Rogers Rocks $4M In Senate Race, McMorrow Out Raises With $3M In 1Q; More Campaigns

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 04/15/2026) April 15 was more than just Tax Day, it was also the federal campaign finance quarterly deadline and the numbers show what’s going on behind the scenes in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House races across the state.

The MIRS 2026 First Quarter campaign finance spreadsheet, showed that state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) was picking up momentum after out raising the U.S. Senate field during the time period between Jan. 1 and April 15, though Republican candidate Mike Rogers was rocking with more funding at his fingertips.

On the Democratic Party side of the U.S. Senate race, the McMorrow campaign raised more than $3 million for the quarter, and more than $8.6 million for the total Senate race.

She topped the quarterly and amount raised among all Senate candidates, while having the most cash on hand among the three Democrats. McMorrow’s campaign ended the quarter with more than $3.69 million on hand.

Abdul El-Sayed ended the quarter with nearly $2.3 million raised, and more than $7.6 million raised for the total race.

El-Sayed ended the quarter with nearly $2.53 million cash on hand.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) brought up the rear for the amount raised in the quarter with more than $2 million, but she was the overall fundraiser of the entire U.S. Senate race for the state, with nearly $8.9 million.

She also had the second-highest amount of cash on hand among the Senate Democrats with nearly $3.4 million.

Stevens is also the only Democrat with debt at nearly $57,000.

Rogers was running away with the Republican primary and raised more than $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2026. He has raised more than $7.7 million for the whole campaign.

He was sitting with nearly $4.21 million in cash on hand. The campaign is nearly three-times the amount on hand during his 2024 Senate run.

“The future of our state and country are riding on this race, and we are fighting every day to earn working families’ support. This is a change election,” said Rogers spokesperson Alyssa Brouillet.

Genevive Peters Scott and Bernadette Smith are running against Rogers in the Republican primary. Smith had the highest burn rate of any of the U.S. Senate candidates, with Team Rogers trailing close behind.

Peters Scott raised nearly $18,000 from 18 donations, two were from California. She had raised more than $76,000 in total. She had nearly $7,000 in cash on hand.

Peters Scott had nearly $49,000 in debt.

Smith raised more than $39,000 and raised nearly $54,000 in total.

Smith sat at the bottom of the U.S. Senate campaigns with $1,305 in cash on hand.

In the 10th Congressional District, in the fight to take the seat left by U.S. Rep. John JAMES (R-Shelby Township) as he runs for governor, has the Republicans coming out on top of the money-raising game, but a Democrat has more cash on hand.

Capt. Mike Bouchard, a Republican, ended up raising the most for the quarter with nearly $427,000. He has raised more than $977,000 in total and was looking at a war chest of more than $847,000.

Eric Chung, a Democrat, raised nearly $336,000 but overall had the most raised in the field with nearly $1.5 million. His total cash on hand also topped the district with nearly $931,000.

Rober Lulgjuraj was the second-highest Republican with more than $822,000 cash on hand. He raised more than $212,000 for the quarter and more than $1.2 million overall.

Democrats Tim Greimel and Christina Hines brought up the rear of the district fundraising and cash on hand.

Greimel had nearly $634,000 in cash on hand and Hines had nearly $312,000. Greimel raised nearly $245,000 for the quarter and Hines raised nearly $222,000. Greimel had $7,000 in debt.

Republicans Steven Elliott and Casey Armitage didn’t raise anything for the quarter.

In the competitive 7th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) led the district in all categories. He raised more than $1.25 million in the first quarter and nearly $5.1 million overall.

He was also carrying more than $2.8 million in cash on hand.

For the Democrats looking to oppose Barrett, Matt Maasdam and Bridget Brink were close on the fundraising front.

Brink was in the lead with nearly $1.3 million in cash on hand and an overall nearly $2.3 million raised.

However, Maasdam pulled down $704,000 and out raised Brink, who took nearly $608,000 for the quarter.

Maasdam had overall raised $1.72 million and had nearly $937,000 in cash on hand.

Democratic opponent William Lawrence raised $215,506 for the quarter.

In the 4th Congressional District, state Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) outraised U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland). McCann pulled down more than $1 million in the first quarter, while Huizenga captured nearly $635,000.

Huizenga still maintains the lead in total amount raised, with more than $3 million. He has also spent more than McCann over the course of the entire race, with nearly $1.35 million. McCann has spent nearly $523,000.

Huizenga’s burn rate was nearly double McCann at this point in the race.

Huizenga is also maintaining the lead on cash on hand with nearly $1.9 million, but McCann is closing the gap with $1.1 million socked away.

Neither campaign is holding any debt.

“Momentum continues to build behind Sean’s campaign to bring real representation to southwest Michigan,” McCann’s campaign manager Simone Archer-Krauss said.

Diop Harris, who is running against McCann in the primary, raised more than $33,000 and has nearly $8,000 cash on hand.

Jessica Swartz, who dropped out of the 4th Congressional District race, was spending down the more than $109,000 in cash she had on hand.

In the 3rd Congressional District, newcomer Terri DeBoer, running as a Republican, raised nearly $243,000 in her first quarter out. She spent nearly $19,000, leaving her with nearly $224,000 in cash on hand.

DeBoer was challenging U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids), who raised more than $404,000 for the quarter and was sitting on more than $1.2 million in cash on hand.

In the 11th Congressional District, Anil Kumar filed to run as an independent and, by self-funding his campaign, out raised the field looking to fill Stevens' shoes.

Out of the gate, Kumar started running a debt of nearly $786,000 and putting more than $482,000 in cash on hand into his campaign coffer.

The Democrat front-runner was state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield Twp.) who raised more than $201,000, putting his overall at more than $982,000.

Moss also had the most cash on hand with nearly $572,000.

Don Ufford was burning through cash early in the race with the highest burn rate in the district race. He had raised more than $138,000 but spent nearly $147,000 over the course of the first quarter.

Justin Michal, a Republican running to primary U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) in the 1st Congressional District, had the highest burn rates for any of the candidates.