Swartz drops out of Michigan’s 4th Congressional District race, McCann vows to defeat Huizenga

Jessica Swartz, a Kalamazoo-based attorney who is running in 2026 for the Democratic nomination in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District. (Courtesy of Jessica Swartz for Congress)
Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Swartz announced she is ending her campaign for Michigan’s 4th Congressional District and will instead run for a state House seat.
Swartz made the announcement in a statement posted to Facebook Saturday, saying she will seek election to Michigan’s 41st state House District, currently held by Rep. Julie Rogers (D-Kalamazoo), who declared her intent in July to seek the 19th Michigan Senate District seat in 2026. 
Swartz pointed to rising costs for families and criticized Republicans in Lansing, accusing them of prioritizing the “extreme wing of their party” over working people.
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) speaks at the Mackinac Policy Conference, June 1, 2022 | Laina G. Stebbins