Federal race · 2022

Michigan U.S. House, District 8, 2022

General election: November 8, 2022

Money raised

  1. Daniel T Daniel T. Kildee (D)$5.6M raised · $22K on hand
  2. Paul Junge (R)$3.1M raised · $92K on hand
  3. Matthew Seely (R)$595K raised · $2K on hand
  4. Mike Detmer (R)$13K raised · $17K on hand

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

Candidates

CandidateStatusRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Daniel T Daniel T. Kildee (D)Won the general election (53.1%)$5,627,721.01$6,387,568.54$21,873.972022-12-31
Paul Junge (R)Lost the general election (42.8%)$3,108,702.53$3,026,898.70$92,281.222022-12-31
Matthew Seely (R)Lost primary$594,529.34$592,268.20$2,261.142022-12-31
Mike Detmer (R)Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)$13,173.90$2,973.95$16,661.722022-12-31

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

$18,511,385.67 = candidates’ own spending $9,478,303.24 + outside spending $9,033,082.43

CandidateOutside spending forAgainstElectioneering and member messages
Daniel T Daniel T. Kildee$2,063,945.70$2,919,117.28$198,483.56
Paul Junge$85,931.36$3,736,912.51$28,692.02

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 DOctober 5, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsLean DOctober 21, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DNovember 7, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DOctober 3, 2022
  • 538Likely DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistLean DOctober 4, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Cygnal (R)September 27–30, 2022335 (LV)± 5.3%Dan Kildee 44% · Paul Junge 45%
RMG ResearchJuly 28 – August 4, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Dan Kildee 43% · Paul Junge 40%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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
Dan KildeeDemocratic Party178,32253.1%
Paul JungeRepublican Party143,85042.8%
Kathy GoodwinWorking Class Party9,0772.7%
David CannyLibertarian Party4,5801.4%

As listed on Wikipedia; official results come from the state election office.

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