked about Flock license plate cameras, Barrett said he cosponsored a bill to bar federal funds from being spent on them.

What the record shows · Sep 1, 2026

He joined Rep. Tim Burchett's Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act as a cosponsor in September 2026; it would bar federal funds for such cameras and is still in committee.

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In the October 6 debate, asked about Flock license plate cameras, Barrett said he cosponsored a bill to bar federal funds from being spent on them.

What the record shows · Sep 1, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as a cosponsor of the Protection Against Mass Surveillance Act (H.R. 9800), introduced by Rep. Tim Burchett on July 21, 2026; he joined on September 1. It would bar federal agencies from buying or using automated surveillance systems, naming Flock cameras, and bar state and local governments from using federal money for them. It sits in the House Oversight Committee.

Limit: It is a bill in committee, not law, and has not had a vote.

Tom Barrett

AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said he had just introduced a bill to create a Cabinet-level official for AI and emerging technology threats, had introduced legislation to ban AI-driven lethal weapons on the battlefield, and had called on the State Department to pursue a treaty on AI.

What the record shows · Oct 9, 2026

He is an original cosponsor of a July 2026 bill requiring human control of lethal AI weapons, and introduced his Cabinet AI office bill October 9, after the debate; neither has had a vote.

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What the record shows · Oct 9, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as the sponsor of H.R. 10768, introduced October 9, 2026, three days after the debate. It would create an Office of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Threats in the Executive Office of the President; his office says its head would sit in the Cabinet. Congress.gov lists him as an original cosponsor of the Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act (H.R. 9729), introduced by Rep. Don Beyer on July 16, 2026. It would require human oversight or approval before the military uses an AI weapon to kill. On September 29 he wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz asking for regular talks with other countries on AI, including ideas for an international AI treaty.

Limit: The Cabinet office bill was introduced three days after he said he had just introduced it. The weapons bill requires human control of lethal strikes rather than banning AI weapons. Neither bill has had a vote.

Tom Barrett

Health care: his drug pricing bill

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said he supported most-favored-nation drug pricing and cosponsored a bill on it with a Democratic colleague, so Americans do not pay more for prescription drugs than people in other developed countries. In his closing he said he has introduced legislation to lower drug costs.

What the record shows · Feb 24, 2026

He joined Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna's Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act as a cosponsor in February 2026; it would have HHS plan most-favored-nation price targets and is still in committee.

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What the record shows · Feb 24, 2026

Congress.gov lists him as a cosponsor of the Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Act (H.R. 3493), introduced by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna on May 19, 2025; he joined on February 24, 2026. It would have the government plan rules setting most-favored-nation price targets, so U.S. patients pay about what patients in comparable rich countries pay. It sits in committee.

Limit: He joined as a cosponsor nine months after it was introduced. The bill has not had a vote.

Tom Barrett

Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the working families tax cuts he helped pass put more money in people's pockets, with no taxes on tips or overtime and no taxes on Social Security for 90% of seniors.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for the 2025 law, which lets workers deduct tips and the extra pay for overtime up to set limits through 2028 and gives seniors a $6,000 deduction, not a Social Security exemption.

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What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for H.R. 1 when the House passed it on May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and for the final version on July 3 (Roll Call 190). It became Public Law 119-21. Through 2028 it lets workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $12,500 of the extra pay they earn for overtime ($25,000 for joint filers), and gives people 65 and older a $6,000 deduction that shrinks above $75,000 of income ($150,000 for joint filers).

Limit: The tip and overtime breaks are capped deductions that end after 2028; for overtime, only the extra pay above the regular rate counts. The senior break is a deduction for people 65 and older, not an exemption for Social Security. His 90% figure was not checked.

Tom Barrett

Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the words "data center" were not even in the working families tax cut that Congress passed.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

The final 2025 tax law never says "data center", but the House bill he voted for in May did, in a rural opportunity zone rule the law kept; general business breaks apply to data centers too.

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In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the words "data center" were not even in the working families tax cut that Congress passed.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for H.R. 1 in May 2025 (Roll Call 145) and for the final version, which became Public Law 119-21 in July 2025 (Roll Call 190). The law's text does not contain the words "data center". The House version he voted for in May did: a rural opportunity zone rule was headed "including for data centers". The final law kept that rule but dropped those words.

Limit: True of the final law. The House version he voted for in May 2025 named data centers in a rural opportunity zone rule; the law kept the rule without those words. Its general business breaks, such as full write-offs of equipment, are open to data centers too.

Tom Barrett

Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the Medicaid changes he voted for stop covering people in the country illegally, stop covering people who were not eligible, and add modest work requirements for able-bodied working-age adults.

What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

The 2025 law he voted for adds work requirements from 2027 and narrows which immigrants qualify, but people in the country illegally were already limited to emergency Medicaid before it.

