Mallory McMorrow

Mallory McMorrow

Democratic Incumbent

Mallory McMorrow is a Michigan state senator and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2026. Her campaign says she is running to focus on affordability, democracy, and protecting rights and freedoms, and she has highlighted her legislative record on wages, gun safety, and reproductive rights.

Positions on Key Issues

Healthcare

high

McMorrow supports protecting Medicare and Medicaid, lowering prescription drug costs, and creating a public option so coverage is not tied to a job or marital status. Her campaign also says she wants to protect reproductive and mental health care as basic rights.

Economy

high

McMorrow says she wants an economy that rewards work rather than wealth, including raising wages, cutting taxes for working families, ending the carried interest loophole, and supporting small businesses through credit, capital, and regulatory streamlining.

Climate/Energy

high

McMorrow’s agenda calls for clean water, environmental protection, and energy policies that keep costs down while holding large users accountable. Her campaign also says she supports stronger oversight of data-center development, including renewable-energy requirements and protections for ratepayers.

Abortion & Reproductive Health

high

McMorrow says she supports abortion access and broader reproductive health care protections, including paid family and medical leave, maternal health programs, birthing centers, doulas, and postpartum mental health support. Her campaign also highlights her support for taking Michigan’s Rx Kids program nationwide.

Immigration

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McMorrow’s agenda calls for cracking down on fentanyl trafficking with stronger border enforcement and targeting the supply chain, while also expanding treatment and recovery services. Her campaign page also includes immigration and foreign policy as a combined issue area, but does not lay out a detailed immigration overhaul on the agenda page reviewed here.

Firearms & Second Amendment

high

McMorrow supports universal background checks, a federal assault-weapons ban, a federal red-flag law modeled on Michigan’s, safe-storage laws, a ban on ghost guns, and repeal of PLCAA. Her campaign also says she wants more funding for local public safety and mental health crisis response.

Foreign Policy

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McMorrow’s agenda groups immigration and foreign policy together and emphasizes humanitarian considerations, but the campaign page reviewed here does not provide a detailed foreign-policy platform. Public reporting has also covered her comments on the Gaza-Israel war, but her campaign agenda itself is limited on this issue.

Civil Rights & Equality

high

McMorrow’s agenda emphasizes civil rights, privacy, voting rights, and support for underserved communities. Her campaign also frames its platform around equity, accountability, and community investment.

Education

high

McMorrow supports making education more affordable, expanding child care and early childhood education, strengthening child labor protections, and increasing access to paid leave and child tax credits for families. Her campaign also says it wants to hold social media and tech companies accountable for harms to kids’ mental health.

Tech & AI

high

McMorrow says social media and big tech companies should be held accountable for harms to children, and her agenda calls for stronger regulation to put kids’ well-being over profits. Her campaign also proposes guardrails for technology and innovation, including oversight of data-center development.

Election Policy

high

McMorrow says democracy needs stronger accountability and supports reforms such as protecting voting rights and considering changes to the filibuster and Supreme Court structure. Her campaign also places transparency, accountability, and effectiveness among its core agenda areas.

Local Issues

high

McMorrow’s local-issues agenda focuses heavily on Michigan-specific economic development, including data-center rules, small-business support, infrastructure costs, union labor, and protections for ratepayers and communities. Her campaign also highlights state-level track record items such as economic development reform and support for local redevelopment funding.

Background

Career History

Michigan State Senator 2019 – Present
Michigan Senate

Represents Michigan’s 8th Senate District.

Senior Director of Brand Strategy 2010 – 2018
Mattel

Worked in brand and marketing strategy.

Designer / creative professional 2008 – 2010
Various

Worked in design and creative roles before entering politics.

Education

University of Notre Dame B.A. in Industrial Design (2008)

Top Donors

McMorrow’s 2026 fundraising has been driven by small-dollar donors: reporting says she raised about $3 million in Q1 2026 from roughly 120,000 individual donors, and campaign statements earlier in the cycle cited more than $2.1 million from 28,000+ donors. OpenSecrets’ 2020 state-level profile shows labor support such as the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters & Millwrights, but the 2026 race appears dominated by broad individual contributions rather than a single industry bloc.

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Voting Record

McMorrow is an incumbent Michigan state senator, so she has a legislative voting record. Public vote-tracking sources and legislative scorecards indicate she votes with the Democratic caucus and has been active on state policy areas including elections, appropriations, energy, and small-business issues; her committee assignments also reflect those priorities.

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Data Analysis Information

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