Federal race · 2020

Michigan U.S. House, District 8, 2020

Primary: August 4, 2020 · General election: November 3, 2020

Money raised

  1. Elissa Slotkin (D)$9.1M raised · $1.6M on hand
  2. Paul Junge (R)$2.1M raised · $10K on hand
  3. Alan Thomas Hoover (R)$57K raised · $0 on hand
  4. Nicolette Snyder (R)$41K raised · $0 on hand
  5. Mike Detmer (R)$41K raised · $9K on hand
  6. Kristina Lyke (R)$30K raised · $9K on hand

Raised Cash on hand · bars are blue for Democrats, red for Republicans, gray for others

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Elissa Slotkin (D)Won the general election (100%)$9,135,389.92$7,587,944.33$1,566,680.242020-12-31
Paul Junge (R)General-election nominee$2,112,467.47$2,101,990.08$10,477.392020-12-31
Alan Thomas Hoover (R)Lost primary$56,830.30$56,830.30$0.002020-08-06
Nicolette Snyder (R)Did not qualify for the ballot$41,488.70$41,488.70$0.002020-09-30
Mike Detmer (R)Lost primary$40,564.55$31,936.34$8,628.212020-12-31
Kristina Lyke (R)Lost primary$30,044.70$21,145.61$8,951.292020-07-15

Totals from the FEC candidate summary file, retrieved October 23, 2026. A dated snapshot, not live reporting; each candidate’s FEC page is the official source.

Total spent on this race

$10,762,401.14 = candidates’ own spending $9,525,893.88 + outside spending $1,236,507.26

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Paul Junge$10,226.72$880,768.79$4,766.14
Elissa Slotkin$141,817.45$162,875.00$5,665.68
Alan Thomas Hoover$30,326.60$0.00$0.00
Mike Detmer$30.44$0.00$0.00
Kristina Lyke$30.44$0.00$0.00

Candidates’ own spending is their committees’ disbursements less transfers to other committees, contributions to others, loan repayments and refunds (FEC committee summary). Outside spending is independent expenditures, electioneering communications and company or union member communications for or against these candidates (FEC totals by candidate from regular reports, retrieved October 24, 2026; the latest 24- and 48-hour notices are not included yet). Party coordinated spending is not split by race and is not included. All the money

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DAugust 7, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DOctober 15, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DOctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosLikely DOctober 29, 2020
  • RCPLean DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Results

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Elissa SlotkinDemocratic Party217,922100%

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