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What the record shows · Jul 4, 2025

He voted for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 in July 2025 (Roll Calls 145 and 190). From October 1, 2026, apart from emergency care and a few other exceptions, federal Medicaid pays only for citizens, green card holders, Cuban and Haitian entrants and people from the Compact of Free Association nations, and the federal share of emergency care for people without lawful status is capped. Starting in 2027, states must recheck expansion adults' eligibility every six months, and by then must require those aged 19 to 64 to work, volunteer or join a work program 80 hours a month, or attend school at least half time. States can ask for more time on the work rule, up to the end of 2028.

Limit: Before this law, federal Medicaid already paid only for emergency care for people in the country illegally, and it still pays for that care. The six-month checks start in 2027; the work rule starts by 2027 unless a state gets more time.

Tom Barrett

Trade: the Russia tariff vote

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What they say

In the October 6 debate, Barrett said the only tariff vote since the Supreme Court limited the president's tariffs was a vote weeks earlier to put tariffs on Russia and those helping its war in Ukraine, which he called an appropriate use of tariffs.

What the record shows · Sep 16, 2026

He voted for the September 2026 Russia sanctions law, which directs tariffs of up to 500% on Russian goods; whether it was the only House tariff vote since the court ruled was not checked.

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What the record shows · Sep 16, 2026

On September 16, 2026 he voted Yea when the House gave final approval to the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (H.R. 5334), 262 to 159 (Roll Call 308). It became Public Law 119-111. It directs the president to raise tariffs on Russian goods, up to 500 percent, and on goods from some countries that buy Russian oil or gas, up to 100 percent.

Limit: Whether it was the only tariff vote since the court's ruling was not checked.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jul 15, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
William LawrenceC00916809	$128,634	$316,008	$383,116	$10,000
Tom BarrettC00793976	$126,430	$211,887	$2,871,872	$2,809

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William Lawrence: Pre-Primary 2026, coverage Jul 1, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026, received Jul 23, 2026, file 2001728, image 202607239894458998.

Tom Barrett: Pre-Primary 2026, coverage Jul 1, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026, received Jul 22, 2026, file 2001320, image 202607229894417393.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Dec 15, 2015
Votes against data center tax breaks
In the Michigan House, Barrett voted Nay on Senate Bills 616 and 617, sales and use tax exemptions for data center equipment. Both passed 61 to 45.
Dec 7, 2021
Disabled veterans' deduction becomes law
Barrett's Senate Bill 25 became Public Act 120 of 2021.
Sep 10, 2025
Votes to repeal the Iraq war authorizations
Barrett voted Aye on an amendment repealing the 1991 and 2002 authorizations, which passed 261 to 167 with 49 Republican votes.
Dec 18, 2025
Defense act becomes law
Public Law 119-60 carries Barrett's helicopter safety reports as section 1066 and repeals the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations. He voted for it on December 10.
Feb 3, 2026
Funding act with Chandler Road project becomes law
Public Law 119-75 became law; its explanatory statement lists 2.5 million dollars for Chandler Road at Barrett's request.
Mar 5, 2026
Votes against an Iran war-powers resolution
Barrett voted Nay on H.Con.Res. 38, which failed 212 to 219. He voted Nay again on H.Con.Res. 40 on April 16; it failed 213 to 214.
May 21, 2026
House passes his veterans benefits bill
H.R. 6047 passed the House 235 to 179 and went to the Senate.
Jul 11, 2026
Housing act becomes law
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became Public Law 119-101. Barrett voted for it twice.
Jul 15, 2026
Latest common FEC report closes
Both major-party campaigns' pre-primary reports cover July 1 to 15, 2026.
Jul 22, 2026
House passes the stock trading ban
H.R. 7008 passed the House 232 to 198, with Barrett's Yea. A Senate attempt to take it up failed on September 30.
Sep 4, 2026
Official candidate listing
Michigan's official candidate listing, as of September 4, shows three candidates for the 7th District: William Lawrence (Democratic), Tom Barrett (Republican) and Shane Dedrick (Green). A Livingston County preview ballot prints them in the same order.
Sep 15, 2026
Fourth Yea on Iran war powers
Barrett voted Yea on H.Con.Res. 93, which passed 220 to 204, after Yea votes on H.Con.Res. 75, 86 and 89 from May to July.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: October 2026
Ballot source updated: Official candidate listing dated September 4, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field: Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 18, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

BallotIncluded
3 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.
Race outlookIncluded
1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 18, 2026.
Reported contextIncluded
1 dated development with original reporting attached.
Words and recordIncluded
22 statement-to-action comparisons across 3 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.
Campaign financeIncluded
FEC filing snapshots for 2 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.
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Sources131 source records

Snapshot as of Oct 18, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/michigan-us-house-07-2026

