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Michigan's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

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Filing deadline: April 23, 2024
Primary: August 6, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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A Democratic Party primary took place on August 6, 2024, in Michigan's 7th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Curtis Hertel advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 7.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 51.7%-46.3%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 49.4%-48.9%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 23, 2024
August 6, 2024
November 5, 2024


A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Michigan utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[3][4]

This page focuses on Michigan's 7th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 7

Curtis Hertel advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 7 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Curtis Hertel
 
100.0
 
72,083

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,083
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Curtis Hertel

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

  • Michigan State Senate- District 23 (2015-2023)
  • Ingham County Register of Deeds (2008-2014)
  • Ingham County Board of Commissioners (2001-2008)

Biography:  Hertel earned a bachelor's degree in social relations from James Madison College in 2000. Before serving in elected office, Hertel worked as a policy analyst for the Michigan Department of Community Health and as a legislative liaison.


Key Messages

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Hertel said he wanted to make Michigan more affordable and said, "We're going to make lowering the cost of being a Michigander, of succeeding and raising a family, a major part of this campaign.”

Hertel promoted his record as bipartisan and said he worked "with a lot of Republicans in order to do big things like bringing jobs here to Lansing."

Hertel supported keeping abortion legal and his website said he would "protect a woman’s right to abortion, and stand up to anyone who tries to limit the health care women can access."

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Sources: Michigan Advance, "Hertel hits on partisan divisions, floats middle class tax cut at campaign event in Okemos," March 11, 2024; Lansing State Journal, "Hertel, Barrett announce campaigns in closely watched congressional race," July 10, 2023; Curtis Hertel 2024 campaign website, "Reproductive Rights," accessed August 22, 2024; Michigan Legislative Biography, "Legislator details," accessed August 22, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Michigan District 7 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Michigan

Election information in Michigan: Aug. 6, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by July 22, 2024
  • Online: July 22, 2024

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

N/A

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

  • In-person: Aug. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 2, 2024
  • Online: Aug. 2, 2024

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

  • In-person: Aug. 6, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 6, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

July 27, 2024 to Aug. 4, 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)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Curtis Hertel Democratic Party $7,656,060 $7,652,532 $3,638 As of December 31, 2024

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.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Michigan in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Michigan, click here.

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

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  4. ↑ Michigan.gov, "Questions and Answers: Michigan’s Presidential Primary," accessed October 7, 2024


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