The race to fill Democrat Elissa Slotkin's old Congressional seat features her former Republican challenger Tom Barrett and Curtis Hertel, who is running in his first race for Congress. Both candidates served in the Michigan state Senate at the same time and have spent nearly a decade as a lawmaker.

Tom Barrett and Curtis Hertel are both running for Michigan's 7th Congressional District, a seat vacated by Elissa Slotkin as she runs for a Senate seat.

Barrett said he would focus on making the U.S.-Mexico border more secure and would also work to support economic growth for Michigan while also opposing subsidies for large corpor