How we use sources

Michigan Department of State official candidate listinghttps://mi-boe.entellitrak.com/etk-mi-boe-prod/page.request.do?electionType=GEN&electionYear=2026&page=page.miboePublicReport
Official Candidate Listing, General Election, November 3, 2026
Michigan Department of State · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The state's listing for every state and federal office, headed official and stamped as of September 4, 2026. For the 7th District it lists William Lawrence (Democratic Party, filed October 28, 2025), Tom Barrett (Republican Party, April 20, 2026) and Shane Dedrick (Green Party, by convention, April 27, 2026). A fourth filer, Felix Thibodeau (Working Class Party), is marked DISQ. No federal incumbent is marked on the listing.
official election record
For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Candidate roles and profiles; William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; Shane Dedrick: background, goals, record and money; William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
WKARhttps://www.wkar.org/election-2026/2026-08-04/william-lawrence-wins-democratic-primary-for-michigans-7th-congressional-district
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
About Willhttps://wewill2026.com/about/
Friends of William Lawrence · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, in his own words. Undated.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded; William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won
William Lawrence for Congress, home pagehttps://wewill2026.com/
Friends of William Lawrence · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, the committee's filed website, "Paid for by Friends of William Lawrence". Four priorities and links to X (@wewill2026), Instagram (@wewill2026mi), Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; War powers and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Energy, climate and data centers; William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won; William Lawrence: Money: corporate PAC money
Tom Barrett, member record (B001321)https://www.congress.gov/member/tom-barrett/B001321
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Resolved from Congress.gov's listing of Michigan's members in the 119th Congress. One House term, 7th District, starting 2025; 53 sponsored and 215 cosponsored measures as of October 1, 2026.
official office record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money
Tom Barrett for Congress, home pagehttps://www.tombarrettforcongress.com/
Tom Barrett for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, the committee's filed website. A biography and links to X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube (@tombarrettmi7). It states no issue positions; his positions come from his House office.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
DEDRICK, SHANE, candidate H6MI07306https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6MI07306/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Candidate record: Green Party, House, Michigan 7th, 2026, with a Brighton address. No committee, no filings and no money raised as of October 1, 2026.
fec filing
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Shane Dedrick: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; War powers and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Veterans
Candidateshttps://migreenparty.org/candidates/
Green Party of Michigan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The party's candidate page links profiles for its other House nominees; none for Dedrick, and a site search for his name returned nothing, October 1, 2026.
endorsement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Housing costs; War powers and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Veterans
Platformhttps://wewill2026.com/platform/
Friends of William Lawrence · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, in his own words: nineteen sections. Undated. Its lines about his opponent are out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; Health care; War powers and foreign policy; Veterans; Energy, climate and data centers
Legislative Analysis, House Bill 5238 of 2023 (document)
House Fiscal Agency, Michigan House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
An eviction-records bill. Its Positions section lists "Rent is Too Damn High" among groups whose representatives testified in support on December 5, 2024. The bill passed the House on December 13, 2024 and was referred to a Senate committee, where the session ended. Found by searching the legislature's site for the coalition's name.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
FRIENDS OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE, receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00916809&two_year_transaction_period=2026&line_number=F3-11C
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B (none), 11C (30 rows, one ActBlue memo row not counted) and 12 (none), through July 15, 2026. Line 11C reconciles to the filed 39,843.74 dollars. No giver's FEC record types it as a corporation's PAC; National Nurses United's PAC is typed as a labor organization's. Michigan Action Political Fund (1,000 dollars) and Real Safety PAC (500 dollars) were reported with no FEC committee ID.
fec filing
For: William Lawrence: background, goals, record and money; William Lawrence: Money: corporate PAC money
Senate Resolution No. 180 of 2022, a resolution of tribute for the Honorable Tom Barretthttps://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/resolutionenrolled/Senate/htm/2022-SER-0180.htm
Michigan Senate · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Enrolled tribute resolution, adopted by the Senate November 29, 2022, as he left the Senate. It records 22 years of Army service, retiring in 2022 as a Chief Warrant Officer 2; service in the House for the 71st District from 2015 to 2018 and in the Senate from 2019; that he chaired the Appropriations subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs/State Police and was vice chair of the Families, Seniors and Veterans Committee. A tribute resolution is ceremonial; its praise is not a record.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Veterans; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
House Bill 5332 of 2016 (Public Act 199 of 2016)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2016-HB-5332
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Tom Barrett (District 71). Modifies the state's definition of veteran. Approved by the governor June 21, 2016.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
Senate Bill 25 of 2021 (Public Act 120 of 2021)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2021-SB-0025
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Tom Barrett (District 24). State income tax deduction for student loan forgiveness for disabled veterans. Approved December 7, 2021.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Committees and Caucuseshttps://barrett.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's list of his committees: Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, where he is chairman of the Technology Modernization subcommittee.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Veterans
Blueprint for a Better Americahttps://barrett.house.gov/reform
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's agenda page, in his own words, with six pillars and the bills under each. Undated; read October 1, 2026.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; Health care; War powers and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Tom Barrett: Health care: his insurance and HSA bills
Barrett Introduces Two More Bills to Reform Campaign Finance, Limit Fundraising and Out-of-State Spendinghttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-introduces-two-more-bills-reform-campaign-finance-limit-fundraising
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
Journal of the House, No. 101, December 15, 2015 (document)
