Heather Smiley
Republican candidate for U.S. House in Michigan
$1.1K
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
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Live Odds — MI-06 House winner?
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4%chance to win
$1.1KNOV 7, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleFord (retired) — product development; strategy & planning; business transformation; customer service; analytics
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderFemale
LocationMichigan
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BackgroundFord (retired) — product development; strategy & planning; business transformation; customer service; analytics
EducationCentral Michigan University — Bachelor's degree
Notable personal detailsHeather Smiley is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District and previously ran for the seat in 2024. She has said she earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and worked at Ford for more than three decades, including roles in product development, strategy and planning, business transformation, customer service, and analytics. She is a Christian mother of two and has been married for 30 years.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Heather Smiley’s stated economic platform emphasizes fiscal responsibility, balancing the budget, eliminating wasteful spending, and limiting government interference in markets. Her campaign also calls for unleashing the free market, reciprocal trade, and strengthening domestic manufacturing and jobs.
Healthcare
Heather Smiley supports government-subsidized healthcare insurance alongside private options, and says reform is needed to improve competitiveness, costs, and availability. Her campaign site also frames health-related priorities around protecting life, in-sourcing drug production, and stopping illegal drug importation and production.
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Immigration & Border
Heather Smiley’s platform calls for restoring border security, improving immigration policies and practices, and addressing the issues associated with people who entered the country illegally. She also says she would support legislation to tighten border enforcement, require proof of citizenship for voting, deport certain non-citizens convicted of serious offenses, and increase DHS border-related funding.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Heather Smiley opposes federal funding for abortions and says federal legislation could be used to restrict late-term abortion. Her stated position emphasizes state jurisdiction after SCOTUS and supports restrictions rather than a total federal ban.
Climate & Energy
Heather Smiley’s public platform emphasizes restoring energy independence, unleashing the free market, and improving infrastructure. Her voter-guide response rejects the idea that man-made climate change requires urgent political action and describes nuclear, natural gas, and coal as reliable domestic energy sources.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports law-enforcement funding and opposes redirecting money from police departments to community programs. On gun policy, the only stated restriction is that existing federal law should continue to bar gun ownership for people convicted of violent crimes.
Latest News
Heather Smiley is in the news as a candidate in the 2026 election cycle, but the provided reports do not give clear details about her own race or results. The coverage mainly places her in the broader context of competitive House contests and the political backlash over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Overall, the information is sparse, and no specific recent action or outcome involving Smiley is reported here.
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