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With Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin vying for an open U.S. Senate seat this year, the race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District could be tight.

Republican Tom Barrett, a former state lawmaker from Charlotte, is facing off against his former East Lansing-based colleague in the Michigan Senate, Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr.

In 2022, the U.S. House seat became one of the country’s most expensive races, with Slotkin’s campaign outraising and outspending Barrett to win the vote.

The election transparency group OpenSecrets put total spending in the district, which includes Ingham, Livingston, Clinton and Shiawassee Counties, at more than $40 million. More than half came from outside groups.