Michigan House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Pages 2194 and 2195 print Roll Calls 487 and 488, on Senate Bills 616 and 617. Barrett is listed among the 45 Nays on both. Matched by name against the party roster in Journal No. 1 of 2015, the 61 Yeas on each were 32 Republicans and 29 Democrats, and the 45 Nays 28 Republicans and 17 Democrats.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Senate Bill 616 of 2015 (Public Act 251 of 2015)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2015-SB-0616
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sales tax exemption for certain data center equipment. Sponsor Senator Tonya Schuitmaker. Passed the House December 15, 2015 (Roll Call 487, 61 to 45); approved December 23, 2015.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
Senate Bill 617 of 2015 (Public Act 252 of 2015)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2015-SB-0617
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Use tax exemption for certain data center equipment. Passed the House December 15, 2015 (Roll Call 488, 61 to 45); approved December 23, 2015.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
Roll Call 320, S. 1071, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025320
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of December 10, 2025. Passed 312 to 112. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Public Law 119-60, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ60
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text, read through GovInfo's package API. Section 1066 carries H.R. 1898's two reports almost word for word (180 days instead of 90). Section 8370 repeals the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for force against Iraq. Approved December 18, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization; Tom Barrett: Aviation safety: his helicopter bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 244, H.R. 3838, Rep. Meeks's amendment No. 34 (H.Amdt. 99) repealing the 1991 and 2002 Iraq authorizations, on agreeing to the amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025244
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 10, 2025. Agreed to 261 to 167; Republicans voted 49 yes, 167 no. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 6047, Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6047
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced November 17, 2025. Passed the House May 21, 2026; referred to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee June 2, 2026. Section 5 of the House-passed text is the Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Act.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Veterans; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his benefits bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 191, H.R. 6047, Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026191
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 21, 2026. Passed 235 to 179. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: Veterans: his benefits bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 307, H.Con.Res. 93, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026307
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 15, 2026. Agreed to 220 to 204. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.Con.Res. 93, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/93
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Iran war-powers resolution sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton. Agreed to in the House September 15, 2026; referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee September 16.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
Roll Call 85, H.Con.Res. 38, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202685
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 5, 2026. Failed 212 to 219. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
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Roll Call 114, H.Con.Res. 40, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026114
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of April 16, 2026. Failed 213 to 214. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money; Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS, receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00793976&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B, 11C and 12 of the 2025-26 filings through July 15, 2026, each reconciled to the campaign's filed totals. Nine joint fundraising committees account for 1,924,018.86 dollars of line 12.
fec filing
For: Tom Barrett: background, goals, record and money
How an unknown candidate secured the Green Party nod in Michigan with minimal vettinghttps://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/dedrick-michigan-congressional-race-controversy/
WLNS 6 News (Brad LaPlante) · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Quotes Dedrick's answers to delegates at the party's April 25 convention, which match the party's recording. Its reporting on his past donations and work is not used.
original reporting
For: Shane Dedrick: background, goals, record and money; Housing costs; Health care; War powers and foreign policy; Money in politics and ethics; Veterans; Energy, climate and data centers
Nominating convention 2026 part 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6MEM0sz0zY
Green Party of Michigan · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The party's recording of its online nominating convention. The automatic captions have no speaker names, so quotes come from WLNS's report of the same remarks.
endorsement
For: Shane Dedrick: background, goals, record and money; Health care; Energy, climate and data centers
Barrett Votes For Third Time To Limit Operations In Iran Absent Authorization From Congresshttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-votes-third-time-limit-operations-iran-absent-authorization-congress
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: War powers and foreign policy; Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
Barrett Introduces Bills to Protect Local Communities From Data Center Overreachhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-introduces-bills-protect-local-communities-data-center-overreach
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Energy, climate and data centers; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
Barrett Hosts Energy Roundtable to Highlight Work to Expand Energy Production, Lower Costshttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-hosts-energy-roundtable-highlight-work-expand-energy-production-lower
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Energy, climate and data centers
Roll Call 170, H.Con.Res. 75, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026170
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 14, 2026. Failed 212 to 212. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 199, H.Con.Res. 86, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026199
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 3, 2026. Agreed to 215 to 208. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 282, H.Con.Res. 89, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 23, 2026. Agreed to 214 to 208. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.Con.Res. 38, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/38
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Iran war-powers resolution sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie. Failed in the House 212 to 219 on March 5, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
H.Con.Res. 40, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/40
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Iran war-powers resolution sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks. Failed in the House 213 to 214 on April 16, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
H.Con.Res. 86, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/86
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Iran war-powers resolution. Agreed to in the House June 3, 2026, and in the Senate June 23, 2026, 50 to 48.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
H.Con.Res. 89, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/89
