Gary Walkowicz

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Gary Walkowicz

Working Class Party

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November 5, 2024

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Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 12th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated James Hooper, Gary Walkowicz, and Brenda Sanders in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	69.7	253,354
		James Hooper (R)	25.4	92,490
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.6	9,401
		Brenda Sanders (G)	2.3	8,254

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,499
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	99.9	84,138
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	108

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,246
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Royce Kinniebrew (D)
• Ryan Foster (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

James Hooper defeated Linda Sawyer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Hooper	60.5	12,001
		Linda Sawyer	39.5	7,828

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,829
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hassan Nehme (R)
• Steven Elliott (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Brenda Sanders advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Brenda Sanders (G)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Steven Elliott and Gary Walkowicz in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	70.8	196,643
		Steven Elliott (R)	26.3	72,888
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.9	8,046

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 277,577
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Janice Winfrey, Kelly Garrett, and Shanelle Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	63.8	61,635
		Janice Winfrey	22.4	21,636
		Kelly Garrett	8.6	8,334
		Shanelle Jackson	5.1	4,927

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,532
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Phil Cavanagh (D)
• Michelle Wooddell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Steven Elliott defeated James Hooper and Hassan Nehme in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Elliott	52.9	14,431
		James Hooper	35.4	9,651
		Hassan Nehme	11.7	3,196

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,278
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Linda Sawyer (R)

Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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2020

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2020

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Debbie Dingell defeated Jeff Jones and Gary Walkowicz in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Dingell (D)	66.4	254,957
		Jeff Jones (R)	30.7	117,719
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.9	11,147

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 383,823
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Debbie Dingell defeated Solomon Rajput in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Dingell	80.9	103,953
		Solomon Rajput	19.1	24,497

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 128,450
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anthony Carbonaro (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Jeff Jones advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Jones	100.0	34,718

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,718
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on July 26, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Debbie Dingell defeated Jeff Jones, Gary Walkowicz, and Niles Niemuth in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Dingell (D)	68.1	200,588
		Jeff Jones (R)	28.9	85,115
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.3	6,712
		Niles Niemuth (Independent)	0.8	2,213

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,628
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Young (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Debbie Dingell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Dingell	100.0	103,278

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,278
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Jeff Jones advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Jones	100.0	33,839

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,839
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2016

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Debbie Dingell (D) defeated Jeff Jones (R), Tom Bagwell (L), Dylan Calewarts (G), and Gary Walkowicz (Working Class) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Michigan District 12 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Debbie Dingell Incumbent	64.3%	211,378
	Republican	Jeff Jones	29.3%	96,104
	Working Class	Gary Walkowicz	2.8%	9,183
	Libertarian	Tom Bagwell	2.3%	7,489
	Green	Dylan Calewarts	1.3%	4,377
	N/A	Write-in	0%	11
Total Votes				328,542
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

2014

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District elections, 2014

Walkowicz ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 12th District. He was defeated by Debbie Dingell (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Michigan District 12 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Debbie Dingell	65%	134,346
	Republican	Terry Bowman	31.3%	64,716
	Libertarian	Bhagwan Dashairya	1.2%	2,559
	Independent	Gary Walkowicz	2.4%	5,039
Total Votes				206,660
Source: Michigan Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Gary Walkowicz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Gary Walkowicz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Gary Walkowicz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)