Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

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Michigan's 5th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 23, 2024
	Primary: August 6, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Michigan
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican; Inside Elections: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
	Michigan's 5th Congressional District; U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th; Michigan elections, 2024; U.S. Congress elections, 2024; U.S. Senate elections, 2024; U.S. House elections, 2024; Alabama U.S. House racesAlaska U.S. House racesArizona U.S. House racesArkansas U.S. House racesCalifornia U.S. House racesColorado U.S. House racesConnecticut U.S. House racesDelaware U.S. House racesFlorida U.S. House racesGeorgia U.S. House racesHawaii U.S. House racesIdaho U.S. House racesIllinois U.S. House racesIndiana U.S. House racesIowa U.S. House racesKansas U.S. House racesKentucky U.S. House racesLouisiana U.S. House racesMaine U.S. House racesMaryland U.S. House racesMassachusetts U.S. House racesMichigan U.S. House racesMinnesota U.S. House racesMississippi U.S. House racesMissouri U.S. House racesMontana U.S. House racesNebraska U.S. House racesNevada U.S. House racesNew Hampshire U.S. House racesNew Jersey U.S. House racesNew Mexico U.S. House racesNew York U.S. House racesNorth Carolina U.S. House racesNorth Dakota U.S. House racesOhio U.S. House racesOklahoma U.S. House racesOregon U.S. House racesPennsylvania U.S. House racesRhode Island U.S. House racesSouth Carolina U.S. House racesSouth Dakota U.S. House racesTennessee U.S. House racesTexas U.S. House racesUtah U.S. House racesVermont U.S. House racesVirginia U.S. House racesWashington U.S. House racesWest Virginia U.S. House racesWisconsin U.S. House racesWyoming U.S. House racesSubmit

Michigan 2024 elections

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All U.S. House districts, including the 5th Congressional District of Michigan, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 6, 2024. The filing deadline was April 23, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.^[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.^[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 62.4%-35.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 61.2%-37.1%.^[3]

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 5

Incumbent Tim Walberg defeated Libbi Urban and James Bronke in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walberg (R)	65.7	269,215
	Libbi Urban (D)	32.8	134,282
	James Bronke (G)	1.6	6,379

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 409,876
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5

Libbi Urban advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Libbi Urban	100.0	36,087

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,087
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5

Incumbent Tim Walberg advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Walberg	100.0	81,651

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,651
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Bryan Trouten (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5

James Bronke advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on June 15, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		James Bronke (G)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2
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Candidate profiles

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Libbi Urban

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I’m Libbi Urban, a farm-raised small-town girl who’s been a resident of Southern Michigan for years. As I travel our district, I’ve learned voters in all 10 counties want the same things. •Lower food, gas, and housing prices •Personal healthcare freedoms and affordability…for all people to find the care they need. •Protecting Social Security and Medicare from cuts and privatization. As a United Steelworker and the only woman on our Local negotiating committee, I know how to get things done: like better pay, healthcare, and pensions. I helped do it for over 100,000 steelworkers, their families, and retirees and I want to do it for every one of you."

Key Messages

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High price of food, gas, and housing. We need to cut high prices and rein in corporate greed and price-gouging. [Aug saw the first drop in food prices, with interest rates expected to be lowered in Sept, helping home buyers. But more is needed.] Support and grow the middle class so a full time worker isn’t living paycheck to paycheck, but has a little something left over. It’s good for families and it’s good for the local economy. Make the big corporations and wealthiest individuals pay their fair share, like the rest of us. We need to raise the federal minimum wage to a livable wage. Who can raise family on minimum wage?

Healthcare Freedoms. People need the freedom to make their own decisions about how they want to start or grow a family, and women the healthcare they need. Everyone should have the healthcare they need without going into debt, Harris/Biden capped insulin at $35 and dropped 10 other drug costs for seniors. This should be extended to everyone. I support everyone’s freedom to make their own personal private health decisions.

Protect Social Security and Medicare. We can’t backtrack on that promise. Or gamble it away. This is not an optional entitlement, but a right we’ve paid into our entire working life, and the government promised we could count on when we need it most. We need to protect it. These programs must not be privatized or gambled away in the stock market. That's like going to the casino. When the wealthiest and corporations and the wealthiest pay their fair share of taxes, Social Security and Medicare can remain solvent.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Michigan District 5 in 2024.

James Bronke

Party: Green Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "A member of Congress has wide and varied responsibilities. They vary from something as routine as approving funding for schools in their state to approval of war against another nation. We face an incredible challenge with the looming crisis of climate change. Congressional members need to be well informed about this and many are not including the incumbent for my position. Climate change will soon have a more dramatic effect on our farmers as their crops will their yield on their affected. Members of Congress also supervise the Food and Drug Administration of which I am long familiar with their drawbacks. The FDA makes our health community profit oriented and not solution oriented and I will be informing people of solutions that should be more thoroughly examined. As an engineer who was tasked with fixing electronics systems I now feel it is my duty to fix what ails the United States of America."

Key Messages

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Smart answers to tough problems

A Plan for Change

Our Constitution is our guide

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Michigan District 5 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Michigan

Election information in Michigan: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 21, 2024
Online: Oct. 21, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
By mail: Received by Nov. 1, 2024
Online: Nov. 1, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 26, 2024 to Nov. 3, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST/CST)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Tim Walberg	Republican Party	$1,597,811	$1,751,815	$909,452	As of December 31, 2024
Libbi Urban	Democratic Party	$123,983	$118,562	$5,421	As of December 31, 2024
James Bronke	Green Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Race ratings: Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Michigan	U.S. House	Democratic or Republican	1,000-2,000	N/A	4/23/2024	Source
Michigan	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	3,000-6,000	N/A	7/18/2024	Source

Michigan U.S. Senate competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	1	1	1	6	2	1	1	100.0%	0	N/A
2020	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0.0%	0	N/A
2018	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	50.0%	0	N/A
2014	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0.0%	0	N/A

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
39.4	57.5	R+18.1

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Michigan
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	6	8
Republican	0	7	7
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	13	15

State executive officials in Michigan, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Gretchen Whitmer
Lieutenant Governor	Garlin Gilchrist II
Secretary of State	Jocelyn Benson
Attorney General	Dana Nessel

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	20
	Republican Party	18
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		38

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D
House	D	S	S	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 317,257
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		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Walberg (R)	62.4	198,020
		Bart Goldberg (D)	35.0	110,946
	Submit photo	Norman Peterson (L)	1.6	5,129
		Ezra Scott (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.0	3,162

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walberg	67.1	67,582
	Sherry O'Donnell	32.7	32,886
	Elizabeth Ferszt (Write-in)	0.1	66
	Bryan Trouten (Write-in)	0.0	31
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	97

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Norman Peterson (L)

		Candidate
✔		Ezra Scott (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,971
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,662
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Kildee (D)	54.5	196,599
	Tim Kelly (R)	41.8	150,772
	Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party)	2.3	8,180
	James Harris (L)	1.5	5,481

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361,032
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,288
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		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Kelly	79.3	37,545
	Submit photo	Earl Lackie	20.7	9,822

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,367
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,413
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,996
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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,405
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Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024