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Iran war-powers resolution. Agreed to in the House July 23, 2026; failed in the Senate September 24, 2026, 49 to 50.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
H.J.Res. 176, 119th Congress, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iranhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/176
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced May 7, 2026; referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
Barrett Votes Again To Limit Operations In Iran Absent Authorization From Congresshttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-votes-again-limit-operations-iran-absent-authorization-congress
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jun 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: his Iran votes
Barrett: It's on Congress to prevent another endless American warhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-its-congress-prevent-another-endless-american-war
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization
H.Amdt. 99 to H.R. 3838, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/house-amendment/99
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Rep. Meeks's amendment No. 34, printed in Part A of House Report 119-255. Congress.gov describes it as inserting the text of H.R. 1488 and repealing the 2002 and 1991 authorizations for force against Iraq. Agreed to September 10, 2025 (Roll Call 244).
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 262, H.R. 3838, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025262
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 10, 2025. Passed 231 to 196. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization
S. 1071, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025. Congress.gov lists H.R. 1898 as a related bill.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: War powers: repealing the 2002 Iraq authorization; Tom Barrett: Aviation safety: his helicopter bill
Barrett Introduces Fifth Aviation Safety Bill in Response to 2025 Potomac River Crashhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-introduces-fifth-aviation-safety-bill-response-2025-potomac-river
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: Aviation safety: his helicopter bill
H.R. 1898, Military Helicopter Training Safety Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1898
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced March 6, 2025 with Rep. Kiggans; referred to Armed Services. The introduced text orders two feasibility reports, on collision avoidance systems and on ADS-B In, for military helicopters.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Aviation safety: his helicopter bill
Barrett Helps Pass Congressional Stock Trading Ban, Voter ID Requirementhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-helps-pass-congressional-stock-trading-ban-voter-id-requirement
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: Ethics: the congressional stock trading ban
H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil, introduced January 12, 2026; Barrett is an original cosponsor. Passed the House July 22, 2026; cloture on the motion to proceed failed in the Senate September 30, 2026, 53 to 47.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Ethics: the congressional stock trading ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 280, H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 22, 2026. Passed 232 to 198. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Ethics: the congressional stock trading ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Historic, Barrett-Backed Housing Package Becomes Lawhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/historic-barrett-backed-housing-package-becomes-law
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jul 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers
Roll Call 57, H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, on suspending the rules and passinghttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202657
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of February 9, 2026. Passed 390 to 9. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers
Roll Call 224, H.R. 6644, on suspending the rules and concurring in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 23, 2026. Agreed to 358 to 32; the final House vote. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6644
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers
Public Law 119-101, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ101
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text. Section 1001, "Homes are for people, not corporations", bars a large institutional investor (one controlling 350 or more single-family homes) from buying more, with listed exceptions.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 7186, American Family Housing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7186
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Mary Miller, introduced January 21, 2026. Barrett became a cosponsor on February 24, 2026, not an original cosponsor. Would bar investment companies and private funds with more than 100 billion dollars under management from buying single-family homes. Referred to Financial Services.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Housing: the ROAD to Housing Act and corporate buyers
H.R. 9726, CAP Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9726
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced July 16, 2026; referred to House Administration. The introduced text would bar a House campaign's principal committee from spending more in a year than the average Members' Representational Allowance used in the previous year.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
H.R. 9727, Outside Influence Prevention Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9727
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced July 16, 2026; referred to House Administration.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
H.J.Res. 191, constitutional amendment on campaign contributions and spendinghttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/191
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced June 3, 2026; referred to the Judiciary Committee.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
H.R. 8720, Campaign Finance Transparency Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8720
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil, introduced May 11, 2026; Barrett is a cosponsor. Reported by House Administration and placed on the Union Calendar (No. 651) on July 13, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS, filed reports, 2025-26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00793976/?tab=filings
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Total disbursements by report, the latest version of each, read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026: April Quarterly 2025 154,858.89 (file 1926739); July Quarterly 2025 354,400.75 (file 1986156); October Quarterly 2025 491,884.24 (file 1986157); Year-End 2025 609,267.89 (file 1986159); April Quarterly 2026 626,561.36 (file 2010168); July Quarterly 2026 1,008,495.21 (file 2010169); Pre-Primary 2026 211,887.21 (file 2001320). 2025 sums to 1,610,411.77 dollars; January 1 to July 15, 2026 sums to 1,846,943.78. Principal campaign committee only.
fec filing
For: Tom Barrett: Money in politics: capping campaign spending
Barrett Celebrates $2.5 Million Federal Investment Secured For Clinton County Road Projecthttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-celebrates-25-million-federal-investment-secured-clinton-county-road
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Jun 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County
Explanatory statement submitted by Mr. Cole regarding H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-01-22/CREC-2026-01-22-pt2-PgH1353-2
Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Congressional Record, January 22, 2026, pages H1353 to H1909. Its community project funding table lists, under HUD's Community Development Fund: Clinton County Road Commission, "Chandler Road--Coleman Road to Stoll Road", MI, 2,500,000 dollars, House requester Barrett, no Senate requester. The same table lists six other projects with Barrett as requester.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7148
