Democrats Run Away With Q3 Fundraising, Except In MI-10

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 10/15/2025) Michigan Democrats running for federal office have done significantly better in fundraising than Republicans over the last three months with a combined more than $11.6 million raised compared to nearly $4.7 million, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed Wednesday. 

The MIRS Congressional third quarter spreadsheet shows the race to fill the Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Oakland County) being where most of the money is being raised. U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) raised the most with more than $1.9 million in July, August and September, followed closely by Abdul El-Sayed with nearly $1.8 million and state Rep. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) at $1.7 million. 

Mike Rogers and a related political action committee called Team Rogers raised more than $1 million between them. Genevieve Peters Scott, who had a strong straw poll showing at a congressional district meeting, raised $35,544. She also had $35,038 in campaign debt. 

Rogers and Team Rogers had more than $2.73 million in cash on hand while Stevens reported more than $2.1 million. El-Sayed has around $1.8 million in the bank. McMorrow has $1.453 million. 

The spending was playing out the same way, with Team Rogers plunking nearly $1.5 million on the campaign. Stevens was next with more than $1.24 million. McMorrow has spent nearly $1.1 million, and El-Sayed more than $1 million.  Peters Scott had spent most of what she raised with $30,636. 

There was one race that the Republicans were running away with the funding on, with Robert Lulgjuraj making nearly $655,000 for the quarter in the race for MI-10, which was more than the four Democrats running for the seat combined. Eric Chung led the Dems with more than $265,000, Tim Greimel raised nearly $206,000 and Christina Hines got more than $174,000. Brian Jaye was able to get nearly $500. 

U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) was the top third quarter fundraiser for the Republicans with more than $824,000. While he was leading the 7th Congressional District, the Democrats' funding was split between four candidates, with Matt Maasdam raising more than $618,000 and Bridget Brink raising more than $611,000.  

William Lawrence hit nearly $223,000. Josh Cowen, while he has dropped out, made more than $209,000 during the first three months in the race. 

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) was the top non-Senate Democrat with more than $860,000 and having nearly $2 million on hand. She was well above Republican challenger Amir Hassan, who made nearly $123,000 and ended up with more than $110,000 on hand to start his campaign. 

In the 4th Congressional District, state Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) put up a strong showing out of the gate, with more than $300,000, compared to U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) who put up more than $325,000. However, McCann outraised Huizenga in the individual contributions category, with Huizenga pulling half of his funding from political action committees. 

McCann also passed the total raised by fellow Democrat Jessica Swartz in the 4th Congressional District. 

Don Ufford out-raised state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) in the 11th to take the seat of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), who was running for U.S. Senate. Ufford raised more than $358,000, while Moss raised nearly $205,000. Moss continued to have more on hand, with nearly $472,000 to Ufford’s more than $300,000. 

Stevens made nearly $3,000 in her U.S. Representative account, which was not the top for a sitting U.S. Rep. running for a different office. That amount went to U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) who raised more than $78,000 in his U.S. Rep. re-election chest. James is running for Michigan governor. 

Other notable FEC filings showed Donavan McKinney (D-Detroit), who made more than $220,000 in Detroit but did not outraise U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Detroit), who made nearly $500,000, but McKinney’s funding was made through individual contributions, while Thanedar made nearly $34,000 from individual contributions. 

McKinney has made nearly $500,000 since announcing his run for the Michigan 13th Congressional District and said he was relying on individual donations, instead of PACs or self-funding. 

“Since day one, we have had the people with us, and with our 80+ endorsers and our average contribution of $32.55 from thousands of supporters, it is clear that our people-powered momentum is only continuing to grow,” Mckinney said.