Elections
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan (PPAM) is the advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood in Michigan. As part of our commitment to ensuring all people in Michigan have access to the quality, affordable health care and sexual health information they need and deserve, we are proud to share our 2026 Primary Election Guide. Use this guide to identify candidates on your ballot who have earned our 2026 Sexual and Reproductive Health Champion seal of approval.
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This guide is based on responses to our candidate questionnaire, along with voting records for incumbent candidates. We reach out to all candidates and request their responses to identify Sexual and Reproductive Health Champions in Michigan for endorsement in Primary and General Elections.
Planned Parenthood believes that sexual and reproductive health care is a basic human right. We believe that access to health care shouldn’t depend on who you are or where you live. And we believe every person should have the opportunity to choose their own path to a healthy, meaningful life. We believe that every person — regardless of income, age, race, gender identity, or sexual orientation — has the fundamental right to decide if, when, and how to grow their family. It is the government’s role to support personal childbearing decisions with medically accurate reproductive health information, including sex education, access to contraceptives, and safe, legal abortion.
2026 Endorsements
We invite candidates who share our values to apply for endorsement as a PPAM Sexual & Reproductive Health Champion.
PPAM uses the application questionnaire to inform who to recognize in the primary and general elections and who we will financially support via the Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan Political Action Committee (PPAM PAC).
The application for the general election will open on August 10. Candidates who have already applied for a primary election endorsement do not need to reapply for the general election.