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026. Division D is the Transportation-HUD act.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Roll Call 45, H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202645
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of January 22, 2026. Passed 341 to 88. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County
Roll Call 53, H.R. 7148, on agreeing to the Senate amendmentshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202653
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of February 3, 2026. Agreed to 217 to 214; the final House vote. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Earmarks: Chandler Road in Clinton County
House Approves Barrett Legislation to Deliver Historic Benefit Increase for Wounded Veteranshttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-approves-barrett-legislation-deliver-historic-benefit-increase-wounded
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published May 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His House office's release, in his own words where quoted.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: Veterans: his benefits bill
H.R. 7009, Home Affordability for Guard and Reserve Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7009
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced January 12, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Veterans: his benefits bill
House Bill 5725 of 2018 (Public Act 547 of 2018)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2018-HB-5725
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Tom Barrett (District 71). Names part of M-5 the Staff Sergeant Duane J. Dreasky Memorial Highway. Approved December 27, 2018.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
Senate Bill 125 of 2019 (Public Act 79 of 2020)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2019-SB-0125
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Tom Barrett (District 24). Unclaimed property of active-duty service members. Approved April 2, 2020.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
Senate Bill 1110 of 2020 (Public Act 351 of 2020)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2020-SB-1110
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Tom Barrett (District 24). Michigan veterans' facility authority. Approved December 30, 2020.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Veterans: his record in Lansing
Journal of the House, No. 1, January 14, 2015 (document)
Michigan House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Pages 2 to 4 print the certified list of representatives-elect for 2015-16, by district, with party: 63 Republicans and 47 Democrats. Barrett is listed for the 71st District as a Republican. Used to sort the 2015 data center votes by party.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
H.R. 10119, Protecting Local Control of Data Centers Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10119
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced August 20, 2026; referred to Energy and Commerce.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
H.R. 10118, No Data Center NDAs Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10118
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced August 20, 2026; referred to House Administration.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2015 tax break and local control
H.R. 7861, Care Over Profits Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7861
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Barrett, introduced March 9, 2026, with Rep. Josh Riley as the only cosponsor. Section 2 raises the medical loss ratio for individual and small-group coverage from 80 to 85 percent. Referred to Energy and Commerce; no action since.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: his insurance and HSA bills
H.R. 7681, HSA's For All Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7681
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Aaron Bean, introduced February 25, 2026; Barrett is an original cosponsor. Replaces the high-deductible plan requirement for HSAs with any exchange plan or group health plan. Referred to Ways and Means; no action since.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: his insurance and HSA bills
H.R. 1834, Breaking the Gridlock Act (enhanced premium tax credit extension)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1834
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The House-passed text has one section, extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credit through 2028. Passed the House January 8, 2026, 230 to 196; placed on the Senate calendar February 10, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: his insurance and HSA bills
Roll Call 11, H.R. 1834, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of January 8, 2026. Passed 230 to 196; Republicans 17 yes, 196 no. Barrett's vote read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: his insurance and HSA bills
Senate Bill 205 of 2023 (Public Act 178 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0205
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Housing discrimination based on source of income; prohibit. Approved December 30, 2024.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Senate Bill 206 of 2023 (Public Act 179 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0206
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Part of the source-of-income package. Approved December 30, 2024.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Senate Bill 207 of 2023 (Public Act 180 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0207
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Part of the source-of-income package. Approved December 30, 2024.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
House Bill 4062 of 2023 (Public Act 199 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4062
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Part of the source-of-income package. Approved January 16, 2025.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
House Bill 4063 of 2023 (Public Act 200 of 2024)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4063
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Part of the source-of-income package. Approved January 16, 2025.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Legislative Analysis, Senate Bills 205, 206 and 207 and House Bills 4062 and 4063 of 2023, as reported from House Judiciary (document)
House Fiscal Agency, Michigan House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The source-of-income bills, complete to June 26, 2024. Its Positions section lists 3 groups that testified in support on April 17, 2024 and 37 more that indicated support, with the neutral and opposed groups. The coalition is not among them. The desk also read the eight other analyses linked from the bill pages (House and Senate Fiscal Agency); none names it.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
House Bill 5238 of 2023https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-5238
Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Eviction records. Passed the House December 13, 2024, 56 to 0; referred to the Senate Committee on Government Operations December 18, 2024, its last action.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Committee Meeting Minutes, May 16, 2023 (document)
Michigan Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services · Published May 16, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The hearing on Senate Bills 205, 206 and 207: who testified and who turned in cards. Neither Lawrence nor the coalition is listed, and the files posted for this meeting and June 13 do not name them either.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Committee Meeting Minutes, June 13, 2023 (document)
Michigan Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services · Published Jun 13, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The committee's vote reporting Senate Bills 205-207. Its list of cards turned in does not name Lawrence or the coalition.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Housing: the renters' coalition he founded
