Louis Palus

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Louis Palus

Working Class Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Louis Palus (Working Class Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Incumbent Hillary Scholten defeated Paul Hudson, Louis Palus, and Alexander Avery in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hillary Scholten (D)	53.7	225,510
		Paul Hudson (R)	43.8	183,952
		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)	1.3	5,546
		Alexander Avery (L)	1.3	5,281

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 420,289
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Incumbent Hillary Scholten defeated Salim Al-Shatel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hillary Scholten	90.6	64,546
		Salim Al-Shatel	9.4	6,665

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,211
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Paul Hudson defeated Michael Markey Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Hudson	54.7	39,410
		Michael Markey Jr.	45.3	32,678

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,088
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• J. Allen Fiorletta (R)
• Jason Ickes (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Alexander Avery advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on July 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Alexander Avery (L)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Louis Palus advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on June 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Palus in this election.

2022

See also: Michigan's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Hillary Scholten defeated John Gibbs, Jamie Lewis, and Louis Palus in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hillary Scholten (D)	54.9	185,989
		John Gibbs (R)	42.0	142,229
		Jamie Lewis (L)	2.0	6,634
		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)	1.2	4,136

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 338,988
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Hillary Scholten advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hillary Scholten	100.0	59,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,661
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3

John Gibbs defeated incumbent Peter Meijer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Gibbs	51.8	54,136
		Peter Meijer	48.2	50,440

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,576
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Audra Lemons-Johnson (R)
• Gabriella Manolache (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Jamie Lewis advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Jamie Lewis (L)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3

Louis Palus advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 3 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)

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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 75

Incumbent David LaGrand defeated James McKeiver, Louis Palus, and Marco Bulnes in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 75 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David LaGrand (D)	74.6	30,423
	Submit photo	James McKeiver (R)	20.4	8,315
		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)	3.0	1,234
	Submit photo	Marco Bulnes (G)	2.0	798

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,770
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 75

Incumbent David LaGrand advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 75 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David LaGrand	100.0	10,667

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,667
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 75

James McKeiver advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 75 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James McKeiver	100.0	2,521

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,521
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Green convention

Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 75

Marco Bulnes advanced from the Green convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 75 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Marco Bulnes (G)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 75

Louis Palus advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 75 on July 26, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)

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2018

See also: Michigan State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Michigan State Senate District 29

Winnie Brinks defeated Chris Afendoulis, Robert VanNoller, and Louis Palus in the general election for Michigan State Senate District 29 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Winnie Brinks (D)	56.9	70,715
		Chris Afendoulis (R)	40.4	50,225
	Submit photo	Robert VanNoller (L)	1.5	1,840
		Louis Palus (Working Class Party)	1.2	1,445

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 124,225 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 29

Winnie Brinks advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan State Senate District 29 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Winnie Brinks	100.0	32,882

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,882
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 29

Chris Afendoulis defeated Daniel Oesch in the Republican primary for Michigan State Senate District 29 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Afendoulis	81.3	19,374
	Submit photo	Daniel Oesch	18.7	4,445

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,819
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 29

Robert VanNoller advanced from the Libertarian primary for Michigan State Senate District 29 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert VanNoller	100.0	172

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 172
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Louis Palus did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Louis Palus did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Louis Palus campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Michigan District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2018	Michigan State Senate District 29	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)