Lansing & East Lansing: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election / Michigan general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects governor/Lt. Governor (open; Whitmer term-limited), Secretary of State, Attorney General; U.S. Senator (open Peters seat); U.S. Representative MI-7; all Michigan Senate and House seats (Lansing city hall SD-21/HD-77; East Lansing city hall SD-28/HD-75); Lansing and East Lansing school boards and Lansing Community College trustees; county offices. No City of Lansing or City of East Lansing council/mayor race (both elect in odd years; East Lansing terms printed as ending November 2027 / 2029; no Lansing city race on Eaton County's city candidate listing for Nov 3, 2026)..
Holding office13
the sitting council
On the ballot28
3 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Lansing & East Lansing is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Michigan's 7th congressional district (both city halls) — Tom Barrett (Republican)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Altmann ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | City of East Lansing |
2
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Grigsby ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | at-large | City of East Lansing |
| Kerry Ebersole Singh ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | at-large | City of East Lansing |
| Mark Meadows ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | at-large | City of East Lansing |
| Steve Whelan ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | at-large | City of East Lansing |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Whitmer Elected | Governor | Democratic | National Governors Association | |
| Anthony Hudson | Governor Running | Libertarian | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Donna Brandenburg | Governor Running | U.S. Taxpayers' | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Douglas Campbell | Governor Running | Green | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Jocelyn Benson | Governor Running | Democratic | Clinton County Clerk | |
| John James | Governor Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk |
4
Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Parmenter | Lieutenant Governor Running | Libertarian | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Bobbie Clay | Lieutenant Governor Running | Green | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Jay DeBoyer | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Robert Donald Cowper II | Lieutenant Governor Running | U.S. Taxpayers' | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Winnie Brinks | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Clinton County Clerk |
5
State Representative — HD-75
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope Tsernoglou Elected | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Michigan Legislature | |
| Frank Lambert | State Representative Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk |
6
State Representative — HD-77
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Dievendorf Elected | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Michigan Legislature | |
| Jennifer Long | State Representative Running | Libertarian | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Sally Jo Nelton | State Representative Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk |
7
State Senator — SD-21
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Anthony ✉️ Elected | State Senator | Democratic | Michigan Senate |
8
State Senator — SD-28
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Singh ✉️ Elected | State Senator | Democratic | Michigan Senate | |
| Brandon Crabill | State Senator Running | Libertarian | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Julie L. DeRose | State Senator Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Rashida Harrison | State Senator Running | Democratic | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Wes Peterson | State Senator Running | Working Class | Clinton County Clerk |
9
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elissa Slotkin Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): MI, term 2025-01-03 to 2031-01-03 | |
| Gary C. Peters Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): MI, term 2021-01-03 to 2027-01-03 | |
| Abdul El-Sayed | U.S. Senator Running | Democratic | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Douglas P. Marsh | U.S. Senator Running | Green | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Lydia Christensen | U.S. Senator Running | Libertarian | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Mike Rogers | U.S. Senator Running | Republican | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Tim Long | U.S. Senator Running | U.S. Taxpayers' | Clinton County Clerk | |
| Walter P. Kristy | U.S. Senator Running | Natural Law | Clinton County Clerk |
10
U.S. Representative — MI-7
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrett Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | U.S. House | |
| Shane Dedrick | U.S. Representative Running | Green | Clinton County Clerk | |
| William Lawrence | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Clinton County Clerk |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Districts: Census geocoder address lookups — Lansing city hall (124 W Michigan Ave) → CD-7, SD-21, HD-77; East Lansing city hall (410 Abbot Rd) → CD-7, SD-28, HD-75 (120th Congress and 2026 state legislative layers). Because the region is two cities, the legislators for BOTH city halls are recorded. Not point-sampled; other House districts (e.g. HD-74, HD-76) may cover parts of Lansing.
- City of Lansing: www.lansingmi.gov (robots: no disallow for *, crawl-delay 20 honoured) renders its Council Members, Elections and Mayor pages entirely in client-side JavaScript; the HTML served carries no names, so the Mayor and the City Council are NOT recorded. No other official roster (Legistar not used by Lansing) was found within the search budget; news/Ballotpedia were not used as a source. Lansing city elections are held in odd years (next: 2027).
- City of East Lansing: Mayor and four Councilmembers from cityofeastlansing.com/996/Meet-the-Council (2026-10-31), with each member's printed term end (November 2027 or 2029) and official @cityofeastlansing.com email. Phones printed on the page not copied. Non-partisan: party null.
- Statewide: Governor/Lt. Governor tickets and the six U.S. Senate candidates read from the Clinton County list (same names on the Shiawassee list). Peters, Slotkin (CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json) and Whitmer (nga.org) rows carried over from us-ann-arbor, read the same day. Barrett from house.gov/representatives (read 2026-10-31).
- SD-21 (Lansing city hall) candidates could not be read (Ingham/Eaton ballot only; Ingham closed to crawlers; Eaton County's Elections page posts only local, school and township lists for Nov 3, 2026).
- Robots/terms: geocoding.geo.census.gov (no robots.txt), shiawassee.net (allows), clinton-county.org (ClaudeBot group: admin/search/calendar paths only; crawl-delay 10), eatoncounty.org (ClaudeBot group: same; crawl-delay 10), cityofeastlansing.com (allows; crawl-delay 10), lansingmi.gov (crawl-delay 20), senate.michigan.gov (disallows /search only), legislature.mi.gov (no robots.txt), house.gov (allows /representatives), content.civicplus.com (allows /api/assets/; one City of Lansing boards PDF read, no council roster). BLOCKED: clerk.ingham.org / www.ingham.org (robots disallow-all via docs.ingham.org). standsFor null for everyone. No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Clinton County Clerk — Official Candidate List, 11/03/2026 State General (printed 10/5/2026; served as "Official-Candidate-list-redacted") 25
- City of East Lansing — Meet the Council ("Term ends: November 2027") 3
- City of East Lansing — Meet the Council ("Term ends: November 2029") 2
- @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): MI, term 2025-01-03 to 2031-01-03 1
- @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): MI, term 2021-01-03 to 2027-01-03 1
- National Governors Association — Governor Gretchen Whitmer 1
- Michigan Senate — All Senators (District 28, Sam Singh, party "D"; embedded member data) 1
- Michigan Senate — All Senators (District 21, Sarah E. Anthony, party "D"; embedded member data) 1
- Michigan Legislature — Legislators (House District 77, Emily Dievendorf); party and candidacy from Clinton County Clerk — Official Candidate List, 11/03/2026 State General (printed 10/5/2026; served as "Official-Candidate-list-redacted") 1
- Michigan Legislature — Legislators (House District 75, Penelope Tsernoglou); party and candidacy from Clinton County Clerk — Official Candidate List, 11/03/2026 State General (printed 10/5/2026; served as "Official-Candidate-list-redacted") 1
- U.S. House — Directory of Representatives (Michigan 7th, R); candidacy from Clinton County Clerk — Official Candidate List, 11/03/2026 State General (printed 10/5/2026; served as "Official-Candidate-list-redacted") 1