Two years and $26 billion: Biden-Harris Administration's Inflation Reduction Act supercharges Michigan's clean energy futurehttps://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/mi-environment/2024/08/16/biden-harris-administrations-inflation-reduction-act-supercharges-michigans-clean-energy-future
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy · Published Aug 16, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
State newsroom article. It counts more than 26 billion dollars in new investments from projects funded under the Inflation Reduction Act, statewide.
official office record
For: William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won
H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169)https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Became law August 16, 2022.
official legislative record
For: William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won
We Proudly Endorse Will Lawrencehttps://www.sunrisemovement.org/endorsement/we-proudly-endorse-will-lawrence/
Sunrise Movement · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Sunrise's 2026 endorsement. It calls him an original cofounder who helped put the Green New Deal on the national stage.
endorsement
For: William Lawrence: Jobs: the 26 billion dollars he says he won
FRIENDS OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Pre-Primary 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Principal campaign committee only, covering July 1 to July 15, 2026, received July 23, 2026; not amended. Same period as his opponent's. Committee C00916809; Pre-Primary 2026; coverage 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-15; received 2026-07-23; file 2001728; image 202607239894458998.
fec filing
For: William Lawrence: Money: corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on FISA surveillance, 13:59https://www.pbs.org/video/decision-2026-michigans-7th-congressional-district-debate-paftzd/
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
13:51-14:11 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
Decision 2026: Michigan's 7th Congressional District Debate
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
WKAR's video of the October 6 debate, made with WILX News 10 and FOX 47. Its English caption file is the transcript used for every statement and time from this debate. Only one English transcript was read, so statements are described, not quoted.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on the Flock camera bill, 14:29
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
14:29-14:36 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on his AI bills, 42:44
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
42:44-43:01, 45:04-45:17 and 46:13-46:17 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on drug pricing, 11:28
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
11:28-11:42, and his closing at 57:05-57:11 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on the working families tax cut, 6:15
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
6:15-6:28 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on data centers and the tax law, 24:59
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
24:59-25:04 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on the Medicaid changes, 12:27
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
12:27-12:46 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6: Barrett on the Russia tariff vote, 20:44
WKAR Public Media · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
20:36-21:03 in WKAR's PBS video. From WKAR's own English caption file for its PBS video. It is the only English transcript read, so the card describes and does not quote.
candidate statement
WKAR MI-07 debate, October 6 (PBS video)
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes; Tom Barrett: Privacy: the Flock camera bill; Tom Barrett: AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills; Tom Barrett: Health care: his drug pricing bill; Tom Barrett: Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording; Tom Barrett: Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes; Tom Barrett: Trade: the Russia tariff vote; Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Roll Call 142, S. 1318, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026142
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of April 29, 2026 on the House's three-year renewal of FISA title VII, written into S. 1318. Passed 235 to 191; Republicans 192 yes, 22 no. Barrett's Nay read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID, B001321.
official legislative record
House Roll Call 142, April 29, 2026, FISA renewal
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes; Eight Barrett debate claims checked
S. 1318, House amendment: Foreign Intelligence Accountability Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1318
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
On April 29, 2026 the House replaced this Senate bill's text with a renewal of FISA title VII to April 30, 2029, adding reviews of FBI searches and attorney approval for searches using an American's identifier, plus, as title II, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. The Senate voted 47 to 52 against taking it up on June 5. Text read at GovInfo (BILLS-119s1318eah).
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
Roll Call 155, S. 4465, on motion to suspend the rules and passhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026155
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of April 30, 2026. Passed 261 to 111. Barrett voted Yea.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
S. 4465, FISA title VII extensionhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4465
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Moves the end date of FISA title VII from April 30 to June 12, 2026. Passed the Senate by voice vote and the House 261 to 111 on April 30; Public Law 119-87.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
Roll Call 221, H.R. 9238, on motion to suspend the rules and passhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026221
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of June 11, 2026. Failed 198 to 218; two-thirds were needed. Barrett voted Yea.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
H.R. 9238, FISA title VII extensionhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9238
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Would have moved the end date of FISA title VII from June 12 to July 2, 2026. Failed under suspension of the rules on June 11.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
Roll Call 124, H.Res. 1175, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026124
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of April 17, 2026 on the rule to bring up H.R. 8035. Failed 197 to 228. Barrett voted Aye.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
H.R. 8035, FISA title VII extensionhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8035
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Rep. Rick Crawford's bill to extend FISA title VII through October 20, 2027, introduced March 24, 2026. The rule to bring it up failed on April 17.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: his FISA surveillance votes
H.R. 9800, Protection Against Mass Surveillance Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9800
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Tim Burchett, introduced July 21, 2026; referred to Oversight and Government Reform, its latest action. Barrett joined as a cosponsor September 1, 2026. The text names Flock Safety cameras and bars state and local use of federal funds for such systems.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Privacy: the Flock camera bill
H.R. 10768, Office of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Threatshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10768
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Tom Barrett, introduced October 9, 2026; referred to Energy and Commerce, its latest action. Read from GovInfo's bill status file; the bill text was not yet posted.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills
