Race context
Heather Smiley is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-08 and last indexed on 2026-10-03.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other), Richard Smith (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 1 background claim; 1 finance claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-03.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 1. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H4MI06154.
Indexed field reading
Heather Smiley is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Heather Smiley, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Heather Smiley is 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Heather Smiley. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Heather Smiley is H4MI06154.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-08 and last indexed on 2026-10-03.
The route record for Heather Smiley reports 4 public claims, 4 valid citations, and 4 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-03. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Heather Smiley: background (1), finance (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Heather Smiley returned 8 other indexed profiles: Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other), Richard Smith (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Heather Smiley: FEC H4MI06154; Other senate-lda:_run; FEC Committee C00879718.
Profile questions
What office is Heather Smiley indexed for?
Heather Smiley is indexed for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Heather Smiley?
The party label on file for Heather Smiley is Republican.
What is Heather Smiley's candidate status?
Heather Smiley is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Heather Smiley?
FEC candidate id on file: H4MI06154.
How many public claims are attached to Heather Smiley?
The route record reports 4 public claims, 4 valid citations, and 4 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 1, Finance 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Heather Smiley indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Heather Smiley's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other), Richard Smith (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.