Michigan U.S. House District 1 Candidates
Michigan U.S. House District 1 Candidates
Two Democrats and two Republicans are vying for their party's spot in the Nov. 5 General Election to represent Michigan's 1st District in the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Peninsula in the U.S. Congress.
Callie Barr, Democrat
A native Michigander, Barr is a lawyer who came to public service after caring for her husband, an Iraq War veteran, and began working to help other military families. She lives in Traverse City and works to connect veterans with free legal services. She is campaigning to bring more and better jobs to northern Michigan, make rural broadband more accessible and enact background checks and safe storage laws while supporting the right to gun ownership.
Read more about Barr here: https://callieforcongress.com/
Bob Lorinser, Democrat
A Marquette doctor, Lorinser was the Democratic nominee who lost to Bergman 60%-37% two years ago, an unsurprising result in a district that has grown increasingly more Republican-leaning in recent elections. The medical director for the Marquette County Health Department, Lorinser supports a single government-financed health insurance program for all Americans and wants to improve health care services for veterans. A Second Amendment supporter, he also backs safe storage and background checks.
Read more about Lorinser here: https://www.votedrbob.com/
Jack Bergman, Republican
Bergman, who was born in Minnesota but lived around the country before moving to Watersmeet on the western U.P., shocked Michigan politics eight years ago by winning the Republican nomination to the 1st District seat as then-U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek was stepping down. A Marine and commercial airline pilot who rose to the rank of lieutenant general, Bergman is a staunch conservative supporting lower taxes and regulatory reform who serves on the Armed Services and Veterans Affairs committees and makes veterans’ issues a priority. He also voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election for President Joe Biden.
Read more about Begman here: https://www.bergmanforcongress.com/
Josh Saul, Republican
An Army infantryman who was severely wounded in Afghanistan more than a decade ago, Saul, who lives in Roscommon, is a certified public accountant working for Munson Healthcare. He says he wants to “go to war with the administrative state” to bring accountability to governmental officials and is demanding strict spending limits on Congress, including requiring a balanced budget.Read more about Saul here: https://www.joshsaulforcongress.com/
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan U.S. House District 1 Candidates
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