Barrett Introduces Legislation to Address Growing Threats from Artificial Intelligence, Other Emerging Technologyhttps://barrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/barrett-introduces-legislation-address-growing-threats-artificial-intelligence
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Oct 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
His House office's release of October 9, 2026, saying he formally introduced the Artificial Intelligence Governance and Emerging Threats Act that day. It gives no bill number.
candidate statement
For: Tom Barrett: AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills
H.R. 9729, Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9729
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Don Beyer, introduced July 16, 2026 with Barrett, Sara Jacobs and Valerie Foushee as original cosponsors; referred to Armed Services, its latest action.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills
Barrett letter to Secretary Rubio and Ambassador Waltz on AI (document)
Office of Congressman Tom Barrett · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Dated September 29, 2026. Asks for regular talks with other countries on AI that include ideas for an international AI treaty. sha256 2354e22f7db84ca324603c1cd96c94906b7f89d61524c787c79994153f97e726.
official office record
For: Tom Barrett: AI: his weapons and Cabinet office bills
H.R. 3493, Global Fairness in Drug Pricing Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3493
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced May 19, 2025; referred to Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Judiciary, its latest action. Barrett joined as a cosponsor February 24, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: his drug pricing bill
Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, House passage of H.R. 1. Barrett voted Yea.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording; Tom Barrett: Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes
Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on motion to concur in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, the final House vote on H.R. 1. Barrett voted Aye.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording; Tom Barrett: Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes
H.R. 1 (2025), the reconciliation tax and spending billhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Jodey Arrington. Became Public Law 119-21. Barrett calls its tax part the working families tax cut.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors
Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
The enacted text, read in full. Sections 70201 and 70202 create the tip and overtime deductions, which end after 2028; a temporary $6,000 deduction applies for people 65 and older. Section 70301 makes full expensing permanent. The Medicaid title limits federal payment by immigration status from October 1, 2026, caps the federal share of emergency care for people without lawful status (section 71110), requires six-month eligibility checks for expansion adults (section 71107) and sets a monthly rule of 80 hours of work, service or a work program, or half-time school. The words "data center" appear nowhere in it.
official legislative record
Public Law 119-21
For: Tom Barrett: Taxes: tips, overtime and seniors; Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording; Tom Barrett: Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes; Eight Barrett debate claims checked
H.R. 1 as passed by the House, May 22, 2025https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1eh/html/BILLS-119hr1eh.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
The House-passed text. Its opportunity zone section heads a rural rule 'including for data centers'.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Data centers: the 2025 tax law's wording
42 U.S.C. 1396b(v), 2024 edition of the U.S. Codehttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title42/html/USCODE-2024-title42-chap7-subchapXIX-sec1396b.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
The law before the 2025 changes: federal Medicaid pays for immigrants who are not lawful permanent residents or otherwise permanently residing under color of law only for emergency care, with narrow exceptions.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Health care: the 2025 Medicaid changes
Roll Call 308, H.R. 5334, on motion to concur in the Senate amendmentshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026308
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Recorded vote of September 16, 2026, the final House vote on the Russia sanctions bill. Passed 262 to 159. Barrett voted Yea.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Trade: the Russia tariff vote
H.R. 5334, Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5334
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Became Public Law 119-111 after the House agreed to the Senate's amendments on September 16, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Trade: the Russia tariff vote
Public Law 119-111, Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ111/html/PLAW-119publ111.htm
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Section 112 directs the president to raise duties on all Russian goods to up to 500 percent. Section 113 directs duties of up to 100 percent on goods from certain countries that buy Russian oil or gas or help evade sanctions.
official legislative record
For: Tom Barrett: Trade: the Russia tariff vote
TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS, Pre-Primary 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Principal campaign committee only, covering July 1 to July 15, 2026, received July 22, 2026; not amended. A 15-day report: read on October 1, 2026 as the latest period both campaigns have filed. The October quarterly is due October 15. Committee C00793976; Pre-Primary 2026; coverage 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-15; received 2026-07-22; file 2001320; image 202607229894417393.
fec filing
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
Preview Ballot, Marion Township Precinct 4, General Election, November 3, 2026 (document)
Livingston County, Michigan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
A county preview ballot generated September 8, 2026. It prints the 7th District race in this order: William Lawrence, Democrat; Tom Barrett, Republican; Shane Dedrick, Green. One precinct's ballot, used to confirm the printed order and names.
official election record
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Our claim page: Barrett's FISA surveillance voteshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-fisa-surveillance-vote
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: Barrett and the Flock camera billhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-flock-cameras-bill
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: Barrett's AI billshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-ai-bills
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: Barrett's drug pricing billhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-drug-pricing-bill
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: tips, overtime and seniorshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-working-families-tax-law
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: data centers and the 2025 tax lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-tax-law-data-centers
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: the 2025 Medicaid changeshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-medicaid-changes
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: Barrett's Russia tariff votehttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/barrett-russia-tariff-vote
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked
Our claim page: Lawrence and corporate PAC moneyhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/michigan-us-house-07-2026/lawrence-corporate-money
For: Eight Barrett debate claims checked

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