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S4MI00355

PETERS, GARY Incumbent

 ·  MI Senate (Senate)
39.1
Influence Score · 2026
Moderately exposed
Sitting member — full twelve-axis v8 score available. View full dossier  →

Score components

AxisRawNormalized (pts)Coverage
Direct contributions $515K 2.45 2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support $100 PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents) $500 OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate $7K PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor $600 0.20 direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure $16.06M 5.74 Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment 0.730 3.99 Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes 0.0166 3.36 Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure 0.0081 0.02 Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction 0.000 0.00 STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup  MI Senate

Candidate Party Status Direct $ Outside $ Score Tier
PETERS, GARY DEM Inc. $515K $4K 39.1 Moderately exposed
ROGERS, MICHAEL J REP Open $15.51M $5.57M 11.3 Substantially backed
STEVENS, HALEY DEM Open $6.26M $773K 9.2 Substantially backed
EL-SAYED, ABDUL DEM Open $5.61M $2K 8.1 Substantially backed
MCMORROW, MALLORY DEM Open $4.17M $2K 8.1 Substantially backed
TATE, JOSEPH ALLEN DEM Open $170K $2K 0.7 Lightly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.