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Jessica Swartz

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Jessica Swartz
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Candidate, U.S. House Michigan District 4

Elections and appointments
Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Michigan State University

Law

American University Washington College of Law

Contact

Jessica Swartz (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 4th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Jessica Swartz earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a law degree from American University Washington College of Law. Her career experience involves working as an appellate attorney for the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a Deputy General Counsel at Western Michigan University. Swartz's is involved with the organization Voters Not Politicians.[1]

Elections

2026

See also: Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 4

Incumbent Bill Huizenga, Richard Aaron, Diop Harris, Sean McCann, and Jessica Swartz are running in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on November 3, 2026.


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2024

See also: Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Michigan's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 4

Incumbent Bill Huizenga defeated Jessica Swartz and Curtis Clark in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Huizenga
Bill Huizenga (R)
 
55.1
 
234,489
Image of Jessica Swartz
Jessica Swartz (D)
 
43.4
 
184,641
Image of Curtis Clark
Curtis Clark (U.S. Taxpayers Party)
 
1.6
 
6,687

Total votes: 425,817
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4

Jessica Swartz advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica Swartz
Jessica Swartz
 
100.0
 
49,169

Total votes: 49,169
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4

Incumbent Bill Huizenga defeated Brendan Muir in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Huizenga
Bill Huizenga
 
73.4
 
67,749
Image of Brendan Muir
Brendan Muir Candidate Connection
 
26.6
 
24,580

Total votes: 92,329
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4

Curtis Clark advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 4 on July 27, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Curtis Clark
Curtis Clark (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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Endorsements

Swartz received the following endorsements.

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Swartz’s campaign website stated the following:

I also believe we can deliver on common sense ideas that the majority of Americans agree on. Issues like:

  • Growing our economy
  • Cutting costs for working families
  • Protecting our Great Lakes
  • Defending Medicare and Social Security from budget cuts
  • Increasing access to broadband internet
  • Making healthcare affordable
  • Defending our democracy
  • Protecting abortion rights
  • Passing common sense gun control
  • Making sure millionaires, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share [2]
—Jessica Swartz’s campaign website (2024)[3]


Campaign finance summary


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Jessica Swartz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Michigan District 4Candidacy Declared general$183,731 $75,315
2024* U.S. House Michigan District 4Lost general$1,166,577 $1,051,050
Grand total$1,350,308 $1,126,365
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Jessica Swartz for Congress, "Meet Jessica," accessed July 24, 2024
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. 'Jessica Swartz’s campaign website, “Why I'm Running,” accessed July 24, 2024


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