- Will the Democratic Party win the MI-10 House seat?68¢68%
- Will the Republican Party win the MI-10 House seat?32¢32%
The open seat in Michigan’s 10th congressional district, vacated by Republican Rep. John James to run for governor, has produced a closely contested race between Democrat Christina Hines, a former special victims prosecutor with strong local Macomb County ties, and Republican Mike Bouchard, an Army veteran endorsed by President Trump. Recent polling averages show the candidates essentially tied near 44-45 percent, consistent with the district’s swing character and mixed forecaster ratings ranging from toss-up to slight Republican tilt. Trader consensus reflected in current pricing appears driven by Democratic fundraising and outside spending advantages, Hines’ primary performance, and late-cycle visits such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ October 18 appearance, even as Bouchard’s October 23 attack site on Hines’ prosecutorial record and the October 25 debate keep public safety and economic issues in focus nine days before the November 3 election.
Rules
This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the MI-10 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 3, 2026. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).