Tom Barrett

Michigan’s 7th (MI - 07)

Updated: October 13, 2026

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Overview

Tom Barrett is another corrupt politician who takes his orders from Trump while raising prices for the rest of us. 

Summary: 

As soon as possible, voters in the Lansing, Detroit, and Flint media markets need to read mail and see ads on broadcast TV, district-wide OTT/CTV, Youtube, Meta and other non-skippable digital ad platforms about how Tom Barrett has voted with Trump 99% of the time to: 

  • Raise our costs. Barrett has voted with Trump to jack up prices, including a bill that raised healthcare premiums by over 60%. He supported Trump’s tariffs that are making the cost of everyday goods like groceries spike by over $5,600 for the average family. 
  • Fund the Iran War. While taking tens of thousands from the war industry, Tom Barrett voted to spend billions of dollars on Trump’s wasteful Iran War, even as the war causes Michiganders’ costs to skyrocket.
  • Give tax breaks to data center developers. An AI data center developer spent nearly a million dollars supporting Tom Barrett’s campaign. Then he voted with Trump to give data center developers over $80 billion in new tax breaks just days after a data center developer’s PAC gave thousands more to his campaign, despite the fact that data centers jack up the cost of electricity and harm local communities. He even voted to ban local governments from regulating AI and data centers for a decade. 

Voters in the Detroit media market especially should know that Barrett has taken tens of thousands of dollars from PACs for greedy utility companies jacking up our energy bills. He’s sided with them and Trump, voting to raise Michigan energy costs by $320 a year per family.

As soon as possible, voters district wide, but especially in Detroit and Flint media markets need to see ads on OTT/CTV, streaming, YouTube and Meta about how: 

  • Will Lawrence shows up for Mid-Michiganders, is unbought and independent of corporate money and DC insiders.
  • Will Lawrence will stop Trump’s costly agenda that’s raising our prices. 
  • Will Lawrence has a track record of standing up to corporate interests and party bosses. He’s led the fight against AI data center development and to protect Michigan’s water. He’s fought to stop Wall Street firms from kicking families out of their homes. 

Additional Resources

  • Voters need to hear positive messaging about William Lawrence from groups and people who champion a progressive